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How can I paint my wood burning stove

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I am moving to my boyfriends house and he has a very dark living/dining room all the walls are made of beautiful wood. Of course the wood burning stove is steel and is black, is thier any way I could paint it and be a lighter color?

Jodi Savaglio
hobbyist - Fayetteville, Georgia

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Most car parts stores sell high temperature paint [linked by editor to product info at Amazon] for use on exhaust pipes.

Jeffrey Holmes, CEF
- Spartanburg, South Carolina

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I sand blasted mine and then repainted it using STOVE spray paint [Adv. Stove Paint [linked by editor to product info at Amazon]]

M'Lisa Dalley
- Bastrop, Texas

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Light colored paints tend to discolor when exposed to high temperature for long periods of time, even if the paint is designed for that purpose. I would suggest investigating how much use the stove gets and what changing the color might do to the value of it, especially if it's an antique.

Sheldon Taylor
supply chain electronics
Wake Forest, North Carolina

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