Has anyone re-enameled the black cast iron rings on their stove? Ours look good except for the centers where the enamel is worn, so I was thinking about re-enameling or painting with some kind of hi-heat, hi viscosity enamel paint.
We've found antiquegasstoves.com which does beautiful restorations on home stoves & it says they restore grates too...but I haven't gone any further (pricing?) at this point....just have them on 'our list' for future reference.
Shari
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My suggestion would be powder-coating. They powder-coat headers so I know it can take the heat. If I remember right, its alot less expensive than getting things chromed. There are a number of different colors available as well. That's on my list of things to do as too - someday.
Thanks, I'm going to check into powder coating. I hadn't even noticed the stove rings and if I had, they would have been far down on my list. Of course they're near the top of my wifes. This is a good sign though it means we're getting some of the major stuff done, had the wood laminate floors installed and am picking up the newly upholstered beds and gaucho tommorrow.
I had mine powder coated with the high heat paint. Came out looking brand new. I haven't really used the stove top much since, other than letting it burn for a while during testing of the propane lines and such, but it seems to be holding up quite well.
Definitely go with powdercoating.
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Is powder coating something you can DIY? If so, what paint do you use (I've seen high heat paint for grills and radiators--will it do)? If not, what kind of shop does it? What should I look for in the phone book? How much did it cost?
Is powder coating something you can DIY? If so, what paint do you use (I've seen high heat paint for grills and radiators--will it do)? If not, what kind of shop does it? What should I look for in the phone book? How much did it cost?
Thanks,
Mary
You can do it yourself, but you need to buy a powdercoating kit for around $75, and have an oven to bake the painted parts in, as well as purchasing powder. Unless you plan on doing a lot of painting, have someone else do it.
The best bet is to just look in the YP's for Powder Coaters, and if you are in a fairly good size town/city you should find dozens of them.
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Just talked to a powder coater who said it would cost about $50 to do all four burner rings but he did say that it is not really intended to be subjected to flames (more like heat up 300 degrees). He says that in time the flames will burn the coating off.
Just talked to a powder coater who said it would cost about $50 to do all four burner rings but he did say that it is not really intended to be subjected to flames (more like heat up 300 degrees). He says that in time the flames will burn the coating off.
I may still try it.
Ken.
I had mine powder coated and it melted off onto the bottom of my pans!!
Not a good idea.
I have left all 4 burners blazing for at least a half hour while testing out my propane lines, and all the powder was still in tact. I didn't have a pot or anything sitting on it at the time. The company that did mine assured me that it would easily take the heat. We'll see how it goes in real world situations soon enough!
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I got pricing last spring on having our rings re-enameled, if I remember correctly it was going to be in the $125-$150 range. Needless to say they look great for now
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