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Restoring a cast iron fireplace

Hi everyone,

We have a cast iron fireplace sitting in our shed that has at some point been covered in a silver paint. We want to get this off so that we can use it in our living room as a working fireplace. What is the best/easiest/cheapest way of going about this? Do we have to paint or coat it in anything to protect it from the heat?
sarah.

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  • clean the old muck with Nitromors that you will brush on, leave to work and wash off. When nice and dry, use a special black paste (sold in tubes) in every drug stores or apply "Black Berlin" which you will find in the same shop. Et voila !
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