Abstract: A silicone milk bath unit for coating surgical instruments with silicone includes a sink where the instruments are submerged in a silicone solution, and a cabinet for drying the instruments. The drying cabinet is divided into a plurality of compartments one above the other, each having a track for slidably receiving an instrument tray containing the silicone coated instruments. A drip tray is disposed beneath each instrument tray and collects the excess solution that drips from the instruments. The drip tray is inclined downwardly toward the rear of the cabinet and is positioned so that liquid dripping from its rear edge avoids falling onto the instruments located in the lower compartments, but instead falls down to the bottom of the cabinet for disposal.