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Poor man's (pellet stove) gold kit....

Post in 'The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves' started by imacman, Aug 22, 2008.

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  1. imacman Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 2, 2008
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    Beautiful Hudson Valley in NY
    Well, decided that I was going to save some $$ for future pellet buying, and wanted to dress up the Avalon Astoria I bought this summer, so off to HD I went, and bought a can of gold spray paint. Some careful disassembly, sanding, cleaning, and spraying later, and here's the results. Yeah, it's not 24K gold, but doesn't look too bad......

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    imacman, Aug 22, 2008
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  2. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

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    Northern Virginia
    I think it looks fantastic.
    BrotherBart, Aug 22, 2008
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  3. stoveguy2esw Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 14, 2006
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    madison hgts. va
    i hope you checked the specs of your paint and checked with the manufacturer or at least took temp readings first, if not you may have a problem keeping the finish you worked so hard for.

    dont get me wrong , i think it looks pretty good actually. im just hoping the finish you used can take the temperatures.
    stoveguy2esw, Aug 22, 2008
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  4. imacman Minister of Fire

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    Yeah, I thought about that too. The can says it's good to 200 degrees F. Hey, worst thing that can happen is that it looks good until Oct-Nov, and then if there's an issue, I'll strip it off, and repaint w/ black stove paint.
    imacman, Aug 22, 2008
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  5. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
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    Northern Virginia
    If they have a problem then they can re-do it with Stove Bright Gold paint next time. Costs 12 bucks a can and is good to 1,200 degrees. The brown version hasn't been affected by the 30-NC doing its thing.

    On my old stove it didn't vaporize until it got to 1,185 degrees.
    BrotherBart, Aug 22, 2008
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  6. imacman Minister of Fire

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    Beautiful Hudson Valley in NY
    I never knew there was a high heat gold paint....Brother Bart, can you provide the name of a place that sells it?
    imacman, Aug 22, 2008
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  7. itworks New Member

    joined: Jul 23, 2008
    206 posts
    Southwestern CT
    As others have said I hope the paint you used stands up to the stove's temperatures, but I think it looks great. Do you make house calls?
    itworks, Aug 22, 2008
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  8. Xena Minister of Fire

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    Xena, Aug 22, 2008
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  9. imacman Minister of Fire

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    Beautiful Hudson Valley in NY
    Thanks Zeta.....I guess Brother Bart was busy. I finally did the Google thing too. The best price I got was $9.10 a can. Hey, that's cheap for "hot" gold!!! LOL

    Thanks

    MM
    imacman, Aug 22, 2008
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  10. imacman Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 2, 2008
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    Beautiful Hudson Valley in NY
    Sure! Now, let me see....$12.00 for high heat gold spray paint, gas is $3.79 gal for the car, so round trip would be around 400 miles, labor, sandpaper, masking tape, and ..............aw, the heck with it, just give me a ton of pellets and we'll call it even!!! LOL
    imacman, Aug 22, 2008
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  11. Shortstuff Feeling the Heat

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    Southeastern MA
    That really looks good!

    Steve
    Shortstuff, Aug 22, 2008
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  12. pelletfan New Member

    joined: Jul 24, 2008
    154 posts
    NY
    Heya..
    Like your creativity and courage to change the looks of your stove.
    pelletfan, Aug 23, 2008
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  13. imacman Minister of Fire

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    Beautiful Hudson Valley in NY

    Thanks everybody....I just decided that "plain all black" just wasn't going to cut it....hey, I have to look at this thing everyday!
    imacman, Aug 23, 2008
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  14. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
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    Northern Virginia
    It amazes me how many people don't paint their stoves. The same paint the manufacturers use is available at most stove shops and easily available online. One of the local stove stores paints several of their display stoves different tasteful colors and those are the ones that sell first.

    Painted the Englander wood stove and did the burn in before it ever came in the house.
    BrotherBart, Aug 23, 2008
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  15. Wet1 Minister of Fire

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    USA
    Sorry to be a jerk, but it looks like $2 gold spray paint...
    Wet1, Aug 23, 2008
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  16. imacman Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 2, 2008
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    Beautiful Hudson Valley in NY
    That's OK...somebody has to be the one....

    I guess you didn't read the thread title......and for your info, the paint was $4.00 !!
    imacman, Aug 23, 2008
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