Craigslist:To Hell and Back??

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Vermont castings red enamel used to give us fits back in the day. What bugs me more is the fact that people who post on CL never bother to use spell/grammer check.
 
As my BIL who owns a body shop would jokingly say "Ah that'll buff out." :lol:
 
qcgirl said:
Is it just me, but it looks like this stove has been to hell and back.
What would cause the enamel to be worn like that.
I have a 10 year old green enameled and it has one small chip where it got knocked badly,
which I repaired and now I can't even find it 6+ years on.

Craigslist never ceases to amaze.




http://maine.craigslist.org/for/1915383454.html
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VC's enamal coating sucks. Trust me. That stove is still abused, though.
 
Even if they share the blame on the coating,, that window..... wow... how do you even do that????
 

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qcgirl said:
What would cause the enamel to be worn like that.
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When a stove becomes infected with the bacteria that cause enamel leprosy (Vermontcasterium redenamalae), the bacteria begin to multiply within the enamel surface. After three to five years, symptoms of enamel leprosy will usually begin. This period between becoming infected and the start of symptoms is the "enamel leprosy incubation period." Although the incubation period is typically between three and five years, it can range from six months to several decades.
 
Say what you will about the enamel - looking at the stove pipe attached to it makes me rather suspicious that things have been run VERY hot there. I'm not sure exactly how enamel stoves are supposed to take it, but I would expect there must be an upper limit to the temps where one can expect the enamel to stick around.

Such a shame whatever the cause - that must have been one nice looking stove.
 
I'm sure it looked really nice when it was new. But hey, the price can be negotiated.
 
maybe you can sandblast it clean.
 
branchburner said:
qcgirl said:
What would cause the enamel to be worn like that.
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When a stove becomes infected with the bacteria that cause enamel leprosy (Vermontcasterium redenamalae), the bacteria begin to multiply within the enamel surface. After three to five years, symptoms of enamel leprosy will usually begin. This period between becoming infected and the start of symptoms is the "enamel leprosy incubation period." Although the incubation period is typically between three and five years, it can range from six months to several decades.
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Ha!!

It looks like it was dragged to hell and back.
 
When a stove becomes infected with the bacteria that cause enamel leprosy (Vermontcasterium redenamalae), the bacteria begin to multiply within the enamel surface. After three to five years, symptoms of enamel leprosy will usually begin. This period between becoming infected and the start of symptoms is the “enamel leprosy incubation period.” Although the incubation period is typically between three and five years, it can range from six months to several decades.
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:lol: well done
 
I noticed that on CL earlier too. My first thought was that they must have had a pot of water that was constantly boiling over combined with very hot fires.
 
Enamel is "peeling in spots" . . . looks more like the stove has a bad case of teen-age acne. Egads . . . pretty ugly looking stove.
 
The glass will look like that if you do the "crack the ash pan to get the fire started" trick. Leaving the ash pan open, combined with water and a lousy enameling facility will do what happened to the enamel.

Also, I now have a slight forum crush on branch burner because their diagnoses.
 
I wouldn't put that stove in my garage!

; )
 
Yeah my friend has a VC Defiant in green and it is peeling too. He takes care of it and is an engineer and a firefighter. The paint still sucks.
 
cycloxer said:
Yeah my friend has a VC Defiant in green and it is peeling too. He takes care of it and is an engineer and a firefighter. The paint still sucks.
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Well there's the problem . . . I have yet to meet a firefighter that is easy on any piece of equipment. ;) :) . . . Plus all firefighters like it hot . . . really hot!
 
Haha, yeah it is a great stove in terms of throwing heat, but cosmetically VC obviously had a problem with their enamel coatings circa that timeframe. His house usually hovers around 75-80 degrees all winter...
 
Now THAT is what I would call whorehouse red!

Some 1990's Chrysler vehicles had this problem too. It looks like bad bonding of the primer. Very ugly.
 
BeGreen said:
Now THAT is what I would call whorehouse red!

Some 1990's Chrysler vehicles had this problem too. It looks like bad bonding of the primer. Very ugly.
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Ah, this explains the look . . . this is the rarely seen Vermont Chrysler stove. ;)
 
Yes, they also made the Dodge Defiant and Plymouth Vigilant models.
 
If I wanted it, I would tell them I would take it out for free, and then sand or blast and repaint, if it were going in a low profile area. Look at it more closely in person, I would be surprised if it weren't more damaged!
 
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