Welllll now
Yesterday I got busy and removed the bas from the Advantage 2T so I could clean and repaint it.
Sounded easy enough alright.
Washed the base good and went over the entire surface with light sand paper ot rid the thing of some surface rust from its time in storage (before I bought it)
All sanded, wiped it down with a good paint prep solution to get any oil etc off.
Rattled up a can of "STOVE BRIGHT" and started spraying.
OOOOOOPS very soon it was apparent that there were compatibility issues.
The paint on the base pan was bubling up (Wrinkling) This is due to the solvent in the new paint not being compatible with the old materials.
Most manufactures have or do use "Stove Bright" to finish their products (past tense maybe)
Soooooo Now what.
Went back to the drawing board.
Let the paint dry and then sanded the bubbled areas off well and reshot the base.
This will be ok for the base but the top and side panels will have to be stripped first to assure a nice paint job.
This could have been avoided by using a primer sealer first.
Only problem is that the STOVE BRGHT is a low odor paint designed to be used by iteself.
Best plan if you are refinishing is to use a paint stripper first on the visible panels, to remove all the old finish, then repaint.
I am going to wait now til summer and then strip the top, back and side panels.
Once the weather is warm and dry this will be an easy job.
Definately an outdoor thing.
Snowy
Yesterday I got busy and removed the bas from the Advantage 2T so I could clean and repaint it.
Sounded easy enough alright.
Washed the base good and went over the entire surface with light sand paper ot rid the thing of some surface rust from its time in storage (before I bought it)
All sanded, wiped it down with a good paint prep solution to get any oil etc off.
Rattled up a can of "STOVE BRIGHT" and started spraying.
OOOOOOPS very soon it was apparent that there were compatibility issues.
The paint on the base pan was bubling up (Wrinkling) This is due to the solvent in the new paint not being compatible with the old materials.
Most manufactures have or do use "Stove Bright" to finish their products (past tense maybe)
Soooooo Now what.
Went back to the drawing board.
Let the paint dry and then sanded the bubbled areas off well and reshot the base.
This will be ok for the base but the top and side panels will have to be stripped first to assure a nice paint job.
This could have been avoided by using a primer sealer first.
Only problem is that the STOVE BRGHT is a low odor paint designed to be used by iteself.
Best plan if you are refinishing is to use a paint stripper first on the visible panels, to remove all the old finish, then repaint.
I am going to wait now til summer and then strip the top, back and side panels.
Once the weather is warm and dry this will be an easy job.
Definately an outdoor thing.
Snowy