Quest on Painting a Hopper

k9 Bara · Post by **k9 Bara** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 11:00 am

I have read other post regarding painting new stoves. I have a Har DVC-500 that is in the house, been waiting for an extra vent pipe that has arrived. I hope to test fire this weekend. When looking over the stove I noticed the hopper was not painted much below stove top surface. You think I should paint it? I want to do what is best for the stove, it will be my only heat source this year. I don't want to gum up any moving parts at the bottom of hopper but don't want it to rust either. I will attach a pic, sorry on poor quality, I took it with my cell phone. Thank you,

GR

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 11:26 am

Your hopper is zinc coated and shouldn't rust for a long while and if it does you can always use POR-15 to stop the rust. I wouldn't paint that pretty hopper just yet. The inside of the stove is another matter. The fly ash is very corrosive and will attack the metal in your stove. If it was my stove I would buy a high temp manifold paint or POR-20 and do the inside of the stove. Each year the inside of the stove rusts and then the metal flakes off. It will take a life time to destroy yor stove with rust but it looks ugly and is a pita to clean each year.

k9 Bara · Post by **k9 Bara** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 12:22 pm

Ok, Thanks Trader. I will look/ get some paint for the inside and leave hopper alone. Thank you again,

GR

k9 Bara · Post by **k9 Bara** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 2:11 pm

Hey Trader,

Another question if you have a minute. I painted the inside of stove, but not being sure I taped and covered the grates. Is that ok, or you think it's ok to paint them? I was afraid I would interrupt the airflow if I did paint them. Your thoughts?

Thanks,

GR

gambler · Post by **gambler** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 3:29 pm

I think painting the inside of the stove is not needed. If you clean your stove at the end of the season and wipe it down with a baking soda and water mixture you will not have rusting issues. Sure the inside may get a little surface rust on it here and there but it will not compromise the steel for many many many years. The stove will probably outlast the owner. I just hate to see people spend time and money that they don't have to.

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 4:08 pm

I wouldn't paint the grates. I washed my stove with baking soda and it still rusted and flaked. I think it's a smart move to paint the inside. The stove companies don't care about your maintenance and can't afford to offer every bell and whistle.

gambler · Post by **gambler** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 9:51 pm

Here is a pic of the inside of my stove. you can see some surface rust but no flaking of the metal.

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 9:56 pm

And Rick's stove is not his since new, I sold it to him, and it was a few years old then, so I'm going to guess that this stove is ~5-6 years old now?? maybe only 4 ??

Greg L
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But it still looks pretty good inside !!

gambler · Post by **gambler** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 10:20 pm

LsFarm wrote:And Rick's stove is not his since new, I sold it to him, and it was a few years old then, so I'm going to guess that this stove is ~5-6 years old now?? maybe only 4 ??

Greg L
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But it still looks pretty good inside !!

Actually the stove is 8 or 9 years old according to Jerry. And yes it still looks pretty good inside. Should last another 20 years or more.

k9 Bara · Post by **k9 Bara** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 11:17 pm

Thank you for all the help and input. I did paint it, so I'll see how it holds up at the end of the season.

It looks great now...

GR

noknokman · Post by **noknokman** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 11:28 pm

I have a DVC-500 also, and I had issues with the upper part of the interior hopper rusting. The problem is since this is a sealed stove, the moisture in the coal has nowhere to go. It will condense on the upper hopper (which is NOT stainless or zinc plated) and cause rust. I found thru trial and error that the best paint for that part of the stove is appliance enamel touchup paint. You can find it anywhere. I painted my stove early in the season last year and have had no rust since.

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 11:51 pm

I used POR-15 on my hopper and ashpan. They look like new and should be easier to clean then rusted metal. Zero rust is also very good.

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Fri. Aug. 15, 2008 12:30 am

I found this info on POR-15 which is good news for those of us who have rust buskets for stoves: A POR-15® coating was subjected to 700°F for 10 hours; it remained hard and showed no apparent loss of adhesion. A panel subjected to elongation was pulled beyond the yield point of the base metal without affecting the POR-15® coating

k9 Bara · Post by **k9 Bara** » Fri. Aug. 15, 2008 12:42 am

Great, thanks again all for the info and opinions. I think by reading it all, it wont hurt to paint and chances are it will help. I will paint the hopper tomorrow. I will report best I can at end of season, but Im sure that many others will also.

Gr

Linc · Post by **Linc** » Fri. Aug. 15, 2008 4:32 am

Mine was pretty badly rusted when I got it. It had 22 yrs head start before I got it. But with yours, you have a good clean surface to start with. I would paint it. Keep it looking like new.

Quest on Painting a Hopper

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