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SmokeMyBitchUp

Has anyone used high temp Paint on their egg? I'm considering stenciling a design but wanted to run er up the flagpole.

Thanks!

RRP

No, but try it and see what happens. At best it will just burn off. OTOH if you have an infared thermometer measure the temp during one of your highest cooks and then compare that to the level of heat according to the high heat paint can. Good luck! 

blasting

OP - welcome.

What is it you want on your egg?  I'm not very creative - I don't look at things like eggs and think "Hey, I can draw something on that".

I'd like to see it if you end up doing it.

XC242

Paint a picture of a BGE on it...

henapple

Lacquer  thinner can take it off but might damage the egg finish. Try a little paint on the cap and then try the lacquer thinner on it.

SmokeyPitt

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/434005/x/p1#

SmokeMyBitchUp

Cool.  My thought is to paint it like a michigan state football helmet since it's already got the green background. Great call on testing the cap, I do have a smokeware too, so no biggie if that got ruined.

SmokeMyBitchUp

That gold egg is shamazing 

st¡ke

Yes. It's been done 

the egg never really gets to high temp. Have a ball

RRP

Another thought comes to mind of a cautious concern if your egg has any flaws in the fired glaze ceramic surface. Some glaze on some eggs will develop minute cracks called crazing and others such as my medium has tiny holes in the glazed surface about the size of pin heads. While the design you wish to paint on may just burn off if too hot, but the shadow left behind may not look so cool. Good luck what ever you decide since it is your egg! Will that affect your warranty if your decision results in a claim- I don't have a clue.

nolaegghead

High heat paint is made to survive much higher temps than the outside of your egg will ever see.  Consider a better team though  prep is everything with paint. 

SmokeMyBitchUp

RRP said:

Another thought comes to mind of a cautious concern if your egg has any flaws in the fired glaze ceramic surface. Some glaze on some eggs will develop minute cracks called crazing and others such as my medium has tiny holes in the glazed surface about the size of pin heads. While the design you wish to paint on may just burn off if too hot, but the shadow left behind may not look so cool. Good luck what ever you decide since it is your egg! Will that affect your warranty if your decision results in a claim- I don't have a clue.

Great point @rrp, if memory serves you use a medium for baking only????  Do you think that is a factor?. I typically don't do a ton of High heat cooks.

theyolksonyou

Lots of folks get egg sweat because of grease or whatever seeping thru the ceramics. Wonder what would happen to the paint if that started happening. 

Fireman_Joe

When I use to tail gate at Ravens games a guy use to bring two large eggs and they were painted purple, he said he had a automotive paint shop do the work. He was there a couple of years with them and they always looked great.

RRP

SmokeMyBitchUp said:

RRP said:

Another thought comes to mind of a cautious concern if your egg has any flaws in the fired glaze ceramic surface. Some glaze on some eggs will develop minute cracks called crazing and others such as my medium has tiny holes in the glazed surface about the size of pin heads. While the design you wish to paint on may just burn off if too hot, but the shadow left behind may not look so cool. Good luck what ever you decide since it is your egg! Will that affect your warranty if your decision results in a claim- I don't have a clue.

Great point @rrp, if memory serves you use a medium for baking only????  Do you think that is a factor?. I typically don't do a ton of High heat cooks.

Yes my medium has only been used for baking cakes and cookies and Monkey Bread  and has never had any meat cooked in it. Additionally I have only used Ozark Oak lump, never any wood for smoke and it  is 13 years old. It even still has the original gaskets! I have never done a burn out, but the inside is still just tan in color. Proves to me the blackness comes from meat.

SmokeMyBitchUp

I know a guy who can help you out on a replacement gasket when you're ready

PlanoPokes79

This was a pro golfer that had this one done a few years ago.

RRP

PlanoPokes79 said:

This was a pro golfer that had this one done a few years ago.

That is super cool and was the work of a gifted artist. In fact it looks like air brush art. I wonder a) what kind of paint he used as it would have to be high temperature and b) what the egg looks like today.

Zmokin

RRP said:
That is super cool and was the work of a gifted artist. In fact it looks like air brush art. I wonder a) what kind of paint he used as it would have to be high temperature and b) what the egg looks like today.

I don't know for sure, but the only "high temp" paint I have seen is for 1200 to 1500 F.  Stuff to paint metal BBQs, exhaust headers, etc.  I would think the temp on the outside of the Egg is never ever really all that hot.  Yes, it gets very warm to the touch, but I've never had mine where I thought it exceeded the temp to boil water on it's surface.  I've worked with electronics that were routinely heated to boiling water temps (100C) and it wasn't until they exceeded about 70C that I felt they were getting a little too warm to carry in my hand.  Heck, a black car sitting in the sun probably gets hotter than my egg does while cooking.

RRP

Zmokin said:

RRP said:
That is super cool and was the work of a gifted artist. In fact it looks like air brush art. I wonder a) what kind of paint he used as it would have to be high temperature and b) what the egg looks like today.

I don't know for sure, but the only "high temp" paint I have seen is for 1200 to 1500 F.  Stuff to paint metal BBQs, exhaust headers, etc.  I would think the temp on the outside of the Egg is never ever really all that hot.  Yes, it gets very warm to the touch, but I've never had mine where I thought it exceeded the temp to boil water on it's surface.  I've worked with electronics that were routinely heated to boiling water temps (100C) and it wasn't until they exceeded about 70C that I felt they were getting a little too warm to carry in my hand.  Heck, a black car sitting in the sun probably gets hotter than my egg does while cooking.

I gotcha - like I said last night "OTOH if you have an infared thermometer measure the temp during one of your highest cooks and then compare that to the level of heat according to the high heat paint can."

PlanoPokes79

RRP - a) not sure, thought they said it was an autobody guy that did it. b) would be good to see how it has held up.

SmokeMyBitchUp

Man what a great response, thanks guys.  I do have an infrared.  I'll try to post some dome interior vs  dome exterior temp pics.  I'm sure way lower than what the paint could handle but probably interesting nonetheless.

nolaegghead

Stove Bright high heat paint, for example, (comes in many colors) can handle up to 1200F.  The outside of the egg will never get as hot as the inside, and if you manage to get the outside that hot, you'll have more serious problems. 

blasting

Ron - Do you find the medium is the right size for a baking egg?  or do you wish you had gone large?  Sorry for the OT question.