This might be OT--is there an alt.refurbish.old appliances?
We have a cool old freezer, a GE Hotpoint 20 that came with our house. I love it! It still works great, and I like old stuff. It matches the 1949 fridge in the same utility room, enamel and chrome, very cool. (Also ... both have run nonstop for the ten years we have had this house, whereas the new, plastic and crap side-by-side we bought five years ago lasted three years.)
Thing is, condensation has made the top of it rust. The former owner obviously did some repainting or something at some point, but it has rusted through again. I have it defrosted and cleaned, opened up and drying out now.
If you were going to refinish the top of this thing, how would you do it? I want to really seal the rust the best I can, then paint white like the rest of the thing.
Thank you in advance for any help.