Knew it was old but I was interesting to see the results. No matter what kind of stove, it's still important I burn good wood and run em warm. I will say that I bought some red devil creosote destroyer for my pa in laws smoke dragon and I have noticed a big diff in his clay flueI bet it was WARM inside that building.
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Just to note: That article was from 1981. (pre EPA standards)
To me the information to be gleaned from such "old" research is to treat snake oil claims as they should be treated. When everyone changes their formulation after the research is ready to publish it strikes me as a way for the manufacturers to claim that now their stuff does just what they told you it did last year because now it is new and improved. When it doesn't work, it doesn't work. New packaging makes no difference and large print that says "New and Improved" also makes no difference. Your flue needs to be cleaned and inspected just as often as it ever did. If you have money to burn, pun intended, buy and use the stuff but don't skip any cleanings.It wouldn't surprise me if the modern products are still somewhat ineffective, but as pointed out, the article was from 1981 and I suspect the test happened a year before. Surely the products on the market today must have improved a bit in the last 35 years. I'm not sure any useful information can be gleaned from an article that old.
agree 100%Creosote products can be useful but generally they are fixing problems that would be better fixed by changing burning practices. But we do recommend them for people who cannot of will not change but no they are not a substitute for cleaning they just make cleaning easier.
To me the information to be gleaned from such "old" research is to treat snake oil claims as they should be treated. When everyone changes their formulation after the research is ready to publish it strikes me as a way for the manufacturers to claim that now their stuff does just what they told you it did last year because now it is new and improved. When it doesn't work, it doesn't work. New packaging makes no difference and large print that says "New and Improved" also makes no difference. Your flue needs to be cleaned and inspected just as often as it ever did. If you have money to burn, pun intended, buy and use the stuff but don't skip any cleanings.
Yeah, I for one, believe the stuff has it's merits. It mainly causes gooey creo to turn to more brush-able flakes.
I used it when I first started burning last year. I don't use it as much now, but still have a tub of the Rutland product around here.
Dry wood, proper burning and a good brush is always best. (not always a reality though)
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