I have a 19 year old townhouse. In a corner of the living room is a
fireplace, with a pretty ugly black "box" (not sure if the correct term
for this firebox is 'insert' or not?). It is painted black by the
manufacturer and through the years (before I moved in) has acquired some
scratches on the front of it. Besides the scratches, I also repainted
the living room including the trim and the black firebox doesn't match.
Is there a special type of heat resistant paint I could use to paint the
front of this fire box? Or am I stuck with the factory black?

mark

Is it a flat finish , not ceramic. I found once green stove paint. it is
maybe 1100f paint. Some automotive stores have maybe 900f paint. Call a
stove co or fireplace store they will know

On 1/31/2005 11:10 PM US(ET), mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom) took fingers
to keys, and typed the following:

I have a 19 year old townhouse. In a corner of the living room is a
fireplace, with a pretty ugly black "box" (not sure if the correct
term for this firebox is 'insert' or not?). It is painted black by the
manufacturer and through the years (before I moved in) has acquired
some scratches on the front of it. Besides the scratches, I also
repainted the living room including the trim and the black firebox
doesn't match. Is there a special type of heat resistant paint I could
use to paint the front of this fire box? Or am I stuck with the
factory black?

mark


Rustoleum makes a spray paint suitable for barbecue grills (gloss and
matte).
If not, an automotive finish suitable for exhaust manifolds may work.

--
Bill

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:47:38 -0600, (m Ransley)
wrote:

Is it a flat finish , not ceramic. I found once green stove paint. it is
maybe 1100f paint. Some automotive stores have maybe 900f paint. Call a

Stove paint should work, although it will be less durable than a
real baked enamel, and you'll probably have to sand the surface
first to make a non-gloss surface. Any color but black or grey
is going to show soot, if this is a wood-burner.

willshak wrote:
On 1/31/2005 11:10 PM US(ET), mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom) took fingers
to keys, and typed the following:

I have a 19 year old townhouse. In a corner of the living room is a
fireplace, with a pretty ugly black "box" (not sure if the correct
term for this firebox is 'insert' or not?). It is painted black by the
manufacturer and through the years (before I moved in) has acquired
some scratches on the front of it. Besides the scratches, I also
repainted the living room including the trim and the black firebox
doesn't match. Is there a special type of heat resistant paint I could
use to paint the front of this fire box? Or am I stuck with the
factory black?

mark



Rustoleum makes a spray paint suitable for barbecue grills (gloss and
matte).
If not, an automotive finish suitable for exhaust manifolds may work.

I'll second that. Or any high temp automotive paint. And
don't worry about the temp rating of the paint. Even if you
have paint only rated for 500 F that should be ok, and if it
starts to burn, you know you are operating the insert at too
high a temp for safety. BTW, I used high temp auto paint to
paint a 3" square steel tube I used for air distribution in
a fireplace heating system and the tube was exposed to
direct heat from the fire about 8-12 inches away. It still
looks the same after years of operation.

m Ransley wrote:
Is it a flat finish , not ceramic. I found once green stove paint. it is
maybe 1100f paint. Some automotive stores have maybe 900f paint. Call a
stove co or fireplace store they will know

Stoves and fireplace inserts should never be operated with a
surface temp of 900 F. Anything higher than 500 is getting
dangerous.