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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