Repainting snow white range top
#1
03-10-15, 10:55 PM
Repainting snow white range top
Hello:
Range top, Snow white in color is getting hard to clean even using 'stain cleaner' and other similar products. Then, over the phone, I contacted its manufacture and purchased the replacement priced close to $100 including S/H.
With brand new top in white, stove/range is as if I purchased only yesterday which I love so much.
In the meantime, I want to paint 'old range top' white in color, rather than throw it away in the trash.
If it's possible, what form of paint along with primer is ideal to paint 'range top?'
Thanks for your help in advance.
Range top, Snow white in color is getting hard to clean even using 'stain cleaner' and other similar products. Then, over the phone, I contacted its manufacture and purchased the replacement priced close to $100 including S/H.
With brand new top in white, stove/range is as if I purchased only yesterday which I love so much.
In the meantime, I want to paint 'old range top' white in color, rather than throw it away in the trash.
If it's possible, what form of paint along with primer is ideal to paint 'range top?'
Thanks for your help in advance.
#2
03-10-15, 10:59 PM
Group Moderator
Appliances are painted with baked enamels for a hard finish.
You can use Rustoleum spray paint to repaint it white but it will not look like it came from the factory and the finish will not be as durable.
You can use Rustoleum spray paint to repaint it white but it will not look like it came from the factory and the finish will not be as durable.
#4
03-11-15, 05:08 AM
Other than touching up scratches I've never painted a stove or heard of others doing so. As Pete said, any paint you apply will not be as durable as the factory baked on finish! The heat near the eyes could also be a concern.
I'd either bite the bullet and buy the replacement or live with it as is. I assume it would be next to impossible to find a used stove with a top that would fit.
I'd either bite the bullet and buy the replacement or live with it as is. I assume it would be next to impossible to find a used stove with a top that would fit.
#5
03-11-15, 07:30 AM
Super Moderator
You already bought the replacement and are happy with it. It should last many years as long as you don't use abrasives of any sort to clean it.
No homeowner applied paint will last and why would you want to? Paint it and store it for 10 yrs and then after the first use it looks bad? Have it powdercoated for several hundred dollars?
Toss it and be happy you were able to get a replacement so cheap.
No homeowner applied paint will last and why would you want to? Paint it and store it for 10 yrs and then after the first use it looks bad? Have it powdercoated for several hundred dollars?
Toss it and be happy you were able to get a replacement so cheap.
#7
03-11-15, 03:30 PM
Super Moderator
That's correct I believe Woody. I think it's more of a porcelain finish as well. I can't imagine any paint, baked on or not, standing up to the heat and abuse.
#8
03-11-15, 03:33 PM
I've painted dozens of refrigerators and I think I painted a washer once but I've never painted a stove. You'll never get a field applied finish as stout as the factory finish! not too mention the heat aspect of a cook stove.
