Looks like you painted it, what brand of paint did you use? Looks like a real nice finish.
Certainly not pristine, but not bad either. Needs some gaskets and a cat, as I expected. A paint job as well. The original owner painted over rust with what lools like bbq paint.
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Yikes! Not sure how I missed this one, but I found it today when I was stripping paint. It's almost the entire length of the bottom of the door. Bad weld from the factory, absolutely no penetration into the door frame. Bet there weren't any 40 hour burns in this stove.View attachment 74051
I don't have an RO. I just used fiber discs on my angle grinder, 80 grit. I stripped the whole thing with a wire brush, and sanded the bad spots. You can do what you want for your shop stove, but it didn't take that long to strip that big beotch. Don't bother sanding between coats, you aren't painting a car. By the time you get the first coat done, it's dry enough to go back where you started for another coat. The paint I used covered up any scratches, but you can still see where the welds are on the inside of the stove.So wire wheel to get off the big stuff and bubbles, then an RO disc sander? 80 grit or 200 grit? Then clean, then paint? I just started wire eheeling the fisher and the surface is uneven between the removed rust and the good paint. Did you block sand between coats?
WOW block sand, like he said its not a car, your going to clear or anything. I would just strip rust to bare metal, and if the pitting or height differences bother you feather you edges then paint. If you get a paint buildup you will cover the minor scratches and you can even paint certain spots to build the paint up thicker if u like but if its a hard edge both heights will build up. I would not go to all that trouble personally cause sooner or later your gonna have to do it again.So wire wheel to get off the big stuff and bubbles, then an RO disc sander? 80 grit or 200 grit? Then clean, then paint? I just started wire eheeling the fisher and the surface is uneven between the removed rust and the good paint. Did you block sand between coats?
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