I have a wood stove I put outside, on a slab, out in the weather. (I live in the Pensacola, FL area, so there wasn't much use of me putting it inside the house.) Anyway, I have it set up, with the pipe and all (cap on top), and have been cooking on it outside. Well, it was after the last rain that I finally thought about the ashes in the stove, and them getting wet... wet ashes will make lye Will that lye eat through the bottom of my stove?
So, off to the internet I went, looking for answers. Okay, wet ashes turn into lye... That kind of lye is called caustic potash---potassium hydroxide. So, does anyone know if potassium hydroxide will corrode my cast iron? If so, any idea how fast? Thanks.
So, off to the internet I went, looking for answers. Okay, wet ashes turn into lye... That kind of lye is called caustic potash---potassium hydroxide. So, does anyone know if potassium hydroxide will corrode my cast iron? If so, any idea how fast? Thanks.
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