My Dishwasher Baskets Have Rusty Tips.

[cheatgal]

The dishwasher works well although it's quite old but I don't use it because some of the tips on the baskets are rusty. I had a quote for replacement baskets for £120 + VAT and am reluctant to spend this much. Any advice would be appreciated. I had the same problem with my first dishwasher and I used Tippex but probably not a good idea!

[woofgang]

rust isn't poisonous. Do you get marks on the dishes?

[KARL]

If you have anyone near you who does powder coating then you should be able to get your shelving, etc. re-coated at a very reasonable cost. If that firm does not strip the old coating off (i.e. only coats new or already stripped items) then they are likely to know somewhere that does shotblasting. That said, I agree with woofgang that this may be much ado about very little. As an alternative to powder coating you could consider Hammerite, just make sure everything is totally dry before applying the paint.

[cheatgal]

Thank you for replying Woofgang and Karl. I do get marks on the dishes from the rust - I will have a go with the Hammerite!

[Clanad]

This works really good… Should be available in the U.K.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2890818&KPID=4140513&pla=pla_4140513

…and this one works well if the rust is limited to just the vertical tine ends...

http://www.amazon.com/Dishwasher-Rack-TINE-Repair-Caps/dp/B00B8CWMZA

[heathfield]

The stuff in Clanad's first link is available though Amazon UK - at two and a half times the US price! Talk about rip-off Britain!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plasti-Dip-Dishwasher-ReRack-White/dp/B000WUBJZS

[cheatgal]

Thank you Clanad and Heathfield. Will try your recommendations. Just didn't want to spend out for new baskets as the dishwasher is quite old and would no doubt stop working once new ones installed! Answerbank comes up trumps again. Thanks again.