Well, I took a quick look around and don't see anything about stoves

[ron45]

So maybe I can begin with a question or two. Hope I haven't missed the appropriate forum subject.....

I found a Jotul F500 on craigslist recently and finally got it into the house the other day. It's black cast iron and in pretty good shape. i.e. there's a few cracked fire bricks and just a few places where the long trip home and our mile and a quarter steep rocky switchbacks, plus the rachet straps wore off some of the stove black or what ever was used. No rust to speak of. I'd like to treat the shiny areas with something to get back to the flat black look. BUT I hope to find something that won't run me and my two cats out of the place when we build a fire next month or so.

We are at 7K ft. or so in central New Mexico. We should have gone farther north but circumstances planted us here about 20 years ago. We are off grid since`83 and never looked back.

I lost the wife of my life [41 years] last april. Still dealing with her absence. I need to stay active to keep my outlook from fading to black.

Do any of you have any suggestions for something to darken my shiny spots w/o the bad oders I keep hearing about.

I look forward to getting know some of you. I'll try to get to the intro portion of the Forum and fill in some of the details soon as I can

 

[Grevlin]

Welcome Ron. Go ahead and start an Intro thread in the New Member Intro section. He have a great bunch here, and they love to welcome new members.

My sincere condolences about your wife.

Maybe you can find some online friends here and learn and contribute with us.

 

[Jayclimber]

I'd like to treat the shiny areas with something to get back to the flat black look.

I've always had good luck with this...

Rust-Oleum high heat flat black paint.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/auto/specialty-paints/high-heat/

I've used it to treat a couple of fire rings and a couple different grills and had no issues. Great for touchups. Smells going on and an odor on the first use or two but after that you're good to go.

 

[GOBLIN X]

black phosphate(difficult) or like Jay said, stove black paint. (R-O) not familiar with that model, if it is a cookstove, and not a heat stove, time, soot, and a few applications of lard , will black it just like a cast iron frying pan

 

[WhiteWolf]

Hi Ron! Jotul's are good stoves. I'm gonna suggest the stove black too. It's formulated to take the high heat. It's definitely that season. I've got a woodsplitter engine issue to troubleshoot - or call on the warranty. Just haven't have enough dry weather to get caught up to all that.

You've discovered the secret to carrying on, after losing your partner. Keeping busy. I'm just about at the 3 yr. mark. Today was our wedding anniversary.

 

[Optimist]

I'm with Jay on the Rustoleum High Heat stuff. Have used it with several outdoor cookers of various sorts, and it don't give much odor at all, even on initial firing.

 

[Back40]

I've used the high heat Rustoleum as well - it's good stuff. No issues with odor.

 

[Back40]

Also, for the larger cracks you mentioned in some fire brick, I've used this: https://www.amazon.com/18854-Stove-...8166347&sr=8-3&keywords=high+heat+black+caulk

It doesn't go as far as you'd think it would, especially if you fill those cracks in very well. I ended up getting a few tubes of it and coating the entire inside of a fireplace.

 

[Optimist]

Have used that stuff with heat treat kilns. It's excellent for the chore.