Hammerite

Going back to the early early nineties, I would be 16 or 17. I rescued an old barbecue with a flip top lid from the tip. A but of rust, but could be improved. I sanded down to bare metal and went to a local hardware store to buy 2 tins of hammerite (Red and Grey). Raced home to paint my new project and it looked amazing, so the next day I went out to get the said burgers, sausages, charcoal etc and got it going.

The paint caught fire and peeled right off and the food tasted like sh1te.

Gutted...

Blimey.. Thanks for that info

I tried exhaust paint, thought it would stand the heat better, but alas no. Bring back red lead all is forgiven, may be toxic but can't taste it????