Stove painting

Question

Anyone ever painted the panels on the outside of a stove?

I've been redoing my 'BTDT' 1975 Fleetwood Prowler,the vintage stove has a black panel on the face of the oven. I'm thinking of painting it and the stove hood a high temp. medium dark Blue. (Haven't done one yet)
Today I started degreasing both.
Simple Green for first wash, and vinegar for the second.
Looks like it may rain everyday for a while. I'll wait for a dry day to paint.
Alabama's high humidity is tough for paint drying.
I'm planning to do 3 coats of paint on each.
No reason to rush the job... I don't like to camp in the dead of Summer in Alabama.
I plan to replace the old Air Conditioning unit sometime this Summer too.

ndrorder · Answer

I've found that when painting high temp paint on surfaces that will see elevated temperatures, 1970's stove hood in a park style and various exhaust headers, the metal takes the paint better if it is heated prior to painting. The stove hood was heated in the oven to 200° between coats because that was the lowest the oven would go. The headers were heated with a small propane torch. As the metal is heated, you can see the moisture cook away. The times I tried painting without heated, I had lots of paint peeling issues.

baraboobob · Answer

I used engine paint on the stove and exhaust hood from my Love Bug camper that I rebuilt.  I put about 6 very lights coats of paint on everything and let is sit in the sun to get good and hot between coats.  I also didn;t rush the job.  It turned out great and last time I saw the TT it was still looking good.

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