need advice about range top

[alvajo]

Okay we finally got our Chambers back from the decrepit old man who claimed he could fix it up and he did not do a very good job!! Well, I guess you get what you pay for. He was able to get it converted to propane and installed pilots so it doesn't have to be lit with a match everytime. He did a horrible job cleaning but I can do that stuff. My big question is with the top. Ours is not chrome it is dull black so is my only solution to have it reporcelained?? Is there no other way to make it look presentable?? Thermolux has some high gloss paint that they claim can approximate porcelain. Don't flame me, we really don't want to pour too much more money into this one. And does anyone know of any place in Northeast Tx to do the porcelain?? TIA
Jessica

[phoebe9435]

I would google porcelain and find the businesses in your area - and start visiting and asking questions. It really may not cost that much. If Lowracer can cet a fantastic chrome job for $100.00, you should be able to do something even better, I would think. A fresh top will bring great new life to the look and feel of your stove.

On the other hand, I did talk to one of the recommended stove restorers (on the stove lover's site) in the Northeast and he scoffed at the idea of even pe-porcelaining the burners and grates "just take it outside and spray it with back paint" - believe it or not! If you sparayed it you could probably still get it porcelained at a later date (I think).

[fatfutures]

As you said, you get what you pay for. I don't know about the Thermolux, if it DOES provide a nice surface, will it be able to withstand the heat?

I would call GiGi (562-634-4002) get a price for reporcelain from her. It might not be as expensive as you were anticipating. Even if you don't use GiGi, I'm sure she can answer your questions on painting the stove top. If it will hold up, if you can reporcelain after painting, etc...

[stoveman]

Welcome to my neighbor in Greenville. Ok, first things first. Do you have an A, B, BZ or C model? And what color? There is a Porcelain guy in Dallas, but I have never used him. Think he is over on Industrial Blvd. in a metal building. You might try and get a quote. When I last talked with him (10+ years ago) he could do Black and White, but no colors. I no longer have a # for him, but am sure he is in the Yellow Pages.

Off topic, I have rental properties in Rockwall and I am there about once a month. Perhaps we will bump into each other at the Chilly Mart.

[stoveman]

Well, times change... The Porcelain guy in Dallas lost his oven and went out of business...As far as I know, there is no one in Texas that does Porcelain.

[maryopal]

Well I was getting really excited there - a porcelain guy on Industrial, probably close to the Chilly Mart! Oh well, I am resolved to send my pieces to Gigi.

Sam must have been distracted by the Chilly mart or he would have surely mentioned his 'poormans' solution for a new porcelain top! I like his creativity.

I have 'googled' this for Alvajo and anyone else who might have missed it before. (Look at the bottom of the page). Sounds like a good alternative to me.

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[BlueBeetle]

what model do you have? Highback? lowback?

[stoveman]

It wasn't the Chilly Mart. It was the Mud Wrestling that made me forget. You know what, I think that the Mud Wrestling has made me Remember something, but I can't remember what to do with it!

[RobbiQuest]

The post MaryOpal refers to is a conversation thread with vtran265. If memory serves me right, Victor was so disgusted with the black car paint that the previous owner used on his stove that he ended up parting it out and selling it all on on e-Bay, and then bought himself another vintage stove instead (not a Chambers.)

I advise against painting the top - do it right (reporcelain) and you'll treasure it forever.

[Joe Pieweed]

Hey y'all:

(How's my accent?) I've given Mark and others grief for makin' their stoves all new and purty lookin', but seriously, if you're working on that stove and you want it to look good now, don't you want it to look good later too? Like two years from now? Ten years?

Do it right, spend an hour taking it apart, another hour packing it, send it to Gigi. The extra time and a few extra bucks you spend now will be worth it in just a few years.

Joe P