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May 1^st, 2008 at 11:59am

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I have a Falkirk Pot which has been painted with a type of Grey paint. I don't know whether it is lead based or not! Has anyone removed same and by what technique? I have considered sandblasting/beadblasting but I don't own one.
The casting is very rough and the paint is embedded well. I wonder if I could soak it in thinners?
I have cooked it twice to 600 Deg in the BBQ but it now looks better than ever. Thoughts and ideas please.

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Reply #1 - May 1^st, 2008 at 1:27pm

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Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2008 at 1:44pm

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Asatone may remove it..PD said he removed paint on a old oven...he may have the answer. I just removed some paint of a old pair of shears I just used paint stripper on them and they came up alright.
Thats a nice looking oven.
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Reply #3 - May 1^st, 2008 at 2:28pm

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Watch using stripper if you are going to cook in it CI is porous and will need to be cleaned well
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Reply #4 - May 1^st, 2008 at 3:30pm

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G'day Skip, yep, I bought a couple of old Metters ovens with I don't know how many coats of paint on 'em, it was so thick you couldn't see the name on the lids. Hit them with paint stripper a couple of times then a wire wheel in my drill which got them back to bare metal. They seasoned up well and now look good. In spite of what Furph says I cook in them and haven't lost any family....yet.
I went to a sand blasting company about cleaning them, they wanted $100 and would accept no responsibility for breakages. Remember with sand blasting there is a certain amount of metal loss and you don't want to spoil that nice little potjie.
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Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2008 at 3:42pm

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Just adding to what PD said about sand blasting...I have seen some shocking jobs done on old wares....Mick BBC said he used bead blasting and it would be easer on the product...I have seen on a overseas site that they use crushed walnut shells on car restoration it just removes rust and paint.
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Reply #6 - May 1^st, 2008 at 5:25pm

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Thanks men,
I'll try some stripper on the outside first to see if it works well.
Mick, your bead blasting on the new Metters looked very good, did you have the unit at your work or did you have it done by someone else? It looked as if it was pretty gentle on the cast as PD said some sandblasting is very severe.

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Reply #7 - May 1^st, 2008 at 6:26pm

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If cleaning is a real problem I can look after the ovens for you and send you pics of them when I get them clean

Poddy
just said to make sure they are cleaned well which I am sure you did
cheers furph

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Reply #8 - May 1^st, 2008 at 6:35pm

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And you reckon your cast is not safe from me-yeah right Grin

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Reply #9 - May 1^st, 2008 at 6:38pm

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Cmon mate I'm joking !!!!!!!!!maybe!!!!!!!!!1

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