curing a painted stove in the driveway question

[matlocc]

I am redoing an insert and when the temps get warmer I would like to paint it and then do a couple burns in my driveway to cure the paint.
Has anyone done this? Do I need to attach a liner to it for this process or just leave the top open?

 

[BrotherBart]

Done it with three stoves Well, more. Five coats of paint with a cool down and re-fire after each coat.

 

[BrotherBart]

Gotta have a pipe on it. You will have to leave the door cracked open to get a draft anyway. Without some sort of chimney you will have a heck of a time even getting it hot enough the cure the paint.

But it can be done with a piece or two of stove pipe.

 

[matlocc]

Thanks, I was going to run the pipe up through my kids basketball hoop!

 

[brant2000]

Thanks, I was going to run the pipe up through my kids basketball hoop!

Watch out, it might end up looking like this...without the graphics.

 

[mopar440_6]

I used three 24" pieces of single wall pipe on my stove when I cured it outside. I actually got a pretty good draft going since it was in the low teens that day. You might want to avoid running the pipe through the basketball hoop. It will get pretty hot, likely hot enough to scorch or melt the paint on the hoop/backboard. Three screws at each joint should be plenty to keep the pipe upright.

 

[matlocc]

I was going to wire it to the front outside of the hoop, would it get hot enough to screw up the back board? I only have a 13 foot piece of flex liner.

 

[mopar440_6]

Its possible, especially if the end of the liner is in front of the backboard. Do you have anything metal you could attach to the hoop and use as a standoff to keep the liner further away from the hoop? A pair of light gauge fence posts or something similar might work well.