Creosote remover with cat
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Ashful
Minister of Fire
I wouldn't. A chimney brush or soot eater is all you need to remove creo from the pipe, and a good hot fire is all you need to flake it off the firebox.
It's not the logs. I have used the crystals (Rutland) in non-catalytic stoves. I haven't used them in my cat stove because I was not sure how those chemicals might affect the cat.
Dieselhead
Minister of Fire
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Are you seeing a particular problem that's making you want to go this route? Or is this just a, "I have them, so I want to use them" scenario?
Ha. Kinda both. I have always used them with my non-cat stoves so I have some on hand. But I also want to be sure #1 I keep the stove and pipes clean and #2 not damage the cat (this is my first cat stoves). It looks like using these is not a good idea.
To get a bit scientific here: the Rutland Creosote remover contains mainly Sodium phosphate (although they don't state the percentage).
Phosphates are generally a bad idea with noble metal catalysts, the can cause (reversible) glassing with P2O5, poisoning the cat, but also irreversible damage by turning the ceramic substrate into phosphates. See here for an abstract of a paper:
Phosphates are generally a bad idea with noble metal catalysts, the can cause (reversible) glassing with P2O5, poisoning the cat, but also irreversible damage by turning the ceramic substrate into phosphates. See here for an abstract of a paper:
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
The BK manual says black/white newspaper is fine.
Don't do shiny paper or colored paper.
Don't do shiny paper or colored paper.
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
I think there are better fire starting materials than paper. How many papers these days are black and white? (I don’t get any but even the WSJ has quite a bit of color. )
