How to Decorate a Pipe From a Wood Burning Stove

A woodstove pipe can be decorated with high temperature paint.

The stovepipe from a wood stove is usually the standard stove black color and most people will not think twice about changing it, but there are options. Obviously, a hot stove pipe will burn most applications, except for high temperature paint. Choose a warm day to decorate your stovepipe because it will need to be cool to work with and then have enough time to dry before you use it again.

Things You'll Need

• Dish soap
• Cotton rag
• Masking tape
• Tarp
• Stencil -- available at any art supply store
• High temperature stove paint

Instructions

1. Clean the surface of the pipe with a half teaspoon of dish soap in a quart of water, rubbing it down with a cotton rag. Dry the pipe before continuing.

2. Tape off the area that you wish to decorate to keep it separate from the rest of the pipe. Drop a tarp over the stove or anything underneath the area where you wish to work.

3. Use tape to hold your stencils on the cool stovepipe, making sure the stencil lies flat against the metal.

4. Shake the high temperature stove paint for at least one minute to mix the paint. Spray over the stencil using a sweeping motion to move from one side to the next, holding the can about 8 inches away from the stencil and stovepipe until the stencil design has a solid coat of paint, but without any drips.

5. Dry the paint for the recommended time on the can and then pull the stencils away from the design to dry thoroughly.

6. Start the fire in the wood stove after the paint has had a chance to dry and provide some air ventilation until the fumes from the new paint have dissipated.

Tips & Warnings

• Never use any paint on your stovepipe except high temperature paint.

References

• StovePaint.com: Dampney Protective Coatings