Painting stove pipe

My single wall stove pipe, from the stove to the ceiling box paint is fading. We picked up one spray can of Stove Brite high temp Satin Black #1990. The plan, after the season, mask off everything and spray the pipe. Before regretting this, has anyone used this product, painted there pipe? What prep did you do? How long did it take to cure the paint and have no smell?

Thanks for the info. Tom

The only thing I can add to this is that it may take a couple of hours at 500F to stop smoking and smelling. Pick a day when you can open the doors and windows (trust me) and either turn off your smoke alarms or be ready to turn them off.

If you clean from below, you can take the stovepipe off when you clean, take it outside and spray it. That's what I do, for my ICC pipe.

Where is your stove located? I am guessing a rattle can in the living area of the house is a recipe for disaster?? JMO - I would do it outside for sure.

I don't know what brand the pipe is. It's the pipe in my avatar. Good advice, I will remove the rear shield and do a small test. If that looks good I will try to take the pipe out and spray outside.

Thanks Tom

Pen, does brush-on paint apply well? That is, does it dry even and smooth? I'm considering painting my double-wall pipe and ceiling box (vaulted ceiling) a lighter color like almond just for looks, but I hate the idea of spraying that much indoors.

Sprinter - brush on worked and looked great on the indoor section of our Class A pipe (galvanized)

I use the Rust-Oleum high temp paint in a paint can, I use a low nap roller to apply the paint, it looks a world better than spray can paint.

I'll have to try that. I have about 25' of DVL double wall pipe and it would be a pain to take down and outside to paint. I have painted the lower section in the house with spray paint with lots of cardboard behind it to catch the over spray but I know the small paint droplets can drift away into the room.

Thanks for the replies. I was all prepared to try a brush-on product, but I've learned that the lighter colors don't come in a brush-on for some reason. I guess black is the most forgiving color.

FWIW, one site (Stove Bright?) did not recommend using a roller. They didn't say why, but apparently all of these hi temp paints can start to peel after two mils of thickness, so maybe that's why. They also recommend re-coating only once for the same reason, since a typical two-spray application is about 2 mils.

http://stovepaintbyjim.com/painting-tips/

http://forrestpaint.com/index.php?page=stove-bright-User-guide

Maybe I won't do anything yet until I need to. Or just take great care in spraying and use a proper respirator.

Pen, you bring up a good point about the temps of double wall pipe. I'm going to IR mine on a hot fire. I haven't done that yet.

I'm not sure what brand of pipe you have, but most manufacturers use Stove Bright at the factory.
Dura-Vent has their own Black color of Stove Bright that they use, but it's not always a perfect match, so we just use Satin. We always have Satin on the van so it's just easier to use that and it matches pretty good.
Most single wall is painted with Flat Black Stove Bright. In fact, all of our stoves come from the factory painted with Stove Bright paint, there must be something to it. Use it, you won't be sorry.

Stove Bright and Thermalux are the most common brands I've used over the years. Both hold up really well but there can be compatability issues, though they're not common. Good idea to test first.

I use it everyday, and I don't remember ever having a problem. That I remember?

But it is the the best stuff I have ever used!

Get some reducer so that it thins it a bit, would think it would brush on better, it will also make it shine more if you dont want a more gloss look.