Fisher Wood Stove Finishing

[caseyjones2]

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I am finishing a Fisher Baby Bear.

I want to spray the logo with a Silver Stove Bright spray.

Does anyone know the best method for this?

I want to keep the black behind the lettering, and only spray the letters silver.

I assume i have to tape it, before i spray, but any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,

 

[Desmond]

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I am finishing a Fisher Baby Bear.

I want to spray the logo with a Silver Stove Bright spray.

Does anyone know the best method for this?

I want to keep the black behind the lettering, and only spray the letters silver.

I assume i have to tape it, before i spray, but any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Casey, What I have done is shake the can really good and spray into a small jar. ( I use a baby food jar) I then use a small artists brush and handpaint whatever it is I need painted.

 

[Jeff68739]

Has anyone tried Stove Bright Brush on in Satin Black? I have watched the YouTube videos on the spray cans, just seem like I would fair better by rolling it on.

 

[Don H]

I always spray paint but the first stoves were brush painted.

 

[coaly]

Yep, I brush it on steam engines all the time. Can't have over spray everywhere with far too much to mask.
Here's a steam skimmer (forerunner of a back hoe) with black boiler hand brushed. Everything on the machine is hand brushed.



There is a small steam engine by Nagle at the far right hand brushed with it. 2 coats has lasted many years. (Yeah, that's me)

That is the black Nagle that powered the American Can Co. with line shaft in New Jersey. That's my Grandson at 6 running it (No gloves!) and he is 22 now; Same paint still on it !
Yes, he knew the cyliner cock operation, throttle and drip oiler in Kindergarten! I had him start it to show people how easy it is to start a steam engine at shows.
The large wheel spinning behind us is a 10 foot flywheel on a Watts Campbell Corliss. All the engines and parts are brushed.

This is how they look ready for primer and paint. I let them soak with oven cleaner at least a week to degrease, pressure wash and wire wheel any badly rusted areas. Brick a pad to mount them on and paint. That's why I took up the stove refinshing and collecting hobby. MUCH easier and lighter! (not to mention safer) OSHA would not like my toys.
Paint is just the protective coating and is very easily removed if you find the proper original color and does not decrease value unless it is a new unfired item.

 

[Jeff68739]

This will be the 2nd Mama I repaint, first one using Rust-Oleum high heat paint/ brush on, which isn't standing up well. Might have cured it to fast/hard. I picked this one up for $50 so I have no problem paying to get sand blasted. I have a can of stove bright paint coming next week. I will be more gentle on the curing this time around.

 

[bholler]

View attachment 247282 This will be the 2nd Mama I repaint, first one using Rust-Oleum high heat paint/ brush on, which isn't standing up well. Might have cured it to fast/hard. I picked this one up for $50 so I have no problem paying to get sand blasted. I have a can of stove bright paint coming next week. I will be more gentle on the curing this time around.

No Rust-Oleum just sucks. It probably wasn't you. But no I never brush stoves.

 

[Todd67]

@bholler is right about Rust-Oleum paint. I use Rutland stove paint on my "user" stoves and Stove Bright on my older collector Fisher stoves.

 

[coaly]

View attachment 247282 This will be the 2nd Mama I repaint, first one using Rust-Oleum high heat paint/ brush on, which isn't standing up well. Might have cured it to fast/hard. I picked this one up for $50 so I have no problem paying to get sand blasted. I have a can of stove bright paint coming next week. I will be more gentle on the curing this time around.

That looks like a Bark Brown Mama ! You can tell by the paint condition on the sides at bottom. It doesn't wear or degrade much there. Looks like a brown one to me. That was the first optional color and quite rare.
Here's mine, I kept it brown obviously;

Someone stove blacked the door, so I just wire wheeled it and blacked it instead of dealing with the black removing issues. That stuff comes out of the pores in cast forever. This was the first stove I baffled and has the added bottom heat shield making it a II. (1977 revision)

 

[coaly]

Here's a Baby Bear that shows brush marks. Only the first handful of stoves were brushed.

 

[Jeff68739]

That looks like a Bark Brown Mama ! You can tell by the paint condition on the sides at bottom. It doesn't wear or degrade much there. Looks like a brown one to me. That was the first optional color and quite rare.
Here's mine, I kept it brown obviously;

View attachment 247310 View attachment 247309 Someone stove blacked the door, so I just wire wheeled it and blacked it instead of dealing with the black removing issues. That stuff comes out of the pores in cast forever. This was the first stove I baffled and has the added bottom heat shield making it a II. (1977 revision)

That looks like a Bark Brown Mama ! You can tell by the paint condition on the sides at bottom. It doesn't wear or degrade much there. Looks like a brown one to me. That was the first optional color and quite rare.
Here's mine, I kept it brown obviously;

View attachment 247310 View attachment 247309 Someone stove blacked the door, so I just wire wheeled it and blacked it instead of dealing with the black removing issues. That stuff comes out of the pores in cast forever. This was the first stove I baffled and has the added bottom heat shield making it a II. (1977 revision)

Brown! Kinda had black in mind. The UL tag says 77 on mine. I took off the both the bottom and back heat shields to give her a good sanding. I am definitely reattaching them since this is a rare stove. I'm gunna give this Bark Brown idea time to set in.

While were speaking on stove options my next project is a Papa bear with the large bear feet. Are these common?
I didn't get much history on this stove as I bought it from a widow in Minneapolis. It also had this attached to the top plate.
The woman called it a soup warmer, I'm sure it didn't come new with the stove but I'm gunna let stay on.

 

[coaly]

There were standard legs and optional "Furniture" and "Bear" Legs. They can be bolted to any of the stoves with removable bolt on legs.
I purchased many old stock left over parts years ago from the Colorado fabricator. At the time we agreed on $10 each, so I bought the ones in new condition and left the rusted items that would need sand blasting, since the hair detail could be compromised. Ironically the bead blasted refurbished ones do appear on eBay from time to time for $400 / set ! Obviously I should have bought them all! I'd consider them quite rare.

Optional Furniture style.

Sold eBay 66.50 April 2010

This set sold for 364.35 from Napa CA in Jan. 2016

Bead blasted set (at least they were honest) CA $400 in Nov. 2015

The Simmer Accessory has been advertised on eBay as a Fisher Item, but I've never seen a logo on one, so I believe they were sold by a dealer or dealers? as an add on. But no Fisher trademark info has been found. For what it's worth, a seller on eBay was listing one as a Fisher item for $100 for many months that I don't believe ever sold. They were the second to claim it was a Fisher item. Your seller is the third. Could be some truth to it, possibly a fabricator made them to sell with the stoves.

Here is one that was refurbished and plated. (CA) It should be nickel plate which gets harder with heat, chrome peels off easily when heated. Still trying to confirm with someones paperwork what they are. They are identical.

 

[Jeff68739]

Thanks for the info! You make me feel better about buying 3 fishers in 2 months time, the rest of my family thinks I'm nuts.