Nope and two points: it has no positive impact on stove efficiency (shown repeatedly in emperical testing) and good luck getting paint to adhere. (I've discussed Ti painting with a bicycle frame maker and it's a nightmare.) If you want a black Ti pot the easiest way is cook over smoky wood fires.

Carefully pairing stove and pot, with an emphasis on shorter, wider pots, tweaking your stove's pot support height, fitting a tight lid, carefully modulating your flame and using an effective windscreen will all improve stove efficiency. Changing the pot surface color will not.

Cheers,

Rick

Originally Posted By survivor
I am new to the forum and to cooking in titanium pots. I would appreciate anyone's thoughts on if they paint their pots black in order to bring water to a boil faster etc. What type of paint do you use? I assume it is only for the outside? What about painting the wind shield black? thanks


Edited by Rick_D (11/15/09 11:41 PM)
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