I picked up a pretty rough Coleman 502 from a friend and decided to spiff it up a bit. Here are a few before and after photos. This will be a regular user.
Hey, Lonnie, Excellent job, Sir!! Well done, and thanks for sharing this with us! Yep, you most definitely have the Stove Pox, but you're handling it quite nicely, me thinks! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
G,,day . Warning !!!! if you don't show us flames emanating forth from this stove , we will gang up and pick on you cheers, kerry
Really nice, but I personally think you should give the paint some time to cure first. A few more days, or maybe bake it at lowest temp in the oven for a couple hours (sans fuel, of course) Ps: It will stink up the house if you bake it, make sure the Boss isn't home... Not sure if the decals will survive tho...
Hi Lonnie excellent work brilliant restoration of the classic 502. The 502 is my favourite of the single burner Coleman stoves, I real adore all aspects of it from its classic design too it's performance. just a little suggestion Lonnie, the paint I assume on the windshield/bowl has been painted in very high temperature paint, even though they can stand up to temperatures of up to 600 degrees Celsius, if that is the paint you used, for them to with stand the temperature the first time used, that temperature needs to be bought up to slowly, otherwise they blister. If this does happen to prevent this all the parts I have painted with this VHT paint, I season/preheat with a hot air paint stripper after the paint has dried. I hold the hot air stripper a good distance from the painted part painted, and slowly let it heat up moving the hot air gun slowly nearer, to the point where it is a few inches away. This method needs to be done slowly and carefully, once this is cured this way the paint wont blister. Once again Lonnie well done and congratulations on your brilliant work, I am looking forward to seeing it in flame
G,,day . ok . no deadline for flames take your time . I just presumed the paint was up to it . do not ruin your paint . wait till its ready . I am not that big of a stirrer . cheers, kerry
Hi skalkaho 'spiff it up a bit' is a long way from what you have done. It is a wonderful restoration!
The flame shot! And a word about my paint. I used VHT 2000 deg. F. primer and paint. I let the paint air cure for 7 days. Then I oven cured it per the instructions on the can... 250 deg. F. for 30 min, cooled for 30 min. 400 deg. F. for 30 min, cooled for 30 min. 550 deg. F. for 30 min, let cool. After firing, no damage whatsoever to the paint. The bottom burner plate did darken, but it still looks great! I'm very happy with the outcome and many thanks for all the kind words. On to the next project!
G,,day mate , looks good . and the celebration drink on display cheers, Kerry ps , I don't have a 502 , I do have 500 , 501 , 533 . and 344 . and the old (January 1959 ) would be the most controllable . not sure about the 344 , it is yet to arrive . but I am led to believe very similar to the 500 .
it wanted to join the party !!!!!!!!!!! how controllable is the 502 . ie ; full roar straight down to simmer ??? kerry
