steamyjim
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Paint on Mamod boilers?Does the paint on the visible part of the Mamod TE1a boiler need to be heat resistant?
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Spokesmann
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Sort of Jim, although I find after a period of time new paint will harden quite well.
I have a 1967 SR1a which I full restored last year (Using the word restored in the correct sense - ie the engine was returned to the way it left the factory), anyway I have not steamed it yet as I wanted the paint to harden, its had about a year now, soooo Im thinking of steaming it. I used Forest Classics specially mixed apple green paint!
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steamyjim
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Would baking it harden it?
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Spokesmann
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| steamyjim wrote: | | Would baking it harden it? |
Try it, what sort of paint have you used, spray, hand applied pot paint . . . .?
If you do bake it - a low oven setting and time will help, check the paint at regular intervals - suck it and see approach. Maybe try it out on a small piece of metal/brass.
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steamyjim
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It will be spray paint 
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Spokesmann
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THIS IS THE '67 SR1a I MIGHT STEAM . . .
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steamyjim
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NICE! 
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Spokesmann
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Now do I blacken the paint in the firebox area? 
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Spokesmann
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here . . .
This has had a year to harden naturally Jim, but the oven approach may work. In the end all paint is going to suffer when a flame is applied to it . . . 
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Spokesmann
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This was the stuff I used . . .
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Mamod Collector
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That green is a excelent match
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Spokesmann
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It aint to bad Mike, apple green is the best, I much prefer it to the darker brunswick green . . .
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