Lange 6203BR Wood Stove
Here we have an awesome Lange 6203BR woodstove . Lange made a lot of great detailed stoves back in the 70s, right up there in quality with the Jotul’s of the time.
This commission was one of the most extensive in the shops history. I had a client who saw my work here and reached out from Michigan to inquire about restoring a stove they had bought from someone on eBay.
The first step was a little different this time, as I had to drive about 600 miles round trip to Southeast Mass to pickup the stove from the person they bought it from on eBay and get it back to my shop. Personally, traveling for stoves is one of my favorite perks. Over the years, I’ve been to more small quaint New England towns than almost anybody I know and I love it!
Once we got the stove back to the shop, we started inspection. The biggest bummer I figured out very quickly is the enamel was shot. Most of the protective clear coating was worn down, the enamel was chipped and cracked everywhere, and had bad stains all over the top. But overall, stove was in ok shape, no cracks anywhere and just some bad internal pieces.
Next step was disassembling the stove and chatting with the client about options with the enamel. Now we could have saved it, ish, and tried out best to bring it back and make it look ok. But once the enamel is chipping, its going to continue, there isnt much that can be done. So we decided for looks and longevity of the stove, we would blast the enamel off back to bare cast iron and paint it.
Once we got the stove sandblasted we painted it with Thurmalox High Temp Stove Paint in Satin Black and started reassembly, fit in all the new internals, and rebuild the flue connector piece.
After everything, we had an absolutely beautiful stove that the client and I were beyond impressed with! And last step was to crate the stove and ship it to its final home in Michigan!
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