high heat spray paint. the verdict?

vash · vash's Garage

i'm using my cheapass chinese made wok burner almost daily. i meticulously unhook it and bring it into the garage daily. the top part still started to rust. it is surface rusted..i wired brushed it, and wiped it down with a alcohol. (which oddly made it rust more).

the thing is CAST IRON! i paid less than $100 for it, i am not gonna send it to a powdercoater

the main body is okay. i just picked up some high heat BBQ paint. put down a light misting layer. is this even gonna work? i imagined turning my burner a fire-engine red with some flames..but no. i went utilitarian satin black. the ACE hardware guy said the black is the most robust. dunno?

flipper35 · flipper35's Garage

I have never had good luck with it for grills or the sidepipes on the Cobra.

I have hit the grill with the rust reformer stuff that sprays on clear and turns black where there is rust and it lasts longer than the paint.

id10t · 05-29-2018, 08:19 AM

Had no issue with BBQ Grill paint on a mini-14, often shot it fast enough to get the barrel to burning skin hot.

Did notice that it tended to wear on edges and corners though...

vash · vash's Garage

yea. it does have that "as seen on TV!" feel to the entire thing.

drkshdw · 05-29-2018, 10:02 AM

Instead of grill paint, why not try to season the burner like you would the wok or a CI pan? I mean, seasoning always held up on the bottom of my grandmothers CI pans that she used on a foot above burning coals so why wouldn't it work here? Or is a wok burner flame too hot for seasoning to work here?

DanielDudley · 05-29-2018, 12:06 PM

This ^^^^

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

I could not find good paint for two-stroke exhaust/muffler, dang those things run hot.

vash · vash's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by drkshdw

Instead of grill paint, why not try to season the burner like you would the wok or a CI pan? I mean, seasoning always held up on the bottom of my grandmothers CI pans that she used on a foot above burning coals so why wouldn't it work here? Or is a wok burner flame too hot for seasoning to work here?

that wont work. i did think about it.

1st. it is already covered by some cheapass chinese silver paint.
2nd. the cast iron pan gets regularly coated with oil in the cooking process, i dont know how, but even the sides and bottom gets some grease.

i was about to grease it up..and try. but i figured that would be the wrong thing to do if i even had the slightest hint that i might try paint.

i should show you a pick.