I bought this rack to hang my hand washables while they dried. While this IS a great rack for hanging clothes it's not good for drying them. The first rust spot I noticed was on a welded area. While I was very disapointed it rusted at all (given the price and my high hopes), I wanted to believe it was just something in the welding material but that the main drying areas would be fine. Wrong. Just noticed some rust developing in the middle of one of the bottom horizontal rods. Now I'll have to lay something over the areas where moisture may drip to forestall any further rust. What a big disappointment!