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I need an oven enamel repair kit

I would like to re-enamel the upper interior portion of my oven door where trying to force the door open resulted in damage to the original enamel coating. It is the conventional white speck grayish blue enamel coating I require. Do you have a comparable coating for this repair?

Malcolm Macaulay
hobbyist - The Woodlands, Texas
2007

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I would like to re-enamel the bottom portion of my oven where there are scrape marks on the original enamel coating. It is the conventional white speck grayish blue enamel coating I require. can you help me with coating for this repair?

Thanks in advance.

Constance Stewart
rancher - Paso Robles, California
March 16, 2009

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Hi, folks. I have bad news for you: I don't think it's repairable short of getting replacement parts from the oven manufacturer. It's not paint, it's a ceramic coating (sort of like melted glass) that is applied by melting ceramic frit onto the surface at impossibly high temperatures.

If it's not a self cleaning oven, you may be able to apply something like bar-b-que paint or high temperature exhaust system paint, but paint will not have the shininess, abrasion resistance, and heat resistance of porcelain enamel. Good luck.

Regards,
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
April 23, 2009