The cover over the four burners on our range is old and dingy. It has been polished many times of course. But it sticks in my mind that there was a discussion several years back about actually PAINTING it. Can I just sand the top aggresively and then use one of the new appliance paints on it. Obviously the cover and paint are not subject to much heat since the cover is folded away during cooking.
Any thoughts please??
If you want to paint it inexpensively, I've had good luck with the Appliance Epoxy Enamel that Home Depot sells in the rattle cans.
Like all paint jobs, the quality of the job depends on the quality of the surface preperation.
^^^What he said^^^
I did the top of my mom's range in her house, looked factory. Just used the white enamel appliance paint from the big box lumber store, it's all in the prep.
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I did the top of my mom's range in her house, looked factory. Just used the white enamel appliance paint from the big box lumber store, it's all in the prep.
Was the range gas or electric ? All the paints I've seen say not to be used where there is an open flame ( as in gas range) including high temp stove paint. How is it holding up?
If you've ever owned a gas range long enough they will take on a light kind of egg brown color around the burners.
The manufacturer of this product said it can be used on stove tops but will also take on that brown color in time - depending on the amount of use and how long the burners are on at a time.
Yes, but not on appliances. I have been experimenting with different coatings to deal with the filiform problem we have. Try contacting the company, they were very helpful when I explained what I was planning to use it for. Not sure how heat resistant it may be. (i'm still in the filiform experiment stage)
We just painted ours with Rustoleum hammered silver spray paint. It doesn't really ever get hot, we wait to put it down until the burners have cooled, so I'm not worried about using high heat paint. As others have said prep is key. Make sure you thoroughly sand it smooth, clean well, before painting. Several light coats are better than one heavy coat.
Pictures would be a lovely thing! I posted a pic of our poor stove top in my "replacements" area. The burner areas are very rusty/dingy. I called Colaws & they only sell the whole range, not parts and suggested powder coating. I would be interested in how some of these other ideas look! Thanks.
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Isadora - that is interesting about Colaws. The guy I talked to was very specific about not selling just the cooktop?? and he was the one to suggest the powdercoat?? I wonder if you have to be there in person to talk them into it? or maybe they just changed the rules? I'm bummed...
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"When a great ship is in harbour and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for." by Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, author of ‘Women Who Run With the Wolves’
Isadora - that is interesting about Colaws. The guy I talked to was very specific about not selling just the cooktop?? and he was the one to suggest the powdercoat?? I wonder if you have to be there in person to talk them into it? or maybe they just changed the rules? I'm bummed...
Now, they don't sell the stove cover, or lid. At least not that I could find. But the last time I was there, they still had stove tops, and burner grates. In 3 and 4 burner styles, in more than one size. That was just a few weeks ago. They might have sold out, by now, is all I can guess if he told you they didn't have them. But we got our stove top there. New and still in the plastic wrapper but in the salvage area. We are going to have to make another trip over there for a couple of little things, sometime next week. I can check again for you if you would like, if it is the stove top you are after. Just let me know what size you want and we will see if they have it.
Trouble with Colaw's is, sometimes they don't have time to go look for something and they won't tell you over the phone if they have it or not. We needed a piece for our shower head last week, and there was one left. On the back of the shelf, hidden in the corner. They never would have told us they had it if we hadn't gone to look for ourselves.
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