rusting around edge of hob

Ciarrai76 · 11-02-2013 8:15pm #1

we have rusting around the edge of our whirlpool hob cooker. It seems like whatever coating around the edge has worn away and is now rusting. I have contacted Whirlpool about this who say there is nothing they can do! They didn't even offere any solution as to whether I could reseal the edgeing etc. Just offered a discount if we wanted to buy another one! Can't afford to do that, so just wondering if anyone here has any ideas.
here is a photo of the areas it is rusting. Hopefully you can see from photo, sorry its not great!

les01 · 12-02-2013 7:55pm

hi is it gas or electric...??
it look like u,v had contensaion under the hob
when the hob was fitted did thay seal the hob to the work top
you will need to take the hob out of the top and give it a good rub down with emery papper then coat the rust with (no more rust) you can pick this up from any D.I.Y. store.. if you ask them thay sould be able to help...
then you need to eaver paint it or have the chome replast....but this will cost...
who old is the cooker...??
les01

Ciarrai76 · 12-02-2013 9:25pm

les01 wrote: »

hi is it gas or electric...??
it look like u,v had contensaion under the hob
when the hob was fitted did thay seal the hob to the work top
you will need to take the hob out of the top and give it a good rub down with emery papper then coat the rust with (no more rust) you can pick this up from any D.I.Y. store.. if you ask them thay sould be able to help...
then you need to eaver paint it or have the chome replast....but this will cost...
who old is the cooker...??
les01

is that condensation??

I don't know how they sealed it as we bought the house when it was about 4 years old, so the cooker, which is electric, is about 10 years old now. Getting the rust paint sounds a good idea, will check that out. Thanks.

builditwell · 13-02-2013 12:35am

Id be a bit reluctant to paint it , or at least make sure the paint will withstand the temperatures of the hob. It would be a shame to take out, rub down,buy paint coat it finish it and re-install and then have it crack or blister

CJhaughey · 13-02-2013 7:26am

I'd take the loose paint off, and wirebrush the rust.
Then you can get a product called rust-kill which is tannic acid in a pva base.
Paint it on and let it dry this will convert the iron oxide into an inert form of rust.
Then respray with VHT paint. not sure you can get it in the colour of your hob but at least it won't be rusty!

dak · 13-02-2013 1:37pm

You can fire grate paint in most DIY which would withstand the temperature.

Ciarrai76 · 13-02-2013 5:05pm

thanks a mill, I will have a look for that rust paint and fire grate paint.

At least it will help it look better and give us another few years out of it, as it doe work perfectly, just looks very shabby!

Thanks for all your help

les01 · 13-02-2013 9:45pm

yea (cindensation) sorry me spelling is not that great to be honest...
if you have rust around the top you can bet you,v got it underneath and it`s a waist of your time and money to do one side as it will come back with in a few months....
try not to use a wirebrush as you need to think about your worktop as well
les01

Billy Bunting · 13-02-2013 10:21pm

bin it!!

Ciarrai76 · 13-02-2013 11:04pm

Billy Bunting wrote: »

bin it!!

very helpful!

Ciarrai76 · 13-02-2013 11:05pm

les01 wrote: »

yea (cindensation) sorry me spelling is not that great to be honest...
if you have rust around the top you can bet you,v got it underneath and it`s a waist of your time and money to do one side as it will come back with in a few months....
try not to use a wirebrush as you need to think about your worktop as well
les01

great, thanks for the tips. Will let you know how we get on!

Billy Bunting · 13-02-2013 11:09pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

very helpful!

Its a 10yr old appliance thats parts are obsolete and you can buy new for 100 notes, playing around with it is foolish, rust will come back because its at the end of its life.

Its called being real, bin it.

Ciarrai76 · 13-02-2013 11:11pm

Billy Bunting wrote: »

Its a 10yr old appliance thats parts are obsolete and you can buy new for 100 notes, playing around with it is foolish, rust will come back because its at the end of its life.

Its called being real, bin it.

well I don't have a few 100 notes, as I previously said and as its working perfectly, with just a little bit of rust around the edge, I am not going to waste money I don't have by binning it!
thanks anyway!

Billy Bunting · 13-02-2013 11:13pm

Paint away!! :rolleyes:

CJhaughey · 14-02-2013 7:07am

Thats the worst part of this, a fully functioning appliance is talked about being binned because of poor quality paint by the manufacturer.

OP; VHT (Very High Temperature) paint comes in spray cans and you may be able to get a better finish than brush painting the hob.

Ciarrai76 · 14-02-2013 2:04pm

CJhaughey wrote: »

Thats the worst part of this, a fully functioning appliance is talked about being binned because of poor quality paint by the manufacturer.

OP; VHT (Very High Temperature) paint comes in spray cans and you may be able to get a better finish than brush painting the hob.

thanks a mill, will try that and hope for the best! Definately not throwing out a perfectly good cooker....I definately don't have the money to do things like that. It will do fine until it stops working!

rusting around edge of hob

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