Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Hi does anyone know if I can buy Black Lead here in the North please?

You can get Matt black spray paint for log burners at the yapi markets it is also used for car exhaust manifolds.

Although called Black Lead, it is in fact a mix of graphite and wax's. Just imagine trying to buy black "Lead" these days when you can't even get lead for fishing weights! It is a real messy business cleaning your stove with this stuff and should only be applied to unpainted stoves anyway, so if yours has already been painted then don't use it as you are just wasting your time and it will rapidly burn off the next time you light your stove. If you spray pain or brush paint then you need paint suitable for car exhaust's, with a minimum temp of over 600 degrees. Good luck but try in Superhome if you get to the South.

Does Akenlar (spelling) the wood burner store, not sell I?. I'd be surprised if he doesn't. Just down from the NEU clinic in Girne.

I have found the best ones to use are either Zebo or Hotspot. These are both designed for Black Stoves or grates etc. They are both in tubes normally 75ml. Cost around 9.00 stg. But only normally apply before and after stove season. it makes the appliance look like new.

Hot spot is possibly the better of the 2. You must wear gloves when you apply. The first time I used it about 30 years ago I did not bother with the gloves, it was probably 8 weeks before I could get my hands clean.

I have not seen it here, Not sure about the South I don't go there. I normally bring it back from the UK. You just simply apply with a small sponge or pad and then buff when dry. (don't use your best duster.) It is really quick and simple to use and well worth it. I think excellent value compared to a can of Exhaust or stove spray, that is smelly and very messy to use and does not last.

waddo
You can still buy DDT here in the north.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

DDT?

Banned in most of the world now, but (from Wiki) -
".....a large public outcry that eventually led, in 1972, to a ban on the agricultural use of DDT in the United States. A worldwide ban on its agricultural use was later formalized under the Stockholm Convention, but its limited use in disease vector control continues to this day and remains controversial...."