Cleaning a multi-burner stove

kah22

I've a cast iron multi-burner stove. Over the past twelve months its got a bit sickly looking; the colour has gone out of it and, well, I'd like to give it a face lift and I suppose this is as good a time as any to do so.

It's a matt finish any ideas as to how to bring back the original colour. I was reading somewhere about colloidal black cleaner but have no idea what it is. It is advertised on Amazon but I'm none the wiser. Any advice?

tooties

Hi
i'm in the same boat as you.

You can buy black stove paint probably from the internet. My former neighbour painted hers twice and it looked really good.
I won't be attempting painting mine until we get better weather as mine is on all day every day just now.

i will be watching this thread with interest

regards

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi, we have recently decorated our kitchen diner and painted our 10 year old stove with proper spray paint. The results are amazing and friends thought we had a new stove! It didn't take much doing either my hubby just covered the glass, handles etc with newspaper and masking tape.

Brambleberry

We use hotspot stove and grate polish, it looks like and works in the same way as solid shoe polish. (Bigger tin though:D)

A tin runs to between £6 and £11 in different places near us, but in the 11 years we've had our stove, we've only gone through a couple of tins. You just rub it on with a cloth when the stove is cool and then the eat of the stove cures it to a matt finish.

I find it easier to work with as you can top up the finish where it's needed without having to do the whole stove each time. We have one shiny corner where OH rests his hand when he stands up, after laying the fire, but it takes literally seconds to buff a bit more on now and then!

I would recommend giving your stove a good wipe over with a firm, but not scratchy brush then a damp cloth before you start, then let it dry before you add the polish.

Hope that helps!

Bb x

tori.k

I use Calfire stove bright spray paint about £10 a tin I used to use grate polish but it just transfers back to the cloth when you wipe it over so opted for the lazy option do mine in spring when I can leave the doors wide open for a good few hours

Frith

I used to use hotspot polish (looks like shoe polish) but now use Zip polish that comes in a tube (tomato puree size). I think it's advertised as barbecue and grate polish and it's great!

kah22

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Hi, we...painted our 10 year old stove with proper spray paint. The results are amazing.

Sorry don't understand what do you mean by 'proper spray paint?'

Butterfly_Brain

I use stove black spray paint that I buy in Wilkinsons.

tori.k

kah22 wrote: »

Sorry don't understand what do you mean by 'proper spray paint?'

Stove paint is more heat resistant then normal spraypaint I would guess that standard spray paint would just bubble up and flake with the heat ( never tried it so wouldn't know)