A few months ago there was a thread about a spray creosote remover. I was interested in this because when I did my fall vent cleaning, the vent walls were black and a little greasy.
I can't see using a spray because Im concerned that it will crack cast iron parts from thermal shock. I found a granular creosote remover that I have been adding to the hopper. I add about 2Tbs per bag of pellets.
I was lax about my weekly cleaning and realized that I hadn't given the MVAE a thorough cleaning in weeks (3 or 4, I'm not sure). So I stripped it down last week expecting to find a mess. What I found was a light thin coating of white ash. Hardly enough to justify a cleaning.
Now, I don't know if this is a result of the creosote remover or the fact that this is the first season that I am burning softwood pellets. I see a reasonable amount of ash on the shelf and in the ash draw, but the path of the combustion gases through the cast iron heat exchanger was clean.
I was wondering if anybody else has experienced this kind of change with softwood pellets vs hardwood or with creosote remover.
I can't see using a spray because Im concerned that it will crack cast iron parts from thermal shock. I found a granular creosote remover that I have been adding to the hopper. I add about 2Tbs per bag of pellets.
I was lax about my weekly cleaning and realized that I hadn't given the MVAE a thorough cleaning in weeks (3 or 4, I'm not sure). So I stripped it down last week expecting to find a mess. What I found was a light thin coating of white ash. Hardly enough to justify a cleaning.
Now, I don't know if this is a result of the creosote remover or the fact that this is the first season that I am burning softwood pellets. I see a reasonable amount of ash on the shelf and in the ash draw, but the path of the combustion gases through the cast iron heat exchanger was clean.
I was wondering if anybody else has experienced this kind of change with softwood pellets vs hardwood or with creosote remover.
