Rust My Kitchen Aid side by side is about 7 years old. On the front of freezer door it is rusting around the edge of ice and water cover. How do I remover cover or trim to treat rust?

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NO fun... Looks like you will need a new door again soon ~ no matter what.

I would buy a new door, BUT BEFORE installation... I would apply many coats of a decent clear lacquer paint first... apply on all of the bottom of the door and cover at least 10 inches up.

Also coat the bottom and inside of the door at least 6" up... the door sides too...

Be sure to allow each layer to dry thoroughly.

Use a 1" blue masking tape to keep your paint line straight and true. Lay the door down flat and face-up to do your work...

This measure should add years of service to your door... At the first sign of any rust ~ you know what to do.

As for Zanussi, I doubt if you could muster enough owners to pursue any legal actions... sorry.

Anthony

That heat that you feel is part of the design of all refrigerators. Those heaters are there to keep water from condensing on the outside of the cabinet around the freezer door. Just like water condenses on a cup of Ice water. It will do the same on a refrigerator. If those small heaters were not there. The water would cause the paint to rust badly. There are various arrangements of heaters used on Freezers and refrigerators around the doors. Particularly the Freezer door.
As long as the fridge is cooling properly it is fine.
If the fridge fails to get cold, the outside of the cabinet will actually get quite hot.
Hope this helps,
Best, Mark

when you dispense ice or water, you are allowing the drip tray to overfill and the water builds underneath the tray until the water reaches the point were it will leak down the front of the door. the water will rust the panel beyond repair. you will have to replace the whole door at this point. hope this helps.

And so you should be. Anyone who continues to use an appliance around uncontained water is inviting electrocution..

I cant begin to fathom out Why??????????

If mechanical or electronic then it has to be replaced with a modified one no way to adjust.

paint ain't perfect!
rust on a 15yr old appliance is normal

Slip a puddy knife or flat screw driver under the bottom edge and then twist and pull the trim out until it snaps free. There are two slots on the bottom that will easily accept a screw driver.

You may end up respraying the door, but here goes.-

First mechanically remove as much of the rust as you can with an old screwdriver or similar scraper. Then use coarse emery cloth - 80 -120 grit untill all you're left with is shiny metal with rust pits.
You may need to go out further than you think - about 1" all round.

Then use a paint- on de-rusting fluid from vehicle products supplier. When all rust is black or dissapeared, use a zinc primer on all the bare metal. (this will stop it reacuring)

Then either spray the area with an "appliance white" aerosol or squirt it into the cap, and use a paintbrush.

If you are spraying it, open all house windows and doors, cut a mask from newspaper- then tape it to the fridge. Use blankets , plastic dustsheet or old sheets to protect things, and spray it from 12" in several very light coats.

When done, "polish" with T cut - which should remove the rust stain too.

Seal the area of the original leak with a white or clear silicone - and sort the original leak out.

If you polish the plastic with a silicone spray, water will tend to stay put rather than seep.

GE side x side GSS22SGMC stainless steelJust fixed my own problem of jammed ice door. 1. pull the light switch plate off (just under the front bottom edge, push through the holes, pull) 2. unscrew the dispenser assembly, 4 screws, pull the unit out  3. WR62X10020 SOLENOID is in the upper right, unplug the black wires from the board. 4. unscrew the right screw from the door-stop assembly (above the ice door)- pull the plastic out of the solenoid piston 4. unscrew solenoid, 3 screws, from back 5. pull the piston, scrape-sand-file off all rust, then lube with oil 6. scrape off rust from inside,  solenoid with shoving steel wool-file-degreaser to get off rust, then lube 7. reassemble, WORKS!! 8. save 35.00 for new solenoid 9. save repair cost of whole new door (happened!) good luck