Blue Black Jotul - does this chip like other enamels?

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DianeB

DianeB

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Apr 26, 2012
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Would prefer this color to the matte black but not if it has the same chipping problem as other enamel stoves. I have read that it it really not enamel, but paint. Does anyone have info on the product used to coat the stove to reach the blue black color? Also wondering if there is touch up paint available and how that adheres if used?
 
From what I have read here, the Blue Black finish is a lot tougher than enamel coatings. I do not recall anyone here having a problem with that finish.
 
I have owned both conventional majolica finish enamel and the blue-black enamel finished Jotuls. Both are tough finishes, if you treat them well. Both can chip, but you will have to hit the blue-black finish harder, probably with something metal for it to happen. A cold water spill on a hot stove will probably damage either finish. I love the satin sheen of the blue-black finish, it looks beautiful on these stoves.
 
I can only comment on my 10 year old Oslo, The high gloss vitreous enamel green finish looks as good today as day one. We clean it with pledge.
Tom
 
Yeah, the blue/black Jotuls have the toughest enamel finish in the business. Never heard of a problem with them. And after you try to keep a matte black stove clean for more than a week you will wish that you got the blue/black sucker.
 
I have a blue black Jotul Kennebec insert. It is worth the extra dollars to go with that finish vs. the matte black. It is easy to keep clean and you never have to paint it and endure the burn off smell afterwards. The enamel is baked onto the cast iron in Norway as are the other enamel finishes. The blue black isn't as shiny but it does reflect the light showing the designs on the cast iron. It will chip if you abuse it but I find it to be very durable. Also, if you live in an area with high humidity, the enamel finish protects the cast iron so you won't experience surface rust in the summer months.
 
Mine is now 19 years old, and looks nearly new, with the blue/black enamel. While shopping for a second stove (Jotul Oslo), a local Jotul storekeep told me to avoid the other enamels, as they chip much more easily than the blue/black.

Well, that's all I got...
 
Thanks everyone. I was a bit nervous about the matte finish. I have had a Fisher for many years and stove black made it look new. The Jotul dealer did not recommend stove black polish, but rather paint to clean it. Seemed odd to me that stove polish would not work. The Fisher was steel, perhaps the cast iron does not take polish well?
 
The blue/black is actually cut from parts of Batmans bullet proof suit. If the Joker and Penguin couldn't break it, I'm guessing you can't either!
Good luck
 
The Blue/Black finish is actually the skim coat that is put on all enamaled stoves before the colour coat. It also can take a literal beating, when i rebuilt stove we used a cold chisel and hamer to remove the stove cement and never chipped the blue/black finish only marked it.
 
Joful said:
Mine is now 19 years old, and looks nearly new, with the blue/black enamel. While shopping for a second stove (Jotul Oslo), a local Jotul storekeep told me to avoid the other enamels, as they chip much more easily than the blue/black.

Well, that's all I got...
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Was he refering to other Jotul enamal finish colors, or other brand stoves with enamal finish. I have seen it questioned here before, and It's still not clear. I think , all the Jotul enamal finished colors, I have seen are the same vitreous enamel process. Of course this is IMHO a guess, backed up with no real information. Maybe someone can confirm this, or comment. I have seen this process used on other products. It is as hard as glass to scratch.

Tom
 
The full majolica enamel is a, thicker multilayer process. It is a bit more vulnerable, but still is a tough finish. If you take reasonable care of it then it will stand up well. Our red 602 is pushing 2 decades and it still looks good.
 
xman23 said:
Was he refering to other Jotul enamal finish colors, or other brand stoves with enamal finish.
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He was referring to other colors from Jotul, and showed me the numerous chips in their Jotul floor models to prove his point. He had a green Jotul 400 that had only been in the store a short time, and already had a bunch of chips on the edge of the top, from passers by. The blue/black stoves he had in stock, although having sat in the showroom much longer than the green and red enamel Jotuls, were in excellent shape.

I'm not an expert on this / just passing along what I was told and shown by one Jotul salesguy. I only have one Jotul stove, and it's in blue/black enamel.
 
Sounds like they need to handle the stoves a little better. Our old 602 has just a few minor nicks.
 
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