Hi there. We have an older woodstove, just a red shell with a black firebox inside. Well, we painted the firebox with paint that's good only up to 500 degrees. We thought that would be plenty, but now everytime we fire it up, our home fills up with this toxic haze. We were hoping that repeated fires would solidify the paint, but apparently it won't. Any advice? Are we going to have to strip off this paint, or should we just move the firebox outside and burn it until there's no more smell? The paint is already somewhat baked on and didn't react much to one paint stripper we used tonight. It's gettin' chilly here in the northwoods.
Big problem with painted firebox
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Strip it, sand it, jackhammer it if you have to. Get that junk off of it. Stove paint is rated to 1200 degrees. And any stove you burn in is going to get hotter than 500 degrees. Even the 1200 degree paint is going to smell until it cures.
You are lucky that stuff didn't burst into flames.
You are lucky that stuff didn't burst into flames.
Thanks, BrotherBart. Another question: Should we also take the paint off the outer shell that encloses the firebox?
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