After each application, shake the can for 5 seconds and then turn it upside down and spray for 3 seconds on your scrap cardboard to clear the spray tip.  Before beginning the next coat, shake the can for 90 seconds and spray a small amount on the scrap cardboard to deliver the mixed paint to the tip ready for coating your brick.

A single can cover about 12 square feet if you follow these guidelines for 3 light coats.  If your firebox area to be painted is greater than 12 square feet, then purchase 2 cans of paint.

For a wood burning stove follow these guidelines:

1. Wait 4 hours before igniting a fire in the stove.
2. Build a small kindling fire to start. The kindling fire should be kept burning for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Add fuel to build a medium size fire to bring the surface temperature to about 450°.
4. The medium size fire should be kept burning for about 60 minutes.
5. For the final stage of curing, add fuel to this fire to make it a very hot fire (surface temperature above 600°F) and keep it at this level for about 60 minutes.

For a pellet burning stove follow these guidelines:

1. Wait 4 hours before igniting a fire in the stove.
2. Start the pellet stove according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
3. Once lit, moderate the pellet fuel and air mix for a very low burn for 10 minutes
4. Increase the fuel and air mixture in the pellet stove to a medium level and allow to burn 60 minutes.
5. Increase the air and fuel mixture to its highest levels to burn as hot as possible for 60 minutes.

For a gas burning stove follow these guidelines:

1. Wait 4 hours before igniting a fire in the stove.
2. Start the gas stove according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
3. Once lit, moderate the gas for a low burn for 10 minutes
4. Increase the gas setting to a medium level and allow to burn 60 minutes.
5. Increase the gas stove setting to its highest levels to burn as hot as possible for 60 minutes.

NOTE: During the final higher temperature burn phase there may be some visible smoke near the stove surface. There may also be an unpleasant odor. To mitigate this effect, ventilate the room with open windows and doors to provide airflow.

HEALTH WARNING: The smoke from the curing process displaces oxygen. Small children, elderly folks and persons with existing breathing problems should vacate the area during the hot burn to avoid the discomfort of lost oxygen. The smoke is primarily Carbon Dioxide, and therefore nontoxic but uncomfortable.