Chilli Penguin Chilli Billie, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Painting your Stove or Stove Pipe
If you are painting your vitreous flue to match the stove colour or touching up an area
of your stove there are 3 steps.
1. Preparing the surface
2. Applying the paint
3. Curing or setting the paint
The most critical step is surface preparation. The paint will adhere to the surface coat,
if there is rust, it will fail. If the stove/flue has a coating that is peeling, blistering or
chalking in any way, the topcoat will release in the same way. If there is oil/grease/
contaminant the paint will not adhere.
Trouble shooting
Paint coming off in patches indicates a problem with surface preparation. The
remedy is to remove the paint, prepare the surface and start again.
1. Preparing the surface
• Remove all rust by sandblasting, sanding or grinding. IF YOU APPLY ON TOP
OF RUST the paint will adhere to the rust and fail . A new stove /flue should
arrive rust free, this will only be relevant if you are renovating an old stove
• Remove oil, grease, contaminants. New flue can arrive with a chemical on the
surface used during the manufacturing process. We recommend the use of an
acetone based paint thinner and that you key the surface with fine sandpaper.
This preparation is vital
2. Applying the paint (vapour and propellant are flammable, avoid all naked flames and sparks)
• Best results are achieved when the paint, the stove/flue surface and the air
temp. are above 18°C/66°F - 29°C/85°F. You can warm a cold can of paint by
running a hot tap over it for 2 minutes. DO NOT expose to flames
• Shake the paint for 2 minutes to thoroughly mix the pigments, metallics
and solvents
• Do a test spray onto a piece of cardboard, the first spray can be mostly
propellant with no pigment
• Apply the first of 2-3 light coats. The first coat should be a mist coat (it will
look like dots on the surface). Apply from 12-15 inches, if you are too close the
paint will drip/run, if you are too far away you will get a gritty finish
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