I'm in my first year with the PE T5 and so far so good. As I was cleaning it up the other day for the summer shut down i noticed some mild rust forming in the box. It's light enough that I could probably scotch brite it off, but being new to wood burning I wanted to ask if anyone makes it a normal seasonal practice to touch up paint the interior parts? I know this is a normal thing to happen, but being I work in a sandblast/paint shop it really bugs me seeing the mild rust forming.
![Fire Box Rust on New Stove Fire Box Rust on New Stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/197/197628-9936bfa5b715e378898a46d7e3e12f18.jpg)
I assume it'd be as easy as scotch-briting, wiping clean and just putting a couple quick coats of stove paint to seal it back up, but do people go through the trouble of this or just leave it be?
![Fire Box Rust on New Stove Fire Box Rust on New Stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/197/197626-1d552f66d9fff05763e2c4e84c4852d1.jpg)
![Fire Box Rust on New Stove Fire Box Rust on New Stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/197/197627-2523e17817aef0af98242e0543978745.jpg)
![Fire Box Rust on New Stove Fire Box Rust on New Stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/197/197628-9936bfa5b715e378898a46d7e3e12f18.jpg)
I assume it'd be as easy as scotch-briting, wiping clean and just putting a couple quick coats of stove paint to seal it back up, but do people go through the trouble of this or just leave it be?