Ohio flame heavy duty fire pits. Would you paint with high heat black paint?

Anything with fire and southeast Louisiana will rust. The firebox on my smoker is 1/4" steel and I constantly need to knock the rust and repaint with high heat. Key is not letting it get too bad. But, 1/4" will last a long time even with zero care.

Would you paint it?

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Spray it down while it’s hot with vegetable oil like cast iron skillet

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I would try to do something like this.... whenever you're finished with a fire and it's still warm spray it with some higher temp oil... maybe put some corn oil in a household sprayer and mist it every once in a while?

But I agree in South Louisiana everything outside has a limit. I've had the most luck with manifold paint and primer but even that after when I've had a few beers next to the fire and it's roaring (I mean who doesn't wanna see awesome flamage) it won't last.

I have that exact one pictured. Let it rust.

Been having it for about 5 years and it stays outside on my patio it looks rusted and will leave a stain where it sits. Works fine as a fir pit.

I dont have any picture hosting sites to post here. I can email a picture if you want one.

My wife and kids bought me a Patina Collegiate (UGA) Fire Pit Fathers Day a year ago and I love it but I am thinking about converting it to propane. I would spend 30 - 40 minutes a night with a whiskey, a guitar, a cigar and a fire in that thing but I can only build fires that last a couple of hours even with the parafin logs. I don't have that kind of time so I wind up using only occasionally. I haven't asked the manufacture about converting it but I can't come up with a reason not to. Anyone have any reason why it'd be a bad idea? I like the idea of a burner with some fake logs and a remote control ignition source where I can hit a button, the fire pit be up and burning, and then in 30 minutes shut it down with little worry about it setting the neighbors house on fire and me winding up as some old boy's wife in the pokey....come to that is that why its called the pokey????

they sell rustoleum high heat bbq paint in a quart can at lowes. you can just brush or roll it on.