? on Painting Triple Wall Pipe
Darkdakota
I have some triple wall stove pipe that is past the new stage (it's
galvanized). Can I sand it down and prime/paint it? Any body try this? I was
thinking of using an oil based enamel on it but I don't know if it will get hot
enough to hurt the paint over the long haul.
Dark
JeB
U wouldn't want galvanized inside a house ... the zinc can bake off.
I'd try "barbeque" or "engine enamel" type paints ... they usually say on
the can how hot they can handle. If really galvanized you'll need to deal
with that to get the paint to stick. I'd really vent it well first time or two
the 'extras' in the paint cook off.
Darkdakota
This isn't the section inside the house- it's the part that sticks throught
the roof.
I know you can treat galvanized metal with muriatic acid before you paint it
but I'm not sure how hot the the triple wall gets. I'd like to paint it
burgandy to match the trim and the high heat paint I can only find in black..
Dark
david anthony
rays but not from within. I have checked surface temp of triple wall pipe
immediately after a chimney fire and it was only warm to the touch. You can
paint with any paint that's suitable for galvanized surfaces.
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Apocalypse Wolf
darkd...@aol.com says...
Try engine part from an auto parts store. It comes in a variety of
colors. An engine in service gots much hotter than the outside wall of
triple wall stovepipe above the roof line.
After rebuilding a Dodge engine, I painted it Ford blue, hoping that
would make it last as long as a Ford. It didn't help....
[ OK, folks, that last line was a blatant troll ;o) ]
--
Greg "" Wolf
The computer biz: money for nuthin' and the chicks for free.
Steven Jones
It paints fine, new pipe has a coating that has to come off, this
will weather off in time, or you can clean it off with vinegar
which also etches the metal a little. I used barbecue paint with
good luck.
SAJ
Darkdakota
Thanks for the info- I have a gallon of burgandy oil based enamel I'm going
to try. It's a great color and I think it will look good with the historic
rose color I'm going to paint the house.
Dark
Kwicherbichen
darkd...@aol.com says...
>
> Thanks for the info- I have a gallon of burgandy oil based enamel I'm going
> to try. It's a great color and I think it will look good with the historic
> rose color I'm going to paint the house.
Get some red paint and white paint; make it look like bricks ;o)
John Kiljan
About 20 years ago I put in a Franklin stove and was left with about
four feet of shiny metal triple-wall pipe sticking out of my roof. I
went down to Sears where I had bought the pipe and stove and told the
paint guy I wanted to paint it black. He said that he had a primer made
for just that and sold me a quart. It was like nothing I had ever seen
before. It was almost clear with a pale blue or green tint and seemed
like very thinned out rubber cement. It went on and thinned out easily
and dried to a film that was so stretchy that I could peel it off with
my fingernail if I wanted to. Anyway, I painted over it with a molten
black latex paint and it held up great. Never a crack or peel for
years. I think that is how it works by softening the stresses on the
paint from the expanding and contracting metal below.
I just looked at my paint collection but couldn't find it anymore, but
it might be worth a look at Sears even after all these years.
-- John
Wolf
Butyl rubber primer should be widely available (I haven't looked
lately). It is an excellent primer on every surface where I've used it,
and where latex coatings (including paint) are the next layer. It is
especially fine for applications where there is a lot of expansion and
contraction.
--
Greg Wolf
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