subject: Information About Antique Gas Stove [print this page] The antique gas stove refers to the gas kitchen stove that was invented around the 1820's. These units were very large and difficult to use. Many of the gas stoves were always on. The always on stove 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 stoves were used for buildings and homes. The best thing associated with the antique gas stove is that they can be restored or also refinished to the different working condition. There are many companies which are involved in manufacturing this particular type of stoves. Some of the companies manufacture them with custom color like porcelain.
Most of the companies manufacture this type of stoves with the porcelain in it. The porcelain material is considered as one of the material having a high temperature glaze. This glaze is fused on the metal surface present in the furnace. In this particular type of stove, you will not find any type of coating so that it can withstand the high temperature. This is also known as the stove enamel. At the time of refinishing, the old coat can be removed.
After the removal, a new coating of porcelain is applied and kept on the furnace for the purpose of heating. This particular process should not be confused with the paint and powder coating. None of these processes is used for the purpose of withstanding the heat present in the gas stove. This particular thing cannot be considered as a proper finish of the stove.
