AJ Wells

Range Cooker Re-enamelling

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Re-enamelling

Range Cooker Re-Enamelling

At AJ Wells & Sons, we’re proud to offer a complete re-enameling service for cast iron range cookers of all makes and sizes. Whether it’s a two-door model that’s been the heart of your kitchen for decades or a larger four-door cooker in need of a refresh, we can restore and renovate it to its former glory.

With over 60 years of experience in vitreous enamel, we apply the same precision and care to restoration as we do to our architectural and signage projects. Every cooker is treated individually, using traditional techniques and fired to exacting standards in our Isle of Wight facility.

Our Process

This storyboard demonstrates the process we took to re-enamel an old AGA range cooker.
The customer supplied a traditional Cream and Blue AGAto be re-enamelled in British Racing Green with raised Cream lettering.
The cast iron frontage, doors and top are shot-blasted to remove the existing Cream enamel, stripping the cast iron back to its raw state.
Once stripped the cast iron parts are taken to the enamel spray booth.
A ground-coat of powdered glass enamel is applied to the metal. All our enamels are milled and colour matched in-house
The ground-coat is dried and then moved to the furnace where it fuses to the cast iron at a temperature of 800°C over 40 minutes.

A.J Wells offer a complete re-enamelling service on cast iron range cookers, baths, stoves and cooker parts. Vitreous enamel is an exceptional surface finish ideal for these types of product due to its heat resilience, stability and hygienic properties.

Each cooker fascia is carefully dismantled, and the original enamel is removed through controlled shot blasting. The surface is then prepared and refinished using hand-sprayed vitreous enamel—fired at temperatures over 800°C to create a highly durable, glossy finish.

The result is a surface that is not only beautiful but built to last: resistant to heat, stains, and wear, just as it was designed to be.

Get in touch to discuss your project.