fotoman70
New Member
Hello All - I am a newbe to the wood stove world I am trying to remove the enamel factory paint from my Vermont Castings Intrepid down to the cast iron so i can repaint with new color. the stove had chips down to the cast iron in various areas. My local sandblasting shop could not get the enamel off the stove and could only get the color off, but now I have an off white porcelan like material left and the stove is not down to the cast iron. I have the stove in pieces to ease up sandblasting.
so here are my questions
1. What can I do to remove paint and enamel from stove to expose the cast iron
2. What primer would you use to make for a base coat
3. Would you fire the wood stove outside between primer and paint
4. What type or brand of paint would you use to give a high gloss off white finish
5. What type of stove cement would you use to reseal the stove
6. The stove is a cat stove, can i run it without the cat in the stove
I can use any help that I can get since i have no idea what I am doing and have limited funds to invest in stove so am trying to do it myself and would hate to have to tell my wife she was right that this could not be done
so here are my questions
1. What can I do to remove paint and enamel from stove to expose the cast iron
2. What primer would you use to make for a base coat
3. Would you fire the wood stove outside between primer and paint
4. What type or brand of paint would you use to give a high gloss off white finish
5. What type of stove cement would you use to reseal the stove
6. The stove is a cat stove, can i run it without the cat in the stove
I can use any help that I can get since i have no idea what I am doing and have limited funds to invest in stove so am trying to do it myself and would hate to have to tell my wife she was right that this could not be done