Use dry cleaning methods only. Some people vacuum their stoves, if you have suitable attachment and the stove and ash are both cold. If you need to re-touch your paint follow the guidance below
To clean the painted surface, let the stove cool down and either wipe it with a dry soft lint free cloth or brush it with a soft brush such as a dustpan brush or clean dry paintbrush.
Use dry cleaning methods only. Some people vacuum their stoves, if you have suitable attachment and the stove and ash are both cold. If you need to re-touch your paint follow the guidance below
If you are painting your vitreous flue to match the stove colour or touching up an area of your stove there are 3 steps.
The most critcal step is surface preparation. The paint will adhere to the surface coat, if there is rust, it will fail. If the stove/flue has a coating that is peeling, blistering or chalking in any way, the topcoat will release in the same way. If there is oil/grease/contaminant the paint will not adhere.
Trouble shooting
Paint coming off in patches indicates a problem with surface preparation. The remedy is to remove the paint, prepare the surface and start again.
(vapour and propellant are flammable, avoid all naked flames and sparks)
Trouble shooting
If paint peels/looks like shattered glass/comes off in thin strips, too much paint was applied. If the surface is gritty the spray was applied too far from the surface. The remedy is to remove as much paint as possible, prepare the surface and repaint.
See the advice at the top of the page, this applies to both stoves and flues.