Asked on Jan 20, 2014
How to restore an old cast iron wood burning stove?
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Galdo76
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The story of this stove started in a small town in Mexico. It was in my mother's family and was used to cook on and heat the kitchen when she was a kid. When the home was upgraded and a conventional stove was installed, it was kicked to the curb and was put outside for around 30 years. My mom brought the stove back to AZ a couple years ago and she ended up giving to me (I'm going to lie, that was an emotional day for me. I was a little fearful of the project but also felt honored that she trusted I could do it). It sat in a box in my garage near Nashville, TN with plans on restoring it to look like it did originally.
As you can see by the pictures, I'm was committed once it was all taken apart. Getting it sandblasted and painted shouldn't be a problem but I know very little about the manufacturer, where to get parts (specifically the long rods that hold it together) and how to weld/repair cast iron. Hopefully the pictures will show what I did?
As you can see by the pictures, I'm was committed once it was all taken apart. Getting it sandblasted and painted shouldn't be a problem but I know very little about the manufacturer, where to get parts (specifically the long rods that hold it together) and how to weld/repair cast iron. Hopefully the pictures will show what I did?
I was actually easy to dissemble but I did have parts break and the long rods that hold the whole thing together fell apart.
Strip Masters in Nashville, TN sandblasted it welded some of the pieces (They had experience welding cast iron). Next step was applying the hi-temp flat black paint.
I laid out all the pieces like I did when I originally took it apart because I only had a general idea for how to put it back together.
I remember my dad having me take stuff apart as a kid. I would ask, "How do I put it back together". He would say, "Boy, just like you took it apart"...
If you look on the bottom left, you will see how I solved the problem of holding it back together. I went to Fastenal and they provided the long threaded rod, couplers, flat head screws, and nuts.
I guess his lessons worked.
For the most part, I reassembled it upside down and when it was all back together, I cut the threaded rod to fit.
I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty proud of this restoration and I couldn't wait for my mom to take a look at it.
I used several coats of vegetable oil and some summer sun to get the sheen.
My dad took this picture over Thanksgiving, 2015. It felt really good to see the look on my parents faces. I even threw some orange LED lights in the for decoration. Maybe someday I'll actually be able to use it, but not in the house.
Looks like manufacturer was D, D, Lamond & Co., Ferguson Bldg., Pittsburgh, PA found in the Iron Age Directory,,,, https://books.google.com/books?id=QNgKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA397&lpg=PA397&dq=Lamond+wood+stove+parts&source=bl&ots=fYHTmRdPoX&sig=NXBXXvfEZG_AKLfwqYTWXowRSHw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL_f6Ny9XTAhVJ_WMKHSQ-B3oQ6AEISjAG#v=onepage&q=Lamond%20wood%20stove%20parts&f=false
I just looked at the link and I could not find any references to the Alamo stove. The stove I have has an Hecho En Chihuahua, Mexico stamped into it.
You can buy furnace black at the hardware store and coat it. It will look like new. I used it on my fireplace grates.
You sure gave her the ‘Wow!‘ factor. When I was a kid we heated the kitchen with a wood burning stove too but I only remember my mom heating water and making coffee on it. My dad heated bricks on it to put in our beds (wrapped in towels) half an hr before bedtime; bed rooms were not heated back then.
omg! This is a beautiful stove! You're one lucky person. I'm pretty sure you're going to have fun redoing it and it's going to look beautiful when you're done. I don't know about restoring this beauty myself, but I just want to encourage you you to do it. It would look beautiful in a light green, navy or an off white with black trim. I hope you let us see the after results. Good luck!
I often find good information at homeguides.sfgate.com, and I just looked there. They have a how-to on restoring old cast iron stoves. You might take a look there.
God bless.
Beautiful! I'm picking up a cook stove Saturday and your post has given me hope! My husband just keeps saying, "This is going to be a project...I hope you know...just making sure you know..." Bring it on (so long as you have my back LOL)!
I have one exactly like it. Mine is a different brand but it’s the same stove. I’m having a devil of a time finding stove pipe for it or even an adapter. Have you found anything for yours?
I came across this on cleaning cast iron stoves. Hope this is helpful.
brush off excess rust, then use naval jelly on the complete stove, wash off after using the directions on the bottle let dry then paint stove with high temp black paint
I remember my Grandma “blacking” her cast iron stove. And yes! I am old!
Go to a machine shop where they can see it. Maybe they can sand blast and weld it for you. You can get a paint for woodburning stoves at a hardware store and paint it after you get the rust off so it don't rust again. Good luck. Nice piece.
They used to make a product called 'stove black'.
Great job on restoring it.
Hello Galdo 76, hope this link helps you out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0c0fs3wjU8