[guy2]

yeah ,my grandmothers 30 year old stove is looking pretty ugly ,it's still got some paint but there's big balded spots where you can see the metal. It's quite bad but we don't care to get a new one because it's just paint and we utilize our appliances to the bone. This thing get very hot so i need a paint that can handle it ,i never bought paint before.

[Mr. Newton]

Just ask them at the paint store,there is paint made specifically for that kind of job.
You're going to have to go into a paint store or hardware store to get it and they will know.

[wacor]

something like this

have no idea the quality. just found it on google

Google is your friend

http://www.pacificfireplace.com/paint.html

[guy2]

Originally Posted by wacor

something like this

have no idea the quality. just found it on google

Google is your friend

http://www.pacificfireplace.com/paint.html

wow google is your friend

now all i got to do know is see if i can find something like this at low's

[wacor]

Originally Posted by guy2

wow google is your friend

now all i got to do know is see if i can find something like this at low's

I would also check with appliance repair shops and paint shops. Sherwin Williams or Pittsburg paints probably have something. I would rely on their advice more than Lowes or Home Depot folks.

[daniel_b2380]

guy,
appliance repair paint is NOT porcelain enamel repair
you can 'paint' appliances - including the SIDES of stoves - stove TOPS are porcelain enamelized - porcelain is not paint - [which is where you have pigments dissolved in a solvent] - porcelain is more like dipping something into molten glass - the porcelain frit is actually melted on at extremely high temperatures


remember - ALL paint will 'darken' with heat - couple links anyway:
http://www.forrestpaint.com/
[and click on the 1200 degree paint]

http://www.stovepaint.com/Tips/

this stuff still ISN'T porcelain enamel:
http://porc-a-fix.net/index.htm

these guys re-do the whole top - you ship it to them:
http://antiquegasstoves.com/

you might also think about having it 'chrome' plated - there used to be quite a few places doing that in chicago - which would be easy to clean up - but even chome plating will turn 'colors' with heat - [look at automobile headers]

[oil painter]

They do make paint for barbeques. My son painted his and it looks great

[guy2]

Im just looking for something simple maybe in a spay can? I don't care if it's smooth or not ,just as long as the paint stay's hard when the metal get's hot.

Before this ,i was actually thinking of coating it with Rust-Oleum because iv used it on some very hot car part's and worked fine ,i didn't do it Thank god ,because it come's only in black ,it would of took forever to dry and it would stink bad.

[wacor]

one caution about rustoleum. Unless they changed it many other paints are not compatible with it. If you have to repaint after the rustoleum that paint may bubble.

[Knotbored]

Try a wood stove sales place. They sell heat resistant stove paints. I have used flat black to redoe the top of my wood stove and it worked perfectly, and stoves come in white so I assume thats available too.
One suggestion-it will be easier to repaint a whole panel rather then trying to hit just the exposed chipped areas, and it will look 100% better.
If the stove is really beat up why not just get a replacement used stove? I see those cheap or free on Craigslist and in local small town newspaper all the time.

[Mr. Newton]

There is a flat black stove paint made for stoves and heat resistant,probably exactly what you want,not fancy but will do the job.In fact I do believe it's called stove paint.
Simple

[guy2]

Thank for everyone's opinion ,i think i will probably go with the stove paint because the side's of this stove aren't going to be visible after i move it.