log/wood burning stove

[stubby 175]

so, call me mad, but I had this idea for ages, and its starting to take shape,

have a very small piddly shed at the bottom of the garden, that houses my freezer for my caught rabbits (ferret food) plus an overspill of pest control stuff on loan from work plus my longnets etc, not enough room to swing a cat in,

so the search was on for a bigger shed

 

in the meantime I had a problem, normally get a frozen rabbit out of the freezer the night before feeding, yet sometimes (winter) its not de-frosted 24hrs later, so got the idea, bigger shed!!!! and a wood burning stove, so after scaning good old e bay, I found one that wernt to far away, and won it for £32 not bad in my reckoning

 

needs a bit of tlc, so far ive given it a good clean of rust, as the front door would'ent shut properly and was held shut with wire, it now shuts/opens fine, ive also made a grate for it as this was missing, think the guy must have fed it from the top, straight into the embers pan, which is also too far gone, and needs re-fabricating

 

but the question is

can i paint it with black hammerite, or will this peel with the heat, i have a small pot of heatproof paint (car engines) but for the price, its gonna take about 8 of these cans/tins

 

anyone??

 

 

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

What a f*ckin little beauty that is, Stubs! Ye lucky bugger! God, I'd love that in here!

 

Hammerite? I wouldn't, personally, mate. That entire little thing's going to get damn hot down the line! Is it not enamel on there already? I frankly know nothing about paints, to be honest. But I can't see even Hammerite sticking to that. I've used it on my gates and weather and wear gets to it eventually. Painting ones gates is an annual pass time out here

 

Anyway, sorry, I guess ye really need someone who Does know their paints and thus what the hell they're on about Just had to say what a lovely little piece that is!

[Nobby 65]

Looks ideal that stubby could do with one like that for my allotment

[stubby 175]

cheers ditch, thats what i thought too when i spotted it, couldent belive i'd won it so cheap, yup its already blue enamel, but in places its badly worn/burnt/marked,

the guy i got it from said its pre war, he got it 20yrs ago from a guy in benfleet that was stripping a tug boat, so the sides aint enamelled, i suppose i could leave it as "is" just thought it would look good all black, (inc sides)

its actually a water heater too, the water area being sides and back, but that bit aint been used, and cant see me having a use for boiling hot water in me shed, when i have the kitchen tap 100yds away, as long as i can put a coffee pot on top, im happy

[trapper25 0]

only last week i bought a chiminia off ebay ( £38 delivered brand new ) as i spend half my life in the shed! i keep the ferrets and the freezer in there plus its my workshop. its got block walls but a ply floor and although ive fixed a flue to it and it goes out side (tried it without flue the ferts are still coughing) im a bit concerned about the red embers blowing about the place every time theres a gust of wind !

maybe something with a glass door would have been a better option.

its pretty good at smoking the neighbours out to (better get a longer flue)

any way best of luck stubby but watch out for those floating embers

[stubby 175]

shouldent be any floating embers, once lit, extra wood can be put in via the top lift of plate, already gave it a test run, without a flu, just to check seals around door etc, and made the mistake of touching it, to see if "its hot"

 

those chiminia things aint got doors on them?, have they also, do they have a bottom vent/grill under the grate, to allow air pulling through to take the smoke up the chimney/flu

 

would be weary of lighting it, with ferts in there

just an idea, but would mean getting a good fire going, but keep it outside, with the flu running through the shed, using the hot air as heat????

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Stubby; Now I have more time and a little more info from ye. Ye could do as I did and just take a wire brush to the de enameled patches. Stripped back that bit they at least look tidier. Probably the best we can do?

 

As for those sides? Get hold of some " Grate Black " - readily enough available since the re advent of the victorian fireplace such as Shepp's looking at. That'd make the sides lovely and clean, if somewhat black, looking.

 

Then ye'd have yeself a suitably, not overly, tidy little stove. And ye could call it " The Bruise "

[moxy 617]

Hammerite isnt going to be any good, so im afraid your going to have to put your hand in your pocket. The paint you've got for your engine should be ok, it will be something like aluminium oxide and withstand heats in excess of 200 degrees plus. You can get stove black from your local plumbers merchants and it will cost around £15 a tin. You can also get black stove lead from a stove shop(specialist) but i this wouldnt really be any good if your stoves going to be in a shed or not burning all the time, if it gets damp it will rust again.

Dont be tight and pay for a good heat resistant paint, once your stoves burning and gets up to heat it certainly wont be cold, i can boil a pan of water on mine. Hope this helps

[woz 260]

IV ALWAYS USED HIGH TEMP PAINT FROM MOTOR FACTORS ITS ABOUT £5 PER SPRAY CAN..ITS CALLED MANIFOLD PAINT.....WHEN YOU FIRST LIGHT IT AFTER SPRAYING THE FUMES ARE AWFULL BUT IN TEN MINS OR SO ITS ALL GONE AND YOU GET A NICE MATT BLACK FINISH.....IF YOU ARE GOING TO BURN WOOD THE FIRE WILL BURN BETTER WITHOUT A GRATE....

[Knifebar 0]

IV ALWAYS USED HIGH TEMP PAINT FROM MOTOR FACTORS ITS ABOUT £5 PER SPRAY CAN..ITS CALLED MANIFOLD PAINT.....WHEN YOU FIRST LIGHT IT AFTER SPRAYING THE FUMES ARE AWFULL BUT IN TEN MINS OR SO ITS ALL GONE AND YOU GET A NICE MATT BLACK FINISH.....IF YOU ARE GOING TO BURN WOOD THE FIRE WILL BURN BETTER WITHOUT A GRATE....

 

There is a company whom makes paint called TRIMITE they make paint for this type of thing you could try that but the stove will burn hotter than 200c more like 300-400c

 

Knifebar

[leegreen 2,151]

Barbque paint from B&Q thats what I use, but why don't you bring the rabbit indoors to defrost?

[woz 260]

this high temp paint from motor factors goes to 850c so it says on the can....i used to make wood burners out of old calour gas cylinders when we were travelling and sell them at festivals and the side of the road.......

[stubby 175]

Barbque paint from B&Q thats what I use, but why don't you bring the rabbit indoors to defrost?

 

 

like the sound of the bbq paint

 

reasons not to bring rabbit indoors

 

1, means extra walking up and down 130yd garden

2, have done once or twice, but wouldent wanna do it every day

3, have a JRT that loves rabbit, so would need to put it somewhere safe

4, would then need a special "rabbit container" as they tend to drip blood everywhere

5, once in a blue moon ok, but then you'd get the moaning from the good lady, messing up her kitchen

6, thats what a bloke's shed is for

7, COS IVE JUST GOT A BLOODY LOG BURNER,

[stubby 175]

just had another go at cleaning certain area's, and realised the age of this has taken its toll on the enamel in quite a few places, so once the new shed is, giving me a dry work area, I'll be giving it a full coat of a heat proof paint

 

I'll post some pictures when finished

[Tis TM 8]

just had another go at cleaning certain area's, and realised the age of this has taken its toll on the enamel in quite a few places, so once the new shed is, giving me a dry work area, I'll be giving it a full coat of a heat proof paint

 

I'll post some pictures when finished

 

I know you've made up your mind now, but just to reiterate, I bought an old hunter midi, that had been standing in a field under a tarp for 5 years. I gave it to a mate who runs an engineering firm, and races stock cars - he sand blasted the thing and sprayed it with his manifold paint and it came up good as new! It took 3 years before it needed a touch up where it got the hottest (on the hood)

Any small areas I used some stuff called Zebrite (i think) something which my Nan recommended, like a cream, that they used to black the fire grates with in the oldun days I think thats the stuff Ditch was on about. (cool for touch ups but not big areas)

Good luck with the project, I love woodburners