White Knight Pot Belly Black

Terrible! Don't waste your money! – Terrible! bubbled and peeled back to bare metal in places! $60+ later Im in the same place I started! With a with peeling! I followed the directions to the letter and its failed miserably!I have emailed Whitenight will see if I get a reply and if I'll get any help. Im so frustrated! I wish I had looked on here first and not listened to the bunnings staff! Show details

Garbage product – Painted my pot belly that I made, prepped it all sprayed it and let cute for a week, first light in it the paint bubbled and peeled off garbage couldn’t be more disappointed

Fantastic results, way above my expectations – I used the aerosol Pot Belly Black to repaint my exhausts on my Triumph T100 motorcycle. The final result is way above my expectations. The painted finish is of high quality and the surface is extremely durable. Highly recommend Show details ·  1

Rubbish – I have used this exactly as instructed on an outdoor steel firepit. Left it to 'cure' for 2 weeks. Lit one fire and this product just peels off and separates from the steel. Absolutely no adherence. Heat is this products Kryptonite!!! Show details

Still smelling fumes – This is the 4 th time I have lit my fire in my combustion fireplace after following all instructions but I still have fumes and it's terrible. The paint also has started peeling from the top I dread lighting the fire if it's going to be like this.

Don't waste your money – Followed instructions exactly, lit small fire after a week of drying, then started to use about a month later, not with hot fires, product bubbled and fell off. Wouldn't buy again.

Is this product safe?? – Painted this inside open fire place. It has not been lit for 4 months since painting. Did first fire today but hubby lit a full fire instead of small fires. No smoke and can’t smell fumes but our eyes are sore? Is this safe? We have toddlers in the house. Please advise asap.

White Knight Hi Temp is Awesome! – I don't know about Pot Belly paint but White Knight Hot Temp spray is awesome. I have a 40yr old Spit roster that was rusted, restored it and applied the Hot Temp black spray and it hasn't blistered or peeled at all, don't know what the others are saying but maybe they should switch to this stuff, never had a problem  Show details ·  1

Wasted effort for no benefit – I followed the instructions, and following painting left the slow combustion firebox for months to cure. As per the instructions, I initially lit a small fire, but the paint emitted clouds of smoke that produced a sore throat. I have now lit 8 or so fires, and it is still emitting fumes. Not only a complete wast of time, money and effort, but… Read more

because of the fumes the fireplace can only be used with all the doors and windows open. A friend of mine has had a similar experience with this paint. Avoid this product like the plague.

Not even up to heat from a mild fire – Spend a lot of time cleaning and prepping a steel chiminea I'd made. Left over 24 hours to cure. A mild fire saw the paint bubble then crack and flake off. Now I gotta strip the whole lot! Not happy. Waste of $35 and a lot of time! Show details

No good – I bought the 500ml tin, not the spray on. Did everything exactly as per the instructions, cleaned the pot belly with turps, sanded, applied at end of winter so it had months to cure, reheated it gently the first few times. And voila- it’s all flaked off, it stinks, and it’s achieved nothing. I’m very annoyed. Don’t waste your money! Show details

Absolute Rubbish – I made a potbelly at tafe so was due to paint and fire it up... I purchased this product followed the instructions gave it 3 coats looked amazing I gave it a first firing just using off cuts of hardwood in the firebox started with a small amount and over the course of a few hours gradually building the heat up went really well... so the next day I… Read more

purchased a chimney to place and light up hot coals followed the instructions with that got them red hot poured them into the fire pit area and placed more charcoal on top but within 10 mins all the paint inside and outside of the fire box area peeled off leaving behind bare metal it can not with stand the heat the charcoal makes rubbish paint!!!!

Don’t Waste your money on this product – I purchased a new fire pit which required painting with ‘pot belly black’ prior to using. I purchased White Knight Pot Belly Black and followed the instructiosn on application. I gave the fire pit two coats leaving 24 hours between each coat and over a week before my first use of theirs pit. The immediate result was that the pot belly black… Read more

paint bubbled and peeled off both the inside and outside surfaces of the fire pit and I’m now left with the job of having to remove the remaining paint and find another product that can handle the temperatures generated in a simple fire pit.

I’d suggest this product might, and I stress might, be suitable for the outer wall on a gas log heater that remains cool enough to touch when it’s on but certainly not on surfaces that get direct heat from your fire.

I’ve been advised to look for a ‘brake caliper’ paint which can handle much higher temperatures but, thankfully it won’t be a product manufactured by White Knight.

Waste of my $s – The product was bloody useless - blistered and flaked off - waste of money - from Bunnings going for a total refund and am totally disappointed it this product. Won't be purchasing again - should be fined for false advertising. Application was easy so why does it flake blister useless buyer be warned.  Show details

Looking good – I used this on a cast-iron outdoor chimenea-style wood heater. The original finish had faded a bit as stored in the open without a cover. Very little preparation on my part as surface was in good condition and easy to apply following instructions. With the first use there were some fumes as noted in the instructions, but the surface is now well… Read more

set and hardened and looking good. Only qualifier is that I'm pretty sure it wouldn't get anywhere near the temps of a potbelly stove, but no evidence of paint flaking, etc.

Pointless – This product does not do what it claims to do. I followed all the instructions and the paint blistered and bubbled and I should have just left the pot belly how it was!! Spoke with the manufacturer... Apparently the instructions are wrong and you need to light three fires in the curing process. Don't waste your time or money with this product it will just cause you problems and the company won't back their product.

no good – Blistered and bubbled and peeled off , its no good for potbellys at all ,,, wasted my money on a product that dose not work ,,, so dont waste your time or money ,, ripppppppped off blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Anyone with half a brain knows 300 degree paint isn't even close to enough!!!! – Fire in a potbelly can reach over 1000 degrees celsius if fed enough fuel. Paint resistant to 300 degrees celsius isn't even close to good enough!!!! I've used VHT exhaust paint & Handy Can Pot Belly Black on smaller potbelly heaters with good results but both failed on my larger outdoor 44 gallon drum heater.

Waste Of Time – I followed the manufacturers directions, wire brushed, heated, then wire brushed, sanded and wiped down with a cloth soaked in turps then let it dry. Applied first coat, left for several days, slowly burnt in heater, no raging fires, blistered and peeled straight away! This product has caused me more work to get back to where I started so that I can use a product that works!!!

Blistered and peeled – Followed instructions blistered and peeled off first time. Beware don't use this product you are better of using exhaust paint has a higher temp rating

Worked when others didn't – Had tried using another product which bubbled the existing paintwork making the job much harder, as I then had to strip that section off. The self primer on the White Knight worked wonderfully (on a wood burner). The finish is excellent and the ease of application was great. My old woodburner looks like a new one. Great finish, easy application, self priming meant not having to strip the existing paint.

Peeling Paint – Painted a pot belly stove with this after it was sand blasted and wiped down with turps and tac cloths .spray painted 3 coats when it was dry . First fire that was lit made the paint peel off like paper on about 60 % of the stove ,the rest just scraped of with a scraper when fire had cooled although there were bits that did'nt ( annoying ). Rubbish product Picture on the can does not do what it says on the tin ,