What a beautiful restoration! A lot of work but the results are awesome. Thank you especially for sharing the obstacles you encountered and how you overcome them, very educational. Appreciate your channel and all the effort you put into it. God bless!
Nicely done and something to be proud of indeed! I restored a 1938 975D 2 years ago with atypical colours (hammertone silver and stripped/polished the bare Everdur tank) and it works great. After doing this I found another 975D last year that was repainted Forest green (poorly) but it only needed a new pump leather (which I made) and valve stem repair. The previous owner had even fabricated a metal stand for it. Thanks for all your excellent videos and advice:)
Thanks. About six years ago I had a crew doing some concrete repair for me. One of the guys saw I was working on some stoves and brought me a 974D (or 974DL) that had been at his grandfather's cabin. It's the three-burner version with legs and backsplash. That was my biggest project to date. The paint was almost completely gone and everything was seized. It took weeks to get the burner controls freed up.
Evaporust will get rid of the rust, but it won't smooth the surface in the slightest. It's also relatively expensive. My preference is electrolysis, which is very nearly free. Either way you still have to sand the surface if you want decent results when painting.
I have a very old Coleman stove that I restored. It had the copper cylinder gas tank. I believe my stove was the 1925 model. I ended up painting the Coleman green (auto paint matched to Coleman) with my airbrush. I even masked off the tabs on the lid and painted them silver along with the handle and legs. I painted the manifold and burners high heat silver. I still haven't lit it. Want to keep it pristine as long as I can. I've got another 425-E that I normally use when I don't use the single burner 502. Looks like you did a jam up job restoring this model of Coleman. Cheers from eastern TN
The Everdur tanks were painted that copper colour to indicate they were a rust-proof copper alloy. (Once they were alloyed the metal lost its natural copper colour.) The first stoves to have them came out in 1934...the 2F, 3F, 6F, and 9F. Before that all of Coleman's stove tanks were steel and painted black until 1931 and a dark brown from 1931 to 1933.
Wow! Very very nice! What a show piece. May I make a suggestion. Why not treat your cast iron burner like a cast iron pan by seasoning it. after giving it a citric acid bath. Warm it up in your oven to about 150F degrees. Then wipe it down with peanut oil or any cooking oil that has a high smoke point. Set your oven to 450-500F. Wipe off any excess oil. Bake it for an hour. Let it cool in the oven. You may need to do this twice. It will turn the cast iron a beautiful black color and make it rust resistant. You could also do it to the cast iron trivets. And yes, it may burn off in time but with proper cleaning and wiping a thin coat of oil after each use will keep the cast iron parts from rusting and keeping them a beautiful black color. Keep'em burning.
Thanks for the comments. I do like the idea of seasoning the manifold and grates. I've done that in the past and was never really satisfied with the results, particularly as it never seems to last more than one use no matter how many coats I apply.
I'm not aware of anyone selling pre-cut stencils. I found the artwork on the Coleman Collectors' Forum years ago and my wife used that to cut on with her Cricut.
What a beautiful restoration! A lot of work but the results are awesome. Thank you especially for sharing the obstacles you encountered and how you overcome them, very educational. Appreciate your channel and all the effort you put into it. God bless!
Great job! A lot of work but I admire your dedication to making it look and work correctly.
Nicely done and something to be proud of indeed!
I restored a 1938 975D 2 years ago with atypical colours (hammertone silver and stripped/polished the bare Everdur tank) and it works great. After doing this I found another 975D last year that was repainted Forest green (poorly) but it only needed a new pump leather (which I made) and valve stem repair. The previous owner had even fabricated a metal stand for it. Thanks for all your excellent videos and advice:)
Thanks. About six years ago I had a crew doing some concrete repair for me. One of the guys saw I was working on some stoves and brought me a 974D (or 974DL) that had been at his grandfather's cabin. It's the three-burner version with legs and backsplash. That was my biggest project to date. The paint was almost completely gone and everything was seized. It took weeks to get the burner controls freed up.
That's pretty. Well done!
That is one beautiful stove!!!!
Nice job on the restoration!
Beautiful,good job.
Wow 👏👏👏 perfect work
Evaporust will clean a great deal of the rust and reduce the need for some sanding. Nice restoration.👍🏼
Evaporust will get rid of the rust, but it won't smooth the surface in the slightest. It's also relatively expensive. My preference is electrolysis, which is very nearly free. Either way you still have to sand the surface if you want decent results when painting.
@@king.coleman Agreed. I always sand before any painting . Evaporust just removes rust , not substitute for a surface prep. 👍🏼
McMaster-Carr has brass split rivets as well as other components you could use.
What a beauty!
I have a very old Coleman stove that I restored. It had the copper cylinder gas tank. I believe my stove was the 1925 model. I ended up painting the Coleman green (auto paint matched to Coleman) with my airbrush. I even masked off the tabs on the lid and painted them silver along with the handle and legs. I painted the manifold and burners high heat silver. I still haven't lit it. Want to keep it pristine as long as I can. I've got another 425-E that I normally use when I don't use the single burner 502. Looks like you did a jam up job restoring this model of Coleman. Cheers from eastern TN
The Everdur tanks were painted that copper colour to indicate they were a rust-proof copper alloy. (Once they were alloyed the metal lost its natural copper colour.) The first stoves to have them came out in 1934...the 2F, 3F, 6F, and 9F. Before that all of Coleman's stove tanks were steel and painted black until 1931 and a dark brown from 1931 to 1933.
Wow! Very very nice! What a show piece. May I make a suggestion. Why not treat your cast iron burner like a cast iron pan by seasoning it. after giving it a citric acid bath. Warm it up in your oven to about 150F degrees. Then wipe it down with peanut oil or any cooking oil that has a high smoke point. Set your oven to 450-500F. Wipe off any excess oil. Bake it for an hour. Let it cool in the oven. You may need to do this twice. It will turn the cast iron a beautiful black color and make it rust resistant. You could also do it to the cast iron trivets. And yes, it may burn off in time but with proper cleaning and wiping a thin coat of oil after each use will keep the cast iron parts from rusting and keeping them a beautiful black color. Keep'em burning.
Thanks for the comments. I do like the idea of seasoning the manifold and grates. I've done that in the past and was never really satisfied with the results, particularly as it never seems to last more than one use no matter how many coats I apply.
Where can I get a Patents Applied For stencil please?
I am not a stovie 😁
I'm not aware of anyone selling pre-cut stencils. I found the artwork on the Coleman Collectors' Forum years ago and my wife used that to cut on with her Cricut.