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I think I ruined my refrigerator.

Posted: Feb 15, 2015

I had a ton of magnets on the front of my refrigerator, which has a textured almond finish. When I removed the magnets, some of them left spots and some of them took little pieces of the finish off. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you.

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Never heard of magnets causing that kind of damage. sm - MUPPuppy.

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Good to know. Anyway, hardware stores sell smooth touch-up paint for appliances and fixtures. I used it for my sink. There are paints with texture compounds in them, but not sure about appliance paints.

Are the spots rust? - ???

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Magnets are very bad for refrigerators. I had a couple on the side of mine that left rust spots. It was the same textured pebbled finish.

Nothing I have tried will remove the stains. I did get some of the rust off with Bon Ami but was afraid to be too aggressive for fear of damaging the finish even further.

You might try Zud on the rust. Perhaps use a cotton swab.

If it is truly awful, you could try appliance paint.

Same thing happened to me - Anon

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This happened over 15 years ago (still have the same fridge). I didn't have a lot of magnets, but one took the finish off. My fridge is textured black, so fortunately the bad spot can only be seen from from certain angles. I have not found a way to fix it, unfortunately.

Just cover the spot with another magnet. - xx

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Problem solved!

Thank you everyone. - OP

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Thank you to everyone who responded, including the gal who emailed me. I tried Clorox wipes and the Mr. Clean eraser thing, but neither worked. I can't cover it with another magnet because I'm decluttering in the event that I end up putting my place on the market. I'm going to try that appliance paint. That sounds like the ticket!

There's a paint you can buy. - We did it

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Look in Home Depot or Lowe's.

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