Rusty stovetop repair

[Andonso]

Hello,

I have an older 88 Class-B camper van with a stove top. frig, sink and converter.

The stove top is a Wedgewood W7103 three burner.

Listed in Atwood Range Service Manual http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/atwoodrange.pdf

Burners work fine and appear have little use as there's no dirt grease and grime around the burners. Other than for some corrosion inside the the burner compartment, appears nearly as when new.

However the top chrome plate is rusted and I'm wondering the best method to clean it up? I've read of people sanding chrome stove with fine wet/dry sand paper then buffing the chrome. Any pitting may still be visible. Since the camper van is 30 years old it would be difficult to find a replacement chrome top plate.

I don't really want to purchase a new stove top as the currently installed one fits perfectly in the cut-out with little space over the refrigerator. The stove top valves, burners and grates appear to be hardly used.

Anyway I'm looking for suggestions to restore the stove top. The Dometic RM2301 frig located underneath is also in good shape, runs well off of AC, DC and gas.

[pasusan]

Did you try chrome cleaner for cars? That's what I use on our chrome stove top.

Don't know if that would work if it is stainless steel...

[BobsYourUncle]

There are places that repair and re-chrome auto bumpers.
Maybe find one of those and get it chromed.

[DiskDoctr]

Try rubbing with aluminum foil, shiny side of the foil. Sometimes this works.

[donn0128]

Black powder coat. They can bead blast it first. Probably cost you less than a hundred dollars and you will have something that will look good for years to come. Do a web search on powder coaters. You would be surprised how many there are.

[Andonso]

I'll look into that. However we don't have any paint shops that i know of within ~30 miles.

From another forum I found people sand blasting then powered coating. One person id in white powder coat however the white turned yellow after a while from the heat of the burners.

One person stated this type of stove top is brushed stainless steel and one can sand it down which may make it look even more brushed.

I guess I can sand it down to see what it looks like after sanded and then paint if neccsary with some engine enamel.

[ScottG]

You might look into having it powder coated. Very durable and heat tolerant.