What to use to shine /make look better stoker
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Just seeing if anybody put anything on the outside of their stove to shine it up a little bit Rust preventative? I remember when I was a little boy my grandmother used to use bacon grease on her stoves. Is that still a thing? Bacon grease lard silicone spray…….. thanks
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Bacon grease? I like the idea, but won't it burn?
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I don’t know I just did this now with the stove running at 320° I know I use it on all my cast-iron and flat top it wears like iron.
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I don’t know I just did this now with the stove running at 320° I know I use it on all my cast-iron and flat top it wears like iron.
Well, just got this old girl cleaned up everybody’s telling me use this paint all the *censored* that you have to shut the stove down. I remember grandma cleaning with bacon grease to keep it from rusting and keep it shiny turned out phenomenal! That lady was smart turn nothing into something
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I guess in theory that it's technically the same application as a cast iron pan. I never used an ir thermometer on a pan. Hey, grammas had some life experience, right?
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When you throw bacon grease in through the fire door into the coals for fun, it responds by coming right back at you...very quickly....
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Bacon grease likes heat, not volcano temps.Retro_Origin wrote: ↑Wed. Nov. 16, 2022 8:17 pmWhen you throw bacon grease in through the fire door into the coals for fun, it responds by coming right back at you...very quickly....
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waytomany?s wrote: ↑Wed. Nov. 16, 2022 7:47 pmI guess in theory that it's technically the same application as a cast iron pan. I never used an ir thermometer on a pan. Hey, grammas had some life experience, right?