I'm looking for high heat paint to refurbish my old ceramic cooker. Seems black is widely available, not much else unless looking at high heat engine paint.. Lots of old Webers were various colors- I'm guessing anything but black didn't work well?
I've never seen anyone repaint on of those but I suppose it might work. Before doing anything you might want to ask some folks who know a lot more about the older komodo cookers here: http://www.greeneggers.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=showcat&catid=1&Itemid=112 Be careful though, these things will start to cut into your firewood time once you start cooking on them.
I'm a bit past the learning curve using the kamado. It's a lot like cooking in an oven, it is an oven, but with fire and smoke in it. I use it mostly for low and slow smokes. Very easy to hold a pork butt at 215 for 7-12 hours. All about the air control. Control the air, control the heat. Less air leakage to dry out the meat.
This is actually a common and very doable project. Step 1 is to disassemble the grill so you can paint every square inch. Clean it with a degreaser as it will likely have grease/soot deposits that paint will not adhere to. Scuff sand the ceramic and then wipe the whole thing down with a tack cloth. Hit it with a coat of high-temperature primer to level out imperfections and give the finish coat a good base to adhere to. Paint with finish coat. Keep in mind, spray paint does not like cold temperatures so this is a project to do in a warm garage, or wait until spring. I saw a beat-up old Egg that was fractured in a few places....the guy bonded the ceramic back together with furnace cement, took his time repainting it and the dang thing came out beautiful. Good luck.
