Cast iron stove, paint polish??

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Eman85

Minister of Fire
Oct 10, 2022
1,274
E TN
Older VC Encore still has original finish looking more gray than black. Putting new gaskets on and cleaning things up, replacing stove pipe so stove really looks dull. Paint or polish and which brand do you use?
 
Stove Bright Satin.

If it was polish it would have rusted under the coating long ago.

Rutland polish on antiques that have not been sand blasted and painted.
 
Older VC Encore still has original finish looking more gray than black. Putting new gaskets on and cleaning things up, replacing stove pipe so stove really looks dull. Paint or polish and which brand do you use?
Paint. Stove Brite or aw Perkins