Came up a treat, looks new. I sprayed the legs with cold galvanising just to make them look new again. I wish I could post a picture. Thanks for the tips!
All you need is stove polish, a simple mix of carbon black and soapy wax(steric acid) let it cure for an hour or so then polish with a damp cloth. touch up every burn season. paint stinks and greys out.I use polish over rust once loose scaling is brushed away .
I hope that's the last time you have to restore your wood stove too...that's a lot of work and time! Great detailed video as usual. By the way US viewers, 20 dollars Australian is a little more than 13 dollars US.
Thanks for doing the conversion Billy! Once its done soaking, it’s only took 2 hours to clean, season and spray paint. Hopefully the spray oil will prevent it from rusting again!
Great video, I just restored the door on a wood burning stove using your method and it worked great. The rest of the stove is to big to soak in a tub, any Ideas on how to apply this method to an larger Item that is not easily submerged in a tub etc.
I remember watching a youtube video where the man painted vinegar onto the metal with a brush and then covered the metal with paper strips also soaked in vinegar. After a few days he removed the paper and the underlying metal was rust free.
I would fill a sprayer with vinegar spray it down, cover it with towels, spray it to saturate, wrap it in plastic, and re-spray to keep it dripping wet, for several days, or until the rest was gone.
The problem with the rust is that it often starts from the inside, and then shows on the outside, and that is also how the paint usually starts to peel off.
Hope this helps and gives you some inspiration! It's a quite a fun and easy project. Please post a comment below if you have any other tips/tricks to share. Much appreciated.
I’m restoring an antique stove and I was wondering how yours was holding up after being exposed for so long to vinegar? I usually hear “leave in vinegar for 24 hours” but would rather use your method if it is effective!
Hey, thanks for the video, I’m about to follow to do my pig. I found that Coles does a “double strength” (only 8%) each bottle costs $2. How has yours weathered now resprayed?
Hi Travis. So far so good - looking like new! I think spraying it with oil after every use has also helped (although the overspray kills the underlying grass). The "Double Strength" sounds perfect - wonder if it's new as I couldn't see it at the time?
Great Video! I restore cast iron cookware and have always been told never to soak in vinegar/water solution more than 30 minutes at a time. It will eat and pit the cast iron and will make the iron soft. I tested this method on my own. It did a great job of cleaning but did pit the iron as I left it purposely for ruffly 24 HRS. You left yours in the solution much longer, I’m curious it you experienced any added pitting in your project. Looks Amazing btw!
Thanks Lloyd. My steel stove showed no signs of pitting even after a week but cast iron is softer than steel. People often slow cook in cast iron cookware with wine / vinegar. Do you know if this has an effect? Perhaps the seasoning prevents any damage??
Hi Lloyd, do you recommend using the VHT on the cooking plates as well or is there a safer product when using paints in high temperature and for cooking. Thanks
Crazy question for you. Could you achieve the same results by placing the rusty item into say a contractor style bag like a lawn rubbish bag. This would have the effect of the vinegar solution forming around the object rather that filling a bin like a bathtub to submersion. Also the lesser amount of water to fill the higher concentration of vinegar solution on the object to be cleaned. Even a space bag with a majority of the air removed would produce a similar effect.
You still have an empty void in the middle of the stove that would fill up with liquid. What you could do however is put a garbage bag inside the stove and blow it up. So then both the inside and the outside would have a barrier restricting the vinegar to just the surface of the metal. Vinegar (aka acetic acid) is a weak acid and will not dissolve plastic, however not all plastics are created equal and some may be more susceptible to damage from vinegar than others. So you may need to experiment a little bit.
Stove Bright is a good paint too. It's what is used on wood/combustion heaters. Plus it allows you to periodically touch up small areas as it blends so well. Great idea with the vinegar though.
Flaxseed oil is available in health shops ,it’s more expensive than other types & there’s a huge range of oils like peanut,olive etc at the supermarkets
Great video - going to give my pig a clean up following your instructions. Used the same pot belly black spray on mine, but it is flaking off and some rust showing now. How is yours weathering since you did it this way? Any rust? Cheers
Thanks Jonathan - it's been ~5months and the pig still looks like new! I'm also making an effort to spray it with oil after each use which no doubt has helped. Let us know how you go and what paint colour you choose!
Will do. It's in the vinegar pickle bath now - planning to paint it this weekend. Do you find that spraying with oil makes the pig smoke/ smell every time you fire it up?
I've just filled the rubbish bin up with vinegar and put my ozpig in it. I wish I had never bought the ozpig. It is a waste of money. It is not bigger enough to cook on and thay are alot of maintenance. The chimney gets clogged up and amites alot of smoke. If you are interested in purchasing one of these pieces of rubbish please don't. Your wasting your money.
You can do it Brickman! Good luck buddy but wait until Winter before passing judgement. Check out my other video for an alternative option that is much cheaper.
@@JetSkiCamping Cheers mate. I've had it just over 3 years now. I've watched all the videos on UA-cam about the ozpig. Mr buckaroon UA-cam channels got some good stuff on it. I still think there way over priced for what they are.
Yeah they don’t breath particularly well but that reduces the amount of wood they consume. I find the smaller you cut your wood the less smoke but don’t expect much heat - an open fire is far warmer but will use a lot more wood.
What a sensational video- my Piggy needs a bath and cleanup-your instructions are great! Thankyou ;)
Thanks mate! Let us know how you go.
Thanks for the tips & video, got mine in the water vinegar solution right now.
No worries - hope it helps! Let us know how yours turns out.
Came up a treat, looks new. I sprayed the legs with cold galvanising just to make them look new again. I wish I could post a picture. Thanks for the tips!
Great to hear - A lot easier than grinding all the rust off!
That was helpful! From MA USA
Awesome! Thank you!
Great job!
Thanks mate!
All you need is stove polish, a simple mix of carbon black and soapy wax(steric acid) let it cure for an hour or so then polish with a damp cloth. touch up every burn season. paint stinks and greys out.I use polish over rust once loose scaling is brushed away .
Great video thanks for posting 👍
That’s awesome. Cheers 🍻
I hope that's the last time you have to restore your wood stove too...that's a lot of work and time! Great detailed video as usual. By the way US viewers, 20 dollars Australian is a little more than 13 dollars US.
Thanks for doing the conversion Billy! Once its done soaking, it’s only took 2 hours to clean, season and spray paint. Hopefully the spray oil will prevent it from rusting again!
Great video, I just restored the door on a wood burning stove using your method and it worked great. The rest of the stove is to big to soak in a tub, any Ideas on how to apply this method to an larger Item that is not easily submerged in a tub etc.
I remember watching a youtube video where the man painted vinegar onto the metal with a brush and then covered the metal with paper strips also soaked in vinegar. After a few days he removed the paper and the underlying metal was rust free.
Was it cast iron?
I would fill a sprayer with vinegar spray it down, cover it with towels, spray it to saturate, wrap it in plastic, and re-spray to keep it dripping wet, for several days, or until the rest was gone.
its amazing....
No better method hey mate, we been doing this for 30 years.
The problem with the rust is that it often starts from the inside, and then shows on the outside, and that is also how the paint usually starts to peel off.
Thanks mate. Interesting video. Will have to try out your technique. I'll let you know the outcome.
Hope this helps and gives you some inspiration! It's a quite a fun and easy project. Please post a comment below if you have any other tips/tricks to share. Much appreciated.
I’m restoring an antique stove and I was wondering how yours was holding up after being exposed for so long to vinegar? I usually hear “leave in vinegar for 24 hours” but would rather use your method if it is effective!
Hey, thanks for the video, I’m about to follow to do my pig. I found that Coles does a “double strength” (only 8%) each bottle costs $2. How has yours weathered now resprayed?
Hi Travis. So far so good - looking like new! I think spraying it with oil after every use has also helped (although the overspray kills the underlying grass). The "Double Strength" sounds perfect - wonder if it's new as I couldn't see it at the time?
Great Video! I restore cast iron cookware and have always been told never to soak in vinegar/water solution more than 30 minutes at a time. It will eat and pit the cast iron and will make the iron soft. I tested this method on my own. It did a great job of cleaning but did pit the iron as I left it purposely for ruffly 24 HRS. You left yours in the solution much longer, I’m curious it you experienced any added pitting in your project.
Looks Amazing btw!
Thanks Lloyd. My steel stove showed no signs of pitting even after a week but cast iron is softer than steel. People often slow cook in cast iron cookware with wine / vinegar. Do you know if this has an effect? Perhaps the seasoning prevents any damage??
Hi Lloyd, do you recommend using the VHT on the cooking plates as well or is there a safer product when using paints in high temperature and for cooking.
Thanks
nice , slow but nice , but why is there a patch on the side of the pig?
Just a branding plate from the manufacturer. Comes new with it on.
sooooooo........ does that mean I drink vinegar the morning after a few too many beers?
Crazy question for you. Could you achieve the same results by placing the rusty item into say a contractor style bag like a lawn rubbish bag. This would have the effect of the vinegar solution forming around the object rather that filling a bin like a bathtub to submersion. Also the lesser amount of water to fill the higher concentration of vinegar solution on the object to be cleaned. Even a space bag with a majority of the air removed would produce a similar effect.
You still have an empty void in the middle of the stove that would fill up with liquid. What you could do however is put a garbage bag inside the stove and blow it up. So then both the inside and the outside would have a barrier restricting the vinegar to just the surface of the metal.
Vinegar (aka acetic acid) is a weak acid and will not dissolve plastic, however not all plastics are created equal and some may be more susceptible to damage from vinegar than others. So you may need to experiment a little bit.
@@mikmopor fill some small plastic water bottles with water and fill the inner chamber to lessen the volume of vinegar required inside. 😊
very good tip - spray cooking oil at last ... :D
Always!
It almost inspires me to give my pig a clean up. Great video.
Go get em!!!
👍
Winter camping on a jetski.🤔
Stove Bright is a good paint too. It's what is used on wood/combustion heaters. Plus it allows you to periodically touch up small areas as it blends so well. Great idea with the vinegar though.
Flaxseed oil is available in health shops ,it’s more expensive than other types & there’s a huge range of oils like peanut,olive etc at the supermarkets
Great video and great tips too, even I do not have an ozpig yet. Still thinking about getting one though.
Thanks mate! They’re great but check out the “Fire up your jet ski” video for a $50 alternative!!
Used this method for a firepit I packed away while damp a year ago, thanks for posting.
Awesome video mate! Just seasoned my plates, but now off to get a tub and some vinegar 😊
Great video - going to give my pig a clean up following your instructions. Used the same pot belly black spray on mine, but it is flaking off and some rust showing now. How is yours weathering since you did it this way? Any rust? Cheers
Thanks Jonathan - it's been ~5months and the pig still looks like new! I'm also making an effort to spray it with oil after each use which no doubt has helped. Let us know how you go and what paint colour you choose!
Will do. It's in the vinegar pickle bath now - planning to paint it this weekend. Do you find that spraying with oil makes the pig smoke/ smell every time you fire it up?
Surprisingly not but overspray will kill off the underlying grass. Just make sure you don’t spray near flames otherwise you’ll have a flame thrower!!
Great video, can you please tell me why you used bicarb bath?
Great and cute little stove! I give it a thumbs up!
Thank you very much!
I've just filled the rubbish bin up with vinegar and put my ozpig in it. I wish I had never bought the ozpig. It is a waste of money. It is not bigger enough to cook on and thay are alot of maintenance. The chimney gets clogged up and amites alot of smoke. If you are interested in purchasing one of these pieces of rubbish please don't. Your wasting your money.
You can do it Brickman! Good luck buddy but wait until Winter before passing judgement. Check out my other video for an alternative option that is much cheaper.
@@JetSkiCamping Cheers mate. I've had it just over 3 years now. I've watched all the videos on UA-cam about the ozpig. Mr buckaroon UA-cam channels got some good stuff on it. I still think there way over priced for what they are.
Yeah they don’t breath particularly well but that reduces the amount of wood they consume. I find the smaller you cut your wood the less smoke but don’t expect much heat - an open fire is far warmer but will use a lot more wood.
It’s not bad
Well done on getting difficult content into a perfectly organized and executed video!
Much appreciated!
Would this work on full cast iron stove or pots?
Hi I’m new here
That stove is so cool
Nice!
Great video!
Did you also use the the VHT spray paint on the cooking plates after you doused them with vinegary?
wonderful job
Good
What use that irritating music
You shouldn't need to restore it if you look after it properly in the first place