I found this piece at a flea market at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It was covered in rust but I saw potential :) Before doing anything, I removed the knobs so that I would not damage them.
I also took out each drawer to work on them individually.
Ways to remove rust-
Chemicals such as CLR (this method did nothing for this piece)
Wire brushes
Sandpaper
Foil- This is that I used to get a great deal of the rust off of the front. You just wad a piece of foil into a ball, wet it with water, and scrub at the rust! It took a good majority off of the drawer faces.
There was no help for removing the rust on the outer body of the canisters and the insides of the drawers, they were far too corroded so covered the chrome faces and I used Rustoleum Rust Reformer, this makes a very rusty surface paintable. I wanted to paint it with something very durable, I found that Rustoleum also makes a spray on appliance epoxy. Both of these sprays have a 24 hour dry-time, so it's not a quick job but the outcome was very nice.
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