Quick Fix: Bathroom Shower Caddy

A year ago we purchased a tall "stainless steel" bathroom caddy from Target for $30+
The caddy began to slowly rust and finally, I couldn't stand it anymore. Picking up a shampoo bottle
dripping with rust on the bottom was not making my day. So I informed the wife it was time to purchase a new caddy to wit she replied, "Why don't we just paint the one we have?" Genius, that one!

Here's how it went down:

This is what we had been staring at for quite a while. Yuck.

1. We purchased a can of Rust-oleum brand Appliance Epoxy ($6)

2. We lightly sandpapered the rusted surfaces with some leftover sandpaper we had in our tool kit.
3. We laid down an old sheet on the garage floor (with the door open, of course!) and spray painted the parts as directed by the manufacturer.

In a little over 24-hours we had what looked like a brand new shower caddy!


Here is a similar caddy we could have purchased to replace our old rusted one:

For $6, here's the one we saved:

Questions? Suggestions?