Have you ever been painting small parts and wished it didn't take so long to dry before you could assemble them? Years ago I started doing this at home on the backyard grille. I usually use either high temp or engine paint that is labeled gas resistant. We all know that's hardly true about gas resistant, but it helps. I turn one burner on the lowest setting, mine is a small two burner grille beings I am by myself and rarely have anybody show up for a meal. I usually give it a couple hours let it cool to room temp and check the paint hardness with the finger nail test. If it feels a little soft yet, I give it another couple hours. Saves me from having to wait a day or more.
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If a part needs to be heated, I prefer to use my Milwaukee heat gun, rather than a propane torch. Fire puts out water vapor, which can make bare metal rust, and I'd think the water vapor could do bad things to paint. That said, I have built a small gallows to hang parts over my natural gas stove, so I can turn the burner on very low and have the part about 6 to 8 inches above the burner. This will dry the paint in a couple hours, rather than waiting at least a day.
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Great idea! I have small parts on this RPU that are black and no sense of busting out the HVLP so I use rattle primer and paint. I hate waiting on dry time...I have four grills so I shall dedicate one!!
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