carver1800 fire paint job !

[Fatboy]

hi all,
we have a carver 1800 fire which needs a paint job on the cover, its in a darkish brown but im wondering what kind of paint should i use, can i use hammerite or even a car celluse spray or should i be using non flammable or oderless etc , any body got any experience of painting a fire front , if so what did you use ??............thanks to all replies

 

[ProfJohnL]

Hello Fatboy,
The fire fronts were precoated steel, and must be specified for high temperaturse both conducted and radient of in excess of 200 degrees C
If you use a paint that is rated less than 200C, at best the paint will discolour, and worst it may crack and even set fire.

 

[Guest]

Best option is take it to a local polyester powder coating firm, loads of colours and they bake it at 200C+ so not problems with fire or discolouring.
I chose white, mainly because changing colour for a 'one off' coating is expensive and white was the colour they were using at the time, it did though stay perfectly white for years and it looked suprisingly very smart I might add!

 

[ProfJohnL]

Just a further word of advice, "prepreation" it is absoluetely key (excuse the pun) to a good paint finish.

 

[Surfer]

May be better to source a second hand one from a scrappy!

 

[Guest]

Nice thought Ian but their like early Fords?!

 

[Jaydug]

If you look on ebay for heat resistant paint you'll find several colours in aerosols for painting engines and brake calipers. Those paints withstand very high temperatures - probably higher than your fire cover will ever get.