Question for Woodstock owners

[HollowHill]

Does anyone have their cast iron parts painted in the Metallic Gray shade? I'm wondering how you like it and if you find that it "hides" the dust better? How do those of you that have different shades find the dust situation? Do the dust and ash tend to show up more on the darker shades - matte black, charcoal? Or is it not a problem? Thanks!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Although we are told ours is metallic brown, it still looks like gray to me. No dust problem and no ash problem either. Only problem is keeping the glass sparkling clean because the stove rarely cools off enough but we'll soon be letting it go out at least occasionally. The way today is shaping up, it may just go out this afternoon and not get lit for another day or two. Spring is arriving. We even saw some May flowers and May apples finally. Buttercups are blossoming too. Well, the wife also has some tame flowers but I like the wild ones.

 

[Paco]

We have the gray, and love it. No dust issues.

 

[kayakkeith]

Have the gray and no dust problems - in fact maybe it hides the dust

 

[ddddddden]

Keith, I believe the stove in your pic is painted charcoal. Metallic gray is the one that almost looks like an off white. Hollow, I've seen a Classic in metallic grey, and it was beautiful. Almost matches parts of the marbling in the stone. Probably my favorite color on the Classic, but not so much on the Fireview because it seems to kinda hide the iron frame of the glass, making the smallish window look even smaller, and making the whole stove look vaguely like a diving helmet or something. . .at least that was my impression from the Woodstock pics, so I got charcoal. No issues with dust. If I had it to do again, knowing as I do now that the Woodstock Elves will paint your stove *any* color that Stove Bright makes, I probably would have paid the $75 to get "Leather," which is a dark brown...I see in your other thread that you want the new Wunderstove...the glass on that stove is probably large enough that gray would not cause the "port hole" effect that it does on the FV. Hard to choose w/ no pics. Doh!

 

[kayakkeith]

yep - mine is charcoal - had to look at the invoice - not really good with colors

 

[HollowHill]

Although we are told ours is metallic brown, it still looks like gray to me. No dust problem and no ash problem either. Only problem is keeping the glass sparkling clean because the stove rarely cools off enough but we'll soon be letting it go out at least occasionally. The way today is shaping up, it may just go out this afternoon and not get lit for another day or two. Spring is arriving. We even saw some May flowers and May apples finally. Buttercups are blossoming too. Well, the wife also has some tame flowers but I like the wild ones.

Backwoods, I looked up a pic of your stove and I love it! I agree that it looks more gray than brown, almost a pewterish color. However, I've looked at some other pics on the internet of the metallic brown where it looks quite brown. Does yours ever look brown in certain lights? Or is it the color of the soapstone that affects how it looks? I noticed your soapstone has a bluish cast to it (again I love it!). Did you pick the stones out yourself?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

My wife claims to see more brown that I do. If the sun hits the metal then I can see a little bit of brown but not much; it is still gray and as you state, similar to pewter. The stone does have a bluish cast to it and all the stone I saw at Woodstock has some blue to it and really looks nice. When we bought the stove I did not pick out the stone but just requested stone with a good amount of blue in it. Going to the factory to pick out your stone and also to help pick out the color of the cast would be great but we are about 1,000 miles from them so it was out of the question but if I lived within 500 miles I would certainly consider driving there.

Another option would to be visiting Woodstock during one of their open house days. You'd get to talk to several folks about the stove and actually see them in various stages of being built. I really liked talking to some of the builders and talking about possible future maintenance of the stoves and how to best disassemble a stove and in general, what to look for. Talking with the shop foreman was also great as was talking to different folks in customer service. You may even get to meet the owner, Tom. The are a great bunch of people there and you might even get to enjoy a picnic.

 

[Woody Stover]

I have the Metallic Blue, which looks......pretty much gray! :lol:
The only place I notice anything is below the load door where wood debris lands on the cast frame. Any actual dust blends in and isn't very noticeable.

 

[xraydog]

That is one of the reasons I chose the metallic grey stove. I never liked the look of ash on the cast iron. Additionally since the cast surface is sort of rough.... it is harder to clean the ash. The other reason I chose the metallic grey is I loved the way it looked in the brochure.

The only downside is the metallic grey will show other stains more easily than darker colors. Take for instance your steamer if you put anything into the water and spill a few drops on the metal you won't see it initially, however, once it heats up and the water evaporates you are left with a small brownish spot. It is easy to clean with a toothbrush and some mild detergent.

 

[sauer]

I have both the metallic brown and grey. I like the brown a tad better, but it goes with the living room a little more. The brown looks more elegant where the grey looks more victorian. If that makes any sence.

 

[leeave96]

The biggest problem I have with my Keystone color, mine is black, is not ash showing - it all the other stuff! I come home from work and find brown and black spots where someone dropped a crumb from a cookie or pop-tart on the stove and it melted onto the cast or soapstone itself. Then there is the smudge on the front glass where someone's loose jammies made their way against the hot glass...

At least the dog has learned. No more nose prints on the front glass....... If I could get the rest of the family to keep their distance........

Bill