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don't know how many times this topic has been gone over but I figured I would share and hope it helps someone.
Our Pacific energy Summit Classic has now burned roughly 35 cords of hardwoods the past 5 burn seasons. She was new 5 seasons ago and she looked great! was the centerpiece of the living space. Kinda proud of it if you know what I mean. Michigan's high humidity off seasons have really take a tole on the finish of the Summit (no air conditioning) so I decided last night it is time for a paint job. also, I was pondering the condition of the internals of the stove pipe and did not want to go another season without getting a good inspection done on them. I had no idea how long they typically last. I removed all the floating internal parts last night for the normal cleaning, then removed the stack and damper that are inside the house. Got the damper and stack cleaned and re-painted. I'm pretty excited to say the least to make it look good again!!
The outside (black painted) stack was in decent shape with no rust spots but the stove itself has rust spots starting all over. just minor spots but they grow like cancer. The one thing I was AMAZED with was the condition of the inside of the stack and damper. Still had the stainless appearance (silver with blue and purpleish colors under the thin layer of soot..., no overheated gray appearance at all) with some slight discoloration from the heat and corrosive byproducts flowing thru it for 5 seasons. (once stainless overheats and turns gray some of the alloys have been oxidized/burnt out of it and it is no longer "stainless") but it looks GREAT still ! I only clean the stove and pipe once mid burn season (between Christmas and new years usually) and once at the end of the season.....sometimes I neglect it and put off the "end of season cleaning" until mid summer or even later......I know, bad move. is what it is. Despite the poor timing and leaving all the corrosives on the internals for to long than I should it looks great. as I said.
I will post pictures as I go along. paint im using is generic 1000 degree hardhearted rattle an paint. best one iv personally used is the ACE handwear Rust Stop 1000 degree paint. I like it a lot more than the rostellum version.
this
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/spray-paint/general-purpose/1010065
Our Pacific energy Summit Classic has now burned roughly 35 cords of hardwoods the past 5 burn seasons. She was new 5 seasons ago and she looked great! was the centerpiece of the living space. Kinda proud of it if you know what I mean. Michigan's high humidity off seasons have really take a tole on the finish of the Summit (no air conditioning) so I decided last night it is time for a paint job. also, I was pondering the condition of the internals of the stove pipe and did not want to go another season without getting a good inspection done on them. I had no idea how long they typically last. I removed all the floating internal parts last night for the normal cleaning, then removed the stack and damper that are inside the house. Got the damper and stack cleaned and re-painted. I'm pretty excited to say the least to make it look good again!!
The outside (black painted) stack was in decent shape with no rust spots but the stove itself has rust spots starting all over. just minor spots but they grow like cancer. The one thing I was AMAZED with was the condition of the inside of the stack and damper. Still had the stainless appearance (silver with blue and purpleish colors under the thin layer of soot..., no overheated gray appearance at all) with some slight discoloration from the heat and corrosive byproducts flowing thru it for 5 seasons. (once stainless overheats and turns gray some of the alloys have been oxidized/burnt out of it and it is no longer "stainless") but it looks GREAT still ! I only clean the stove and pipe once mid burn season (between Christmas and new years usually) and once at the end of the season.....sometimes I neglect it and put off the "end of season cleaning" until mid summer or even later......I know, bad move. is what it is. Despite the poor timing and leaving all the corrosives on the internals for to long than I should it looks great. as I said.
I will post pictures as I go along. paint im using is generic 1000 degree hardhearted rattle an paint. best one iv personally used is the ACE handwear Rust Stop 1000 degree paint. I like it a lot more than the rostellum version.
this
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/spray-paint/general-purpose/1010065