Antique Gas Stove
The antique gas stove refers to the gas kitchen stove that was invented around the 1820’s. These units was very large and difficult to use. Many of the gas stoves was always on. The always on stoves was used to heat the water for the rest of the house and to heat the house.
The antique gas stoves did not reach popularity until around the 1880’s. This delay was due to the gas pipeline network being delivered to every household in the larger cities. The natural gas stoves had several benefits over the wood stoves. With the wood stoves the entire surface of the stove had to be heated. The use of the piped natural gas cut down on the effort, time and cost of locating and bringing and then storing the wood and coal into the home. By the 1930’s, the gas stoves outnumbered the wood and coal stoves two to one. This was also due to the fact of the propane gas being delivered to the homes and businesses out side of the cities. The propane gas stove was used for these homes and bulidings.
The antique gas stoves can be refinished or restored to working conditions. There are a large selection of companies located all over that offer this service. Some companies can offer the custom color of porcelain and the factory original colors. The porcelain is a high temperature ceramic glaze. The glaze is fused on to the metal surface in a very high heat furnace. There is no other coating that will withstand the high temperatures of a gas stove as well as the porcelain will. This is sometimes called the stove enamel. When refinishing, the old coat of porcelain is removed. A new porcelain coat is applied and then baked on in the high heat furnace. This process is not be confused with a paint or even a powder coating. Neither of those processes will be able to withstand the heat of the gas stove and is not to be considered as a proper finish for a stove.
There is also stove insulation and a large amount of electrical and mechanical parts and piece to be cleaned, repaired or replaced for the stove to work properly. A shop that can offer the re-chroming of the gas stove parts can really make a big difference on the outcome of the refinishing of the antique gas stove. Parts you may think needs to be thrown away will be brought back to a great , new, shinny look of new. Gas stove parts like the griddle trays, the knob rings,and handles may be able to be re-chromed and brought back to life.
A good re builder and restorer of the antique gas stoves will be able to replace the gas stove parts such as the gas stove burner, thermostats, burner values, and the safety values Some of the other parts would be the clocks and the timers on the stove. With burner grates and all sorts of different gaskets for the antique gas stove, it is very important for only a qualified company attempt to refinish a antique stove.