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Burnt paint stripes on upper surface of white gas stove

I have a white gas stove and wanted to mend some scratches on the upper surface.
I used the wrong Touch-Up paint (which does not resist heat) and now, the stove looks awful, with many stripes of burnt Touch-Up paint.

At this moment, I would prefer to paint the whole upper cover of the stove with porcelain high-heat black paint. This way the horrible stripes will disappear forever.

I will thank you if you recommend me some product that I could use for that purpose.

I have to go to Canada in the next weeks, so I could buy it there and bring it with me, to my latin-american country of residence.

Iris Fernández
Retired home owner - Santiago, Dominican Republic
November 22, 2010

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Hi, Iris.

You can try a high temperature black paint like stove paint. You probably can't bring pressurized spray cans back with you even in checked luggage, but you can get stove paint [on eBay or Amazon].

Porcelain is not paint; it is more like glass and is melted onto metal at extreme temperatures.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
November 22, 2010

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I will buy the wood stove black paint and the brush.

Does it have a brilliant finishing?
Do you recommend a specific brand for that paint?

Is it required to sand the surface before painting it?

Thank you very much

Iris Fernández
- Santiago, Dominican Republic
November 23, 2010

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Hi, Iris. There are many brands but this site does not recommend specific brands or post recommendations of specific brands ( huh? why?). Sorry. Browsing the internet for colored stove paints I see some that look fairly shiny. Porcelain is glass-like and should probably be sanded to give some tooth before painting.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
November 23, 2010