Thread: What's a suitable finish for a large outdoor brazier?

What would happen if you encouraged a film of rust and then treated with a rust converter to change that into black iron oxide?
You are right though - any paint or finish is likely to burn off, so it's going to have to be left either natural or have a specialty coating. There was a recent post where someone was cleaning up a cast iron fireplace. Perhaps that stuff may last at temperature?

Michael

Originally Posted by grd

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Perhaps, as it's going to have a fire sitting in it, it's all academic and whatever finish I put on it won't last too long anyway.

I'm open to any and all suggestions

I agree, no matter what you do to it (even a phosphoric acid treatment or cast iron stove treatments) the fire will eventually affect. I would just light a larger than usual fire in it to accelerate the process.

Originally Posted by BobL

I agree, no matter what you do to it (even a phosphoric acid treatment or cast iron stove treatments) the fire will eventually affect. I would just light a larger than usual fire in it to accelerate the process.

I agree with the big fire, maybe douse it in linseed or even motor oil first so that the sections that wouldn't normally get super hot have a coat on then too. Or burn some nice resiny pine and get a pitch lke coating on it all.

Cheers,
Ew

What about black lead... the stuff that used to be used for fire grates... not sure where you'd get it nowadays?

Regards
Ray

I'd just get some stove paint. Isn't that what a brazier is?

Originally Posted by Michael G

What would happen if you encouraged a film of rust and then treated with a rust converter to change that into black iron oxide?
You are right though - any paint or finish is likely to burn off, so it's going to have to be left either natural or have a specialty coating. There was a recent post where someone was cleaning up a cast iron fireplace. Perhaps that stuff may last at temperature?

Michael

That would be this thread https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/ca...-paste-171905/.

It was the liberon product. Sounds good but may be expensive here in Oz.

Dean

Heat resistant paint as in'

Stove Bright Paints Australia - High Temperature and Heat Resistant Paint & Powder

or the stuff Supercheap has for painting extractors on cars


White knight makes a paint for BBQs pot belly black or similar name.

Originally Posted by rodweb

I'd just get some stove paint. Isn't that what a brazier is?

Why would you want to paint something a woman wears????????

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

Why would you want to paint something a woman wears????????

To make it a different colour of course! A change is as good as a holiday, or in this case.......... I'll leave that one alone.

On a more serious note just be careful of what you buy as some of these have very serious chemicals released during drying process. I looked at paints for wood kitchen range and changed my mind after reading the precautions. Ok outside I guess.

Dean