Quest on Painting a Hopper
I was a newbie to all this when I bought my stove so I had no idea about flyash, rust, hopper fires, safety, etc. The dealer didn't tell me anything. After the 2nd season I decided to paint the inside of my stove. My only option was a paint that could be applied over rust and take heat. I'll report back after a ferw month of the burning season on how well the POR-15 held up. It looks nice and shiny inside my stove now. I didn't paint the grate because I didn't want to get paint in the air holes and because it's cast iron and it doesn't runst like sheet metal. There is some rust dust from the grate that fell to the bottom of the stove but all the rest is arrested as of now. I even painted the metal around the door frame where the window goes. That was heavily corroded.
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I read that POR-15 can handle 700 degrees and is corrosion resistant so we'll see. I did paint a metal swatch I had and then heated it with a torch. The paint seemed to hold up well and not give off any fumes. The real test is coming soon.