I'm in the process of building my first UDS and have decided that I want to paint it to help prevent rust. I've read A LOT of forum posts etc over the last few weeks and the most commonly recommended types of paints seem to be general purpose very high temp paint and engine paint.
That's fine, and I've now looked at a few of these. They all seem to require that the painted object be heated up to X temp in order to cure the paint (in the case of engine paint, it recommends running the engine for X amount of time - probably to produce the required amount of heat/time).
So for a UDS, what are you guys doing once you've finished painting? Lighting a big ass fire in the fire basket or burning some charcoal as though you were doing a cook? Are you doing this after each coat or once after all coats have been applied? Does what you're doing seem to cure the paint as required? Would really appreciate any thoughts on this.
Also, I'm considering keeping the original stripped drum vibe - anyone know of a clear high temp varnish that would work as opposed to a paint?
I'll post pictures and notes when I'm done - thanks for all the inspiration & info that this forum has provided so far.
) that like all good paint jobs good surface prep would be the key?
