Osburn 3500

[GoStove]

Alright guys wavering back and forth here on a couple stoves but this stove keeps coming up. Just now realizing many wood stoves use a ceramic fiber insulation batting above the baffle and in other areas in some cases. Curious if this stove has any? Not seeing it on the parts list but wanted to check if anyone had firsthand experience. Not sure I want to mess with it.

Also how is the finish? Any curing to start? Does that calm down? Durability of the cooktop to cookware etc.? Thanks, appreciate any thoughts.

 

[begreen]

I think the freestanding has no insulation blanket on top of the C-Cast baffle, but the insert does.

 

[GoStove]

Thanks. It would be freestanding for my application. I’m curious on the finish and durability / initial curing for these stoves as well. Refinishing would not be something I’d look forward to (would prefer to not have to ever refinish honestly). Are the finishes on these Osburns usually pretty good?

 

[begreen]

It's a painted steel stove. The finish and durability is very good. If it needs repainting after a decade, it's not a big project. The best way to protect the finish is to never overfire the stove and not placing water containing objects on the stove top.

 

[stoveliker]

And not to scratch it by sliding things (e.g. thermoelectric fans) on it when one grain of sand may be present.

Don't ask me how I know.

 

[begreen]

And keep big slobbery dogs away from it.

 

[GoStove]

Appreciate it. Not sure I ever want to refinish it. May be leaning enamel, was also considering cast iron but that appears to generally be painted also.

 

[begreen]

Appreciate it. Not sure I ever want to refinish it. May be leaning enamel, was also considering cast iron but that appears to generally be painted also.

The painted finish on cast iron jacketed stove stand up pretty well. Our stove is 16 yrs old now and I have not repainted it. It still looks good. This is because the cast iron jacket never gets as hot as a straight, radiant cast iron stove.

 

[GoStove]

Would this be cleanable with something like a damp rag without stripping the paint off? Or on a painted steel stove like this is it best to just accept some level of dust etc. and view it through the lens of utility? Would it be possible to go decades without repainting or are the finishes pretty thin? Appreciate the input.

 

[begreen]

Wiping it down occasionally is fine. Any stove that is being used regularly is going to need maintenance over time. No paint finish, thick or thin is exempt from the wear and tear of repeated wide temperature swings. Note that his is not an issue with a jacketed stove like the Summit Classic LE. The porcelain jacket stays looking like new as long as it is not abused. The same for cast iron jacketed stoves.

 

[GoStove]

Jacketed is still painted underneath right, on the outside wall of the fist layer of the double wall, just hidden? On the paint, I saw an old thread where people were wiping the paint right off (various brands I think) which has me a bit nervous.

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Thread 'Paint wiping off'

Dec 12, 2011

Okay.... Fires are burning nicely. Glass is staying clean. No smoke in the room. Odor of paint curing is about gone. Thanks to you guys I have solved these problems. Another question that has presented itself. We were out of town for a couple days and when we got back I decided to clean up a little before I started another fire. Thing I noticed is that when I wiped off the stove with a dry cloth, there is some (what looks like paint residue) on the rag. When I wet the rag and wipe the stove, the rag has a deep black residue on it. Doesn't matter where I wipe, this happens. Even areas...

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[begreen]

That's a very old thread and some of the examples are repaints, and not necessarily with stove paint.

On a stove like the Summit, you never see the black painted stove body. Worrying about it is like worrying about the paint finish on the area behind the dash.

A new stove's paint is raw until it bakes in. This happens when the stove body gets above 500º. There will be an odor as this happens. It's in part why stove manuals often tell the home owner how to break in the stove.

This is our cast iron jacketed stove's paint finish after 15 yrs. of service. It looks almost as good as new. All it has gotten is a damp cloth wipe a few times a year.