Stove Paint high temp paint

[asb151]

Have any of you ever used StoveBright paint? Beware if you do. The warning on the can says you may have some smoke and and fumes that last for the first 3 fires. What an understatement!

It took 10 high temperature fires to finally burn off the putrid smell. The first two fires set off my smoke alarm. Each subsequent fire gave me migraine headaches even with the windows open and a fan on. I didn't think it was ever going to end.

Finally now the smell is gone and the areas I painted look real good but I will never use that stuff again.


http://www.forrestpaint.com/stovebright/high_temp_aerosols1.html

 

[mga]

from their web site:

It is important to warn your customers to ventilate the house during these initial burns. Although the smoke is primarily Carbon Dioxide, there are other components of the smoke which make it smell bad and may irritate some customers. These problems will go away after the first few burns, depending on the duration and the surface temperature of each burn.

http://www.forrestpaint.com/stovebright/troubleshooting_guide2.html

i guess you have to open windows and doors for the first three or four "burns".

 

[asb151]

from their web site:

It is important to warn your customers to ventilate the house during these initial burns. Although the smoke is primarily Carbon Dioxide, there are other components of the smoke which make it smell bad and may irritate some customers. These problems will go away after the first few burns, depending on the duration and the surface temperature of each burn.

http://www.forrestpaint.com/stovebright/troubleshooting_guide2.html

i guess you have to open windows and doors for the first three or four "burns".

Yes, I read that before I used it. My point was that takes a full 10 burns instead of 3 or 4. Ventilating my house for the first 10 fires was a little more of a hassle than what I was prepared for. I just want anyone who might be planning to use it to be aware.

 

[mga]

i do agree that ventilating the house is a hassle, especially if you decided to paint your stove just before winter and now have to open doors and windows while burning a fire. i guess doing that in the summer wouldn't make much sense either.

when they stated "3 or 4 times" i figured that was under their "ideal" conditions...not in real life.

based on your experience and the fact that one would have to burn your stove either in the winter or the summer to avoid fumes, i'd pass on the product.

 

[Sprig]

Painting stoves???? W.T.F.-P. U.. Unless you never use it why bother unless its a rusty ol' piece of crap and you want to clean it up a bit. Found an old can of 'Soot-Black' for stoves years back, omg, don't bother! Mixing some nice powdered charcoal with a bit of bacon fat and rubbing it in seems to have worked, nice 'n' organic (sort of), cure it almost like cast iron, some great old metal out there heating houses and shops. If its a fashion show, how nice for you, unless its baked enamel you will shorten your life, hmmmmmmm.