Posted 3 years ago
MyClassicB…
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I just got this vintage "laundry stove" yesterday from a nearby antique store. What I know about it is that it was built by the Southern Co-Op Foundry Company in Rome, Georgia and has the word "Dixie" on the coal filler door.
It's currently in a vinegar bath removing the rust. Then I intend to paint it and place it in my living room as a parlor warmer. My home (built in 1940) has an existing chimney and a stove pipe connection on the wall.
Does anyone have any info on units like these? Year built? Value? Anything you can share would be greatly appreciated.
I have a similar old stove. Company existed between 1898-1971. Mine has a broken leg and trying to figure out who can fix it.
I have a stove made by the same foundry in Rome Ga… mine is called “Parlor Glow”. I posted it here on CW a while back. Mine has been in my family for years heating my parents’ home, then my home…now my grandson has claimed it for his home whenever he gets one.
If you have not already painted it, I suggest you just use stove polish on it.
Angel22, my stove got a piece broken years ago but I took it to a welder who fixed it ….he did a great job and I cannot even see where the break was.
Why do people insist on painting a stove they intend to use? Do they like noxious fumes? Stove black is made for stoves. Research stove black made by Rutland Corp if you are unfamiliar with it. The stove pictured is a laundry stove. They were quite popular and can still be bought for $50 or $75 in good shape. Most were not gasketed so they are apt to spit out hot embers into the room.
Wow, some of you are feisty about the paint thing. LOL
I did know it was a laundry stove - as I said in the first line of my post. I ended up cleaning it thoroughly, I completely removed the rust, and painted it Tuscany Red. It looked awesome when done!
And, "$50-$75"? Nope. I had a larger stove offered to me for my living room so I listed this one.
It ended up selling for $350!
Selling and buying price are two different animals. You put time and material into it plus your original investment which was at an antique store where they are always over priced. You can buy this stove for $50 to $75 at flea markets. A red painted stove now that is original.
I hope you will post the larger one you bought for your living room. It always nice to see these old stoves actually still in use and being appreciated.
If you use the stove black (stove polish), it buffs to a nice luster giving the stoves a protection against rust plus gives them back their original appearance that many folks value.
Yeah, "Firjer" LOL, I did get it at an antique store for $60 - as you're saying. Paint was about $30. Soooo, not a bad little profit. And, the lady who bought it was so happy. I love that!
Watchsearcher, I will definitely keep the new stove black - as the finish is in WAY better shape. And, I will use Stove Black for sure!
I rescued a model 882 that looks very close to that one. I use it to heat my workshop, it took about 2 season to get the coal burning technic down, I had a lot of fires just go out in the beginning. Wish I could post some pictures of it, I used the stove polish once and when I fired it up for the first time the next season Inhad to evacuate the building!
Shilohblack, With the stove polish, a little bit goes a long way, as you found out ;^)