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paulz
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 06:38am
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I've painted the top of my stove a couple of times with Rustoleum BBQ black but it doesn't stay nice, seems to burn off eventually, combined with setting pots etc. on top to heat. Recoating makes the cabin stink for week.
Wonder if there is a better coating? Or, has anyone put a stainless steel top, or perhaps ceramic tile?
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Nate R
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 07:26am
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I used Stove Bright brand paint on mine.... I'm told this is what Jotul is using form the factory now...it did seem to match exactly.
I had a couple spots that needed touch up on install....now after cooking on it this winter, we've got a couple stains that I'll probably just go over with paint when it's warm.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/re-paint-wood-stove-before-first-fire.164488/
-Nate
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 11:27am
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Dont know what the brand was about 35yrs ago when I rebuilt the antique stove, but iirc it was just called 'stove black'. Rubbed it on the cleaned metal (wire brushed), let dry, and I think I 'burned it in' with the stove outside.
It has lasted Very Well, years in fact, with an almost constant pot of water on top for humidity and utility hot water.
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kevlar
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 01:02pm
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There is some kind of polish I got for my dad’s cook stove years ago, and I believe it worked well. I am going to try finding some for myself to get my stove looking good.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 02:07pm
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THIS is what we use... Stove Black I always called it. Rub it on and it lasts a long time. It does smell when you first fire up the stove. One good firing will burn the smell off.
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ICC
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 02:22pm
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Same stuff as Nobadays. It works and lasts a very long time, unless someone water somehow collects on top of the cold stove; then the cast iron will get rusty. But this stove black will make it look superb again.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 03:49pm
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Might find some at an Amish store?
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ICC
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 04:20pm
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Lowe's sells basically the same stuff under a different name. I have seen similar/same on Amazon, Lehmann's, and my local hardware stores; a paste in a squeeze tube as well as a liquid.
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rpe
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 04:42pm
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Our stove is a bluish grey colour, and in need of a re-paint. We'd like to go black. You guys using that Stove Black - would it work directly over grey, or should we re-spray with high-temp black first?
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 05:50pm
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rpe - I would clean the stove up really well and try the Stove Black on an inconspicuous spot like the back or a leg. It won't likely work over paint... it will blacken the stove without paint.
Caveat... I have only ever used it on cast iron stoves, not sheet metal.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2022 07:18pm
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I use William's stove polish. Hardly ever have to recoat anywhere that the steamer wasn't by.
I did have a stove prior to this that I used paint on and I do use paint on my chimney pipe. I believe I used the rustoleum stuff on it. About every 2yrs I do the stove pipe because it just dosnt take well to being touched or having the magnetic thermometer on it.
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paulz
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2022 12:34am
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Interesting.
The Raven Black says not for bare metal.
The Williams says for unpainted cast iron only.
My stove is thick steel, not cast iron.
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Fanman
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:58am
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I'm wondering how the stove black would work on stainless steel? Our coal stove was a sheet metal cylinder stove, it was all rusted out (coal smoke is corrosive) so I replaced the barrel with stainless steel. The high temp paint (I forget the brand) was gorgeous and black as night in a deep cave, until the first really hot fire, then it turned all gray and blotchy.
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paulz
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2022 10:24am
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I'm still thinking about a partial covering where I set a pot or a kettle. Piece of stainless, couple of tiles, grate.. but not isolate from receiving all the heat.
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Fanman
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2022 06:58pm
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I have a cast iron trivet that I sometimes use between the coal stove and a pot to keep it from getting too hot.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2022 07:31pm
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I use different size nuts under the pot/pan. 3/8, 3/4, and 1 inch I believe. That way you can get whatever temp is right. From sizzling to slow simmer.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:09pm
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Quoting: darz5150 I use different size nuts under the pot/pan. 3/8, 3/4, and 1 inch I believe. That way you can get whatever temp is right. From sizzling to slow simmer.
Great idea! We have a catalytic stove and without a trivet it just boils the water right out of the teapot. We used to cook on top the VC Aspen but this one is too hot....maybe the nuts will help regulate the heat.
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nitch11
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# Posted: 19 Apr 2022 02:18pm
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The BEST!
England's Stove Works
16-Ounce Hi-Temp Black Spray Paint
Mfg.#AC-MBSP Sku#1896190
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