Can anyone recommend a particular brand of high heat red engine paint that is the best color match to the vintage Weber red color? Thanks.
This is what I use on all my red kettles. One coat is near perfect. Extra coats make it a touch darker. Good to 900 degrees.
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https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-body/brake-caliper-paint/vht-paints-aerosol-caliper-paint/419005_0_0
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☝️ this stuff
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I'll have to try that.
Cool, thanks for sharing Brew. I need a good match.
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Ditto what BTBD said, works great.
Quote from: brewtownbeatdown on May 09, 2018, 03:07:22 PM
This is what I use on all my red kettles. One coat is near perfect. Extra coats make it a touch darker. Good to 900 degrees.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/5ebee57000d36d239da4d38340d2b24b.jpg)
https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-body/brake-caliper-paint/vht-paints-aerosol-caliper-paint/419005_0_0
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How do you get a can of that stuff? The item description says it cannot be shipped to any US state?
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Quote from: brewtownbeatdown on May 09, 2018, 03:07:22 PM
This is what I use on all my red kettles. One coat is near perfect. Extra coats make it a touch darker. Good to 900 degrees.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/5ebee57000d36d239da4d38340d2b24b.jpg)
https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-body/brake-caliper-paint/vht-paints-aerosol-caliper-paint/419005_0_0
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How do you get a can of that stuff? The item description says it cannot be shipped to any US state?
Gonna have to get outta the house & head to your nearest AutoZone.
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Agree. Caliper paint or header paint.
This works well.
https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-Automotive-251591-12-Ounce-Caliper/dp/B006ZLR9GQ/ref=pd_ybh_a_77?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=954R1E8CBR0593AT2WFZ
Dupli-Color Engine Enamel with Ceramic. #DE1653
***ACCEPT NO sUBSTITIUTES!!***
Quote from: swamprb on May 10, 2018, 02:53:50 AM
Dupli-Color Engine Enamel with Ceramic. #DE1653
***ACCEPT NO sUBSTITIUTES!!***
Dupli-Color only claims heat resistance to 500 "intermittently." Does it mainly look better than the others, and/or is 500 the highest needed?
Quote from: addicted-to-smoke on May 10, 2018, 04:31:08 AM
Quote from: swamprb on May 10, 2018, 02:53:50 AM
Dupli-Color Engine Enamel with Ceramic. #DE1653
***ACCEPT NO sUBSTITIUTES!!***
Dupli-Color only claims heat resistance to 500 "intermittently." Does it mainly look better than the others, and/or is 500 the highest needed?
Best color match I've found.
Yes If used on the bowl and coals are banked near the paint will burn the paint, but I focus primarily on the lids and temps rarely get that hot (unless you are using it as a pizza cooker - don't ask how I know!)
The only other high temp rattle can paint I've used that was a Stove Bright 1200* red that turned almost a brick red when cured.
http://forrestpaint.com/stove-bright/high-temp-stove-bright-aerosols/high-temp-aerosol-paint/
I used it on a drum smoker and one time I left the lid off at a comp and half of the drum went nuclear and burnt the paint off! At the time it was @ $14 a can and I'd used 2 cans - so that killed it for me!
I've been meaning to try powdered enamel and a torch to try to cover up some dings. I saw an artist using the technique on jewelry pieces and googled some you tube videos of lures being made using it and it looks like it might work, but the folks that run the local glass shop where my wife bought her kiln and they said it wouldn't adhere and set. We shall see!