Looking to paint a Regency insert from it's greenish colour to a nice flat black. Any tips, do's/don'ts advice would be appreciated. This stove will be the focal point of the room and I really want to do a good job.
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hilly
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I used the metallic paint from the dealer to touch up my regency surround. It turned out far better than I would have imagined. You can't actually tell where I painted and where the factory painted.
Is this an enamel stove? If so, you might not have much luck getting paint to stick to the enamel - an removing the enamel is a pretty tough job in itself. If it's some other type of paint, then:
- smooth the original surface and remove any loose paint, rust, etc. The new coat of paint won't really hide any surface imperfections so smooth anything that you don't want to see.
- a couple coats of stove black should do the trick. Though the spray can stuff does tend to scratch/mar fairly easily, it's also easy to touch up.
- Be ready for a fume-out on the first couple of firings and anytime the stove reaches a new high temperature. It would be best if you could fire the stove up outside (with a couple lengths of stove pipe attached for draft) or if you have to do it in the house, on a day which is warm enough to open some windows and vent the fumes.
- smooth the original surface and remove any loose paint, rust, etc. The new coat of paint won't really hide any surface imperfections so smooth anything that you don't want to see.
- a couple coats of stove black should do the trick. Though the spray can stuff does tend to scratch/mar fairly easily, it's also easy to touch up.
- Be ready for a fume-out on the first couple of firings and anytime the stove reaches a new high temperature. It would be best if you could fire the stove up outside (with a couple lengths of stove pipe attached for draft) or if you have to do it in the house, on a day which is warm enough to open some windows and vent the fumes.
Really stir the paint! There is more than one thread on here about folks messing that up, almost did myself. Stove paint settles out much more than anything else I have ever seen.
Use a stick and plan on being at it for a while, shaking does NOT cut it.
Use a stick and plan on being at it for a while, shaking does NOT cut it.
If it is enamel as cozy suggested, you could have problems. Might need to go so far as a sandblast first to get the paint to stick. other than that, I have had greater luck in my ventures when using the bushable paint compared to the spray versions.
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jrousell
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I was pretty happy with the stove-bright spray cans made for painting wood stoves. I took a flat black VC aspen and made it very pretty powder blue...
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