Thread: Pot Belly Stove refurb

Hi Guys ,

Just picked up a old rusty Pot Belly Stove , after some tips on how to clean it up ?

Cheers Chris

Wire wheel on a grinder, or get it sandblasted

Wire brush on the drill hen find some gran's cast iron black used to come in a little yellow bottle

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Hi Guys ,

Just picked up a old rusty Pot Belly Stove , after some tips on how to clean it up ?

Cheers Chris

Can get it sand blasted for you if you're in Chch?

Thanks guys , but I am in Taranaki , cheers

Yeap was thinking hose it down outside , maybe kill the rust liquid , and then wirebrush wheels on grinder & then paint it black , need a chalking sealer ? , to join the halfs together etc .

Its going in my shooting hut , out on a mates farm , looking forward to getting the stove in & having a cup of tea on it , will teach my little monkeys how to light wood fire as a side benefit .

Cheers Chris

They're cast iron not steel, just clean it and granny it! If it's going in a house you will have to get it re certified for the permit to install and for insurance purposes. What a stupid world we live in!!!

@ChrisF

Save yourself shit loads of time effort and have it sandblasted.

A wire wheel on a drill will take you bloody ages and won't do anywhere near as good a job.

Once sandblasted or cleaned with a wire wheel

Apply this to cure and seal the surface


Use either of these to seal the joints



Then get some of these


To make yourself some of this


And some of this


Cheers
Pete

@P38 that's the stuff I was thinking of. Your posts gotten me hungry damn you

Try the boys at fitzroys might do it for a box of beers with a load of structural steel

Hi better products to use on the outside once sandblasted or cleaned with a wire brush is a paint called Stove bright from most Woodfire retailers that sell Masport or metro fires.
Also go to Repco and get a Holts product that is the same as maniseal comes in a small tube but has a way higher temp rating.
If in NP call into 4 seasons they will have the paint.

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what Maca49 said, there is the voice of wisdom

Spark it up, most of the rust will fall off when the metal expands and when cold again a hard bristle brush will get the rest then stove black.

Originally Posted by 223nut

@P38 that's the stuff I was thinking of. Your posts gotten me hungry damn you

Mission accomplished then

Cheers
Pete

@P38 that's the ticket...yummy!

Some have a plate at the rear as an additional chimney port, check it hasnt come loose while its a part. Mine has but its not an issue as it sits in the garden. Does duty as a wood smoker / hot coals cooker So i never sealed the join as the "lid" goes on and off a lot