Stove black or high temp engine paint?
I may buy this. I need auxiliary if not primary winter heat. I have access to not seasoned hard wood and any type of coal, hard or soft, any grade. I will be cleaning it up and want to know first off, stove black... Or high temp engine paint?
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I would use Williams stove polish on cast iron, but a good paint is fine too.
That type of stove is rarely airtight so the ash door should be made so at least, in order to control the burn. Anthracite coal will easily be the best fuel. Unseasoned wood will generate little heat and a lot of dangerous creosote. Soft coal, a lot of smoke and smell, both of which kill efficiency.
I would use Williams stove polish on cast iron, but a good paint is fine too.
That type of stove is rarely airtight so the ash door should be made so at least, in order to control the burn. Anthracite coal will easily be the best fuel. Unseasoned wood will generate little heat and a lot of dangerous creosote. Soft coal, a lot of smoke and smell, both of which kill efficiency.