Painting stove pipes

[Peasgood]

2 hours ago, Mik the Miller said:

 

Not true ... paint will stick to a stainless steel.

You do need to get the shine off first though which you can do with a 200grit emery paper or a pickling paste and then use an 'etch' primer or direct to metal topcoat (Hammerite for example)

Are you sure you don't mean 2000 grit?

200 is going to make a mess of it.

[Mik the Miller]

12 hours ago, Peasgood said:

Are you sure you don't mean 2000 grit?

200 is going to make a mess of it.

 

Yes I did, well spotted

[slim reaper]

There's no problem getting a lasting coat of paint, I use Clearview, on single skin stainless pipe. The reason paint may not adhere so well to twinwall is the surface may not get to a high enough temperature  needed to fully cure it.