Our VC 1977 Vigilant has some whitish discoloration on the doors and also is developing some surface rust. What's the best way to treat this?
Fixing rust and white haze on Vigiliant
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Thanks. Just curious, will I need to repaint the entire stove to keep the repainted part from being obvious?
If you don't, the touched up part will be readily apparent.
Paint the entire thing, preferably outside during the Summer.
Buy two cans of paint to ensure you get the entire thing coated.
Also, your first fire will be a smoky one until the paint is heat cured.
Paint the entire thing, preferably outside during the Summer.
Buy two cans of paint to ensure you get the entire thing coated.
Also, your first fire will be a smoky one until the paint is heat cured.
Sometimes people have purchased a 3-4 foot section or two of cheap single wall flue pipe and set up a make-shift flue to have their first (and sometimes second) 'curing' fires outside. I did mine inside, but on a warm fall day where I had windows open and fans running. But either way, best not to wait till a cold winter/house closed up tight day to burn off a fresh painted stove.
A warning, once you have touched up the stove with stove paint, its going to smoke and stink for several fires with diminishing smells. If your stove has not been resealed if may be time to reseal it and paint it outdoors an set up temp flue pipe in the driveway and burn off a lot of the nastiness.
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