If the stove is painted and to be soon repainted, I wouldn't use polish. I'd leave it as is until you can repaint it.
New living room and Jotul F500 Oslo rebuild
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That is contrary to the advice I have seen. If the stove is painted I wouldn't use polish. I'd just leave it natural until you can repaint it.
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I started cleaning and tested an area with the Polish...I don't mind it but really want to paint it with the Jotul iron color
To my untrained eye it just looks a bit rusted from time and use . . . I suspect it has the matte black paint.
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Burning Hunk
It's matt black paint from the factory, over time the paint just wears/burns off. My stove looked a lot like that, if you paint it it will look good for a few years and then the bare metal will start to show through again. I have great results with the polish it's less work, smokes less, looks better, and is easily touched up. I just buffed mine by hand with a dry rag recently, I didn't even add any more polish and it looks great.
From what I can see from your photo your stove will polish up nicely and you may like it so much you might decide not to paint it.
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Burning Hunk
I didn't notice your other thread the stove looks good painted! [almost as good as if you polished it]
I didn't notice your other thread the stove looks good painted! [almost as good as if you polished it]
Yeah I was going to mention that, but you found it. I just installed it on the hearth in the house last night but didn't get a chance to burn, had to help a friend track a deer...will post pics this evening.
Thank you. And thanks to everyone for the comments and suggestions.
