Pot Belly Wood Fire Stove Restoration | The Shed Sesh

[@ntt1654]

I bought a 100+ year old comfort potbellied stove that was in great condition but rusty, I just applied stove polish right over the rust.Its just carbon black and a soft wax. Use a damp cloth and it polishes to a high shine. it is fireproof and just needs to touch up every year or so. Barbecue paint will grey out .

[@scottreynolds4827]

Spot On!

[@jphdg]

Nice little stove. I am picking up an old Masport Pittsburgh Pot Belly in very good condition tomorrow myself and will be doing a similar project to restore it. Clean it up and re-paint.

[@TheShedSesh]

Hope it turned out great 👍 Sorry for the late reply.

[@BADQ]

Awesome mate, I was searching for White Knight 300g Pot Belly Black and this video came up cool, was checking to see what it looked like, going to maybe try this on my extractors of the new HJ I picked up 😂

[@scottreynolds4827]

Cool. Not sure what you painted it with. I prefer a stove black/paste.

[@DropbearWoodworks]

Nice one Damo. Get some coal in that bad boy!!!

[@TheShedSesh]

Will do mate. Can’t wait to get it in and see how she heats 😉 🔥

[@felishiadarling]

Also, why did you decide to paint it instead of seasoning your stove?

[@TheShedSesh]

Hey Laurie, as far as I know this is what you do with potbelly stoves. Without paint they will rust. A cast frypan can get away with seasoning but I wouldn’t have thought a potbelly would. I suppose they call the paint “potbelly black” for a reason 😊

[@shadrach5681]

It can be heated up with a good hot fire and coated in bacon grease, tallow, or just crisco. The cast iron will soak it up just like a skillet. Apply with a paint brush. Reapply every once in a while. It'll be black and rust free. Also, no toxic fumes the first burn like paint.

[@felishiadarling]

Question…I have the same stove. However, I’m missing the middle piece with the door. Is there anyplace where I can get this missing portion? Thank you!

[@TheShedSesh]

Hey Laurie, not sure where to get parts for these. They aren’t a popular item now a days. Maybe just keep an eye out for one that’s wrecked but has the part you need.

[@leithal1546]

How did the paint hold up? Recently bought some and it’s rated to 300c which does seem a bit low for potbelly black paint.

[@TheShedSesh]

Holding up pretty good to date as I haven’t installed it yet haha. Probably one of those things that’ll need reapplying regularly. I remember the old man having to do it on a potbelly we had when I was a kid.

[@Moistpotatoman]

In America these are deemed to be unsafe and illegal to use

[@TheShedSesh]

Hmmm, I can see why given they don’t seal like the new combustion stoves. Best used in well ventilated rooms.