Freezer basket rusting

[Sam Leon]

I have a rental unit with a refrigerator whose bottom freezer unit has a few built in wire baskets.  One of the baskets has some minor corrosion on a few of the wires.

I have seen a few DIY sites that says to use appliance epoxy spray paint.

Anyone has experience with this?

(1) Since it's in a freezer so it would be subjected to freezing temperatures.  Will the epoxy paint withstand extreme temperatures?

(2) Any concerns with possibly the epoxy paint not holding up will it become any issue because the wire baskets are used as food containers.  While I don't think they would be making direct contact with food, but you never know.

(3) If epoxy paint does work...I assume you remove the wire basket and take it outdoors, then clean off the rust real good with say steel wool.  Do you need to do any pre-treatment before using the paint?  Any metal etching primer?  Any rust inhibitor or rust converter?