Plasti DipReRack Dishwasher Rack Repair – White | Flexible, Peelable Rubber Coating for Dishwasher & Vinyl Rack Restoration

This is the second time I have used Rerack on my automatic dishwasher rack, and I did a much better job this time.It lasted 2+ years the first time, but I expect it to last much longer this time around. Here are my tips for doing your racks.1) Do your prep right. Get 2-3 layers of corrugated cardboard to put the rack on. Use a knife and small cutters (fingernail cutters would do if you don’t have miniature wire cutters) to cut the old coating back to expose the rusted wire rack and rusted welds and leave a neat transition from intact coating to wire.2) Scrape off loose rust with an old knife. Rub the knife back and forth to get a somewhat smooth rusty surface on the wires and welded junctions.3) Use a fairly strong acid (whatever you have) and an eye dropper to put a tiny drop on each of the rusted wire and welds spots you are working on. If you don’t think you have acid at home, you can use Vinegar (acetic acid), car battery acid, or even Diet Coke (contains phosphoric acid); You will just have to reapply more times to remove the rust completely. Applying enough to each spot to where it doesn’t drip off onto the cardboard is the idea. Let it work for at least 4+ hours. Use the eye dropper to reapply to each spot, sparingly as before. There is no need to rise off the acid between reapplying the acid, and no, it won’t bother the vinyl coating, so leaving the acid on overnight between repeated applications is actually good for this process of chemically removing the rust. You cannot overdue it. I used concentrated phosphoric acid, and it took me 4 applications over a couple of days.4) After you are convinced that you have removed ALL the rust, you need to rinse each spot thoroughly with water. The wires and welds won’t be shiny: they should look smooth and black. Dry the rack well.5) Now you need to use some rubbing alcohol and your CLEANED eyed dropper to clean the spots off thoroughly. Then let it dry.6) Now start shaking the little bottle of Rerack vigorously for 5 minutes. There is a BB in the bottle to help it mix thoroughly, and if you don’t mix it thoroughly enough you will only get to use half the bottle before it gums up, and you will need it ALL: if your rack has a LOT of damage to repair, you may need 2 bottles.7) Apply the Rerack with the brush in the bottle top. Use the inside of the neck to remove excess, NOT the top rim of the bottle. Every spot or two you coat with Rerack, screw the top back on and shake the bottle for 10-15 seconds. You’ll be glad later when the bottle is down to half empty if you heed this advice; Trust me.8) Allow 30 minutes between coats and apply enough coats to make the repaired places bigger around than the original vinyl coating, and overlap the intact vinyl 1/8” or more so water can’t wick up under the Rerack and start the wire rusting all over again. Put a little extra where the dishes rest against the rack for padding.9) Let it dry 12 hours or more. I know you are tired of doing dishes in the sink by now, but you don’t want impatience to mess up all your work and effort. Now put some of those little white tips over the end of every wire. They are really sturdy and will keep the wire ends from rusting and scratching the dishes.10) Run the dishwasher empty once before you load dishes on the rack.If there is any Rerack left, keep it where you can find it in case you need to do touch up.This may sound like a lot of trouble and it is, but we have a great old Maytag and you can’t get a replacement rack for a 12-15 year old dishwasher. And the new ones are “water-saving” and don’t have the pump to push the dirty water and food particles through the disposal; you have to empty a trap in the bottom all the time or it bogs up.

Impressive product! Before using this product, use a round, small flat file, and a small wire cutter (iexcell 4.5 side cutter diagonal cut is what I used) to remove as much rust as possible. Be careful not to damage parts that are not rusted. Blow off the rack after removing the rust, put on some disposable gloves, and use the bottle brush to apply the product. Let it dry for 24 hours and the racks are good to go. It took me about 1 hour to clean and apply the product on two heavily rusted racks.

I went through 3 of these doing 2 racks that had got fairly rusty and I probably could have used a 4th. It was a very time consuming process to clean all the rust and loose vinyl off first in preparation to apply this. So far it's holding up well after months of loads where I'd put 2 or 3 coats on. Very toxic fumes - I recommend applying this in a well ventilated area, outdoors if possible, and wearing a good mask. The bottles are tiny, expensive, and you'll never get through one completely before it globs up on you no matter how thoroughly you mix it ahead of time.It was still worth doing compared to buying a whole new dishwasher (or replacement racks which cost just as much) but I cringe whenever someone slides a sharp-edged metal lid or slams a heavy glass container between the repaired prongs.

THIS PRODUCT WORKS GREAT AND DRIES SUPPER QUICK. I HAD A BAR BRAKE OFF AND DIDNT TRIP ON IT, BUT MY DISHWASHER KEPT FLOODING AND GIVING ME A ERROR CODE FOR WATER IN THE BOTTOM. EVENTUALLY I TOOK APART THE BOTTOM AND THERE WAS A MASS AMOUNT OF BROKEN BAR PIECES IN THE TURBINE PART. THE PIECES ARE LIKE METAL SHRAPNEL, ITS WHATS INSIDE THE RACK BARS. I HAD ABOUT 20 BARS AND OTHER AREAS THAT CAME APART AND THIS STUFF WORKED GREAT TO COAT THEM ALL. MY DISHWASHER IS HAPPY NOW AND NO MORE ERROR CODES. SO MUCH FOR A ONE YEAR OLD $2,000 DISHWASHER..