We had a nice crisp and dry fall day today so I decided it was final time to sand off the dog drool rust and repaint my insert. I used the SBI OEM Metallic Black and thankfully didn't have any issues at all unlike earlier this sprint when I was redoing the ash lip... that was REALLY annoying. After a few coats I'm happy with the results and also know that moving forward it's not too bad a project. This is good because I fully anticipate having to do it again next year lol.
Now we just have to suffer through the curing process for a day or two when we light up. Probably another 1 to 1.5 months for us, we'll let the heat pump work until it's below 40 at night.
Before (it was worse than it looks, this this after a little test sanding):
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282108-2d3413aa48e66a88a4a00748cd6cb318.jpg)
Process:
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282109-295521bdbc126ce4a548d06a3e6dc135.jpg)
After:
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282110-00259ea9b326bbc1eb93ac002c473b5f.jpg)
The reason I had to do all this:
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282111-1d38d6c221b544cd203d74ef320d43a5.jpg)
Now we just have to suffer through the curing process for a day or two when we light up. Probably another 1 to 1.5 months for us, we'll let the heat pump work until it's below 40 at night.
Before (it was worse than it looks, this this after a little test sanding):
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282108-2d3413aa48e66a88a4a00748cd6cb318.jpg)
Process:
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282109-295521bdbc126ce4a548d06a3e6dc135.jpg)
After:
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282110-00259ea9b326bbc1eb93ac002c473b5f.jpg)
The reason I had to do all this:
![Stove Repaint Day Stove Repaint Day](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/282/282111-1d38d6c221b544cd203d74ef320d43a5.jpg)