Miss Mermaid update

[Robert T]

I disassembled Miss Mermaid this weekend and found a substantial amount of rust. Of course being underwater for three weeks did'nt help. Most of the rust is surface rust, no big concern. Sandblasting will take care of that. The concern now is the outer stove insulation box which holds the rockwool is in bad shape. The rockwool held the water and now the metal is rusted out in parts. Is it possible to cut the bad section out, fabricate a new piece of sheet metal and weld it in place.

The Service Manual I purchased was definitely helpful.

[RobbiQuest]

Robert, unless your stove has particular sentimental value, Joe might have a good point.

One option could be to buy a similar stove and just replace the panels with your porcelain panels (since it looks like your panels are yellow, right?) You live in a Chambers-rich area (lots of them in LA), so you shouldn't have any problem finding one with chipped porcelain for a song.

Something to consider, anyway.

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[Joe Pieweed]

Oh, Robert. this sounds like a tough case. If I were in your shoes, I'd consider getting another stove for a good inner works with dry rockwool.

Good luck.

Joe P.

[berlyn]

RobertT.

I third that suggestion!! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
Keep the panels and other salvageable parts & interchange them with a white interior.
That would be so much easier!!
A yellow Chambers is a sought after color.Along with green & blue. Whites are all around easiest to find. A red Chambers is just too die for!!

Just our thoughts,
Berlyn

[chipperhiker]

I was thinking the same thing, Robert. You could probably find a white stove with an intact frame, etc. relatively cheaply, especially if it had chipped porcelain.

Then, just rotate the nice yellow panels and pretty dials off Miss Mermaid onto the solid frame. You'd be in good shape, minus the difficulties of replacing the rockwool and dealing with a stove frame with real problems. You would just be combining the best parts of two damaged stoves into one solid beauty!

As Lowracer put it once, "Rust never sleeps."

-Jenn