Hmmm.  Wood stoves are widely used.  Stove paint is for sale in local hardware stores here.  When I heated my house with wood in eastern Kentucky, the flue for my stove and the stove were painted at the factory, and never needed redoing, but I saw the paint for sale there, where wood was the single most common home heating fuel (coal was second, natural gas third).  mcneely

---- Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I think the more common application these days would BBQ/Grill paint.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
> On Mar 8, 2011 7:47 PM, "John Rodgers" <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> > In Alaska we used to buy "Stove Pipe Paint" to paint the stove pipe on
> > the old wood stove. It was a flat black high temp paint. In winter,
> > especially in some of the trapper cabins and wherever - one would get
> > the old wood stove huffing and puffing, and that stove pipe would get
> > red hot. But that paint would hang on and not burn off.
> > Dunno what it was made of.
> >
> > John
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > Clayartist and Moldmaker
> > 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> > Chelsea, AL
> > Http://www.moldhaus.com
> >
> >
> > On 3/8/2011 8:46 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> >> Joe,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I see my misquote has started quite a stir on the site. My mind must have
> >> been in other places. But that's OK, I believe that if Women really
> >> understood how most guys minds worked they would keep us in the garage
> and
> >> let us in the house once a week.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> For paint you need flat black and it needs to be able to handle the
> >> temperatures without degrading. My suggestion would be a high temperature
> >> flat black primer.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks, Tom.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of
> >> Joe Luther
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:36 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: Honing and cylinder painting
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom - thanks for the reply. What do you consider the "right" paint?
> >> Secondly, is there any other area that should be painted?
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> >> From: Tom Hargrave [mailto:thargrav@hiwaay.net]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:26 PM
> >> To: 'Joe Luther'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: RE: Honing and cylinder painting
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The black paint works but you have to use the right paint.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It's like taking 1 step backwards and one step forward. The backward step
> is
> >> the insulation value of the paint layer& the 2 steps forward are the
> >> increased radiating properties of black verses silver or dull grey. High
> >> efficiency teat sinks are anodized black for the same reason.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom Hargrave
> >>
> >> www.towercooler.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of
> >> Joe Luther
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:25 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Honing and cylinder painting
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I've been looking around the web during my lunchtimes for reading
> material
> >> on rebuilding etc., I found a site called aircooled.net that has some
> >> interesting and detailed information on it.
> >>
> >> In particular, I was looking for information on hone stones to be sure I
> had
> >> the right grade etc being sure of oil application during the process,
> etc.
> >> I have a Craftsman cylinder hone that I used once some years ago, I do
> not
> >> recall the stone grade. Is stone grade critical for light honing of used
> >> but within spec cylinders to seat new rings?
> >>
> >> Also, in one document, it is recommended to put a coat of black hi temp
> >> spray paint on the outside of the cylinder fins to aid in cooling. I
> always
> >> thought painting a heat transfer surface was akin to adding a layer of
> >> insulation?? Not true? I didn't plan on painting anything but the
> brackets
> >> and tin and cast housings etc.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for comments.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
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