Hi guys, I just finished to the main fettling work on a vintage Hurlock stove. The stove needed a full revision, was somewhat rusty etc but nothing was really damaged. Good quality item! I had to find a new flame spreader, this is the only thing that was missing. Stove runs well again. Not a very modern stove even at the time I think it was issued (WW II?) My question: how should I repaint the stove, which color to choose? (should I buy paint or rather spray it?) I did the can already with RAL6014 color (used by german army), but I think the matt-finish which is OK for the tin would not look good on the stove. Cheers Mike
Hello Mike, Have you seen this post (Internal link) https://classiccampstoves.com/posts/113539 Do you have the top pot supports? I agree with you about the RAL6014 color is good on the tin but not good on the stove. A gloss paint similar in color would be nice I think. I would spray it. Your right they where issued during WWII. I believe because of their weight and were designed to burn kerosene they lost favour to the military. The technology behind the stove was not modern but I believe it could keep up with other stoves at the time. The militaries at the time wanted a stove that could burn gasoline or leaded gasoline. A fuel that could be found on many military vehicles or used by that vehicle. Where kerosene while well used was not easy to find everywhere. Cheers, Jeff
Hi Jeff, Thanks. Yes, I have seen this. Color looks good and very similar to the original. On my stove there was only little paint but much dirt left so the color was difficult to identify, however it looked different than on the stove shown in the other post. cheers Michael
Hi Michael, a very nice stove. Would the color you used on it be the same as the color used on the German Enders? I have tried olive drab, but there doesn't seem to be enough of a yellow tint to it. Thanks.
Hi Rick, The color used on the enders military version would be a nice fit I guess. The Ral 6014 I used for the tin is what was used for the cases of the Heinze Geniol BW stoves. I am not sure what color the enders case exactly is. I thought this is also a nice idea in terms of british stoves meets german painting -peace at last cheers Mike
Hi guys, Finally got time to do the paintjob. I decided not to use the RAl6014 as I used for the tin but to go for a more lively color. Ended up with a rich green. I guess it lacks the yellowish part of the original color but looks quite good. Stove runs perfectly. Old fashioned, good quality stove overall. Cheers Mike
Hi Mike, nice colour, indeed much livelier than the matte finish on the can. Now the only things left for you to do, is to turn round these 2 upside-down pot legs, and make some photo's of it burning! Regards, Wim
Thanks Wim -well spotted. I was so happy when the extensve cleaning, felltling and painting was done that obviously I hooked up 2 in the wrong direction cheers Mike
Mike, Do you remember which flame spreader you got for your stove please? Mine is missing also and I don't know which parts were used for these stoves. I have carefully painted mine with Rustoleum green stove and bbq paint. I left it a week to cure but when I lit the stove, the fuel and heat melted some of the new paint off the top of the tank which was disappointing. Steve.
