I'm in the process of opening an old style floor vent over my stove so the heat will rise through to the room above it. There is a realy old type of insulation in the floor. I hadn't finished the job, the vent cover was in place on the 2nd floor but I hadn't got the grate cover installed in the ceiling of the first floor. Long story short, somehow while the stove was running a little bit of that insulation worked its way out and fell onto the stove. Now there is a spot about 1 1/2 inches in diameter where it melted to the stove. I cannot get it off.... Any advice? I'm worried about using anything abrasive as it is a soapstone stove.
somthing melted to my Hearthstone Equinox
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Heatsource
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Ashful
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Tried it, heated it up hotter, didn't work! Its backed on there like something you would see on a glass top stove.
DianeB
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Heatsource
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because if it doesn't come off the next step is flammable solvents. hot running stove and solvents are a bad match
Ashful
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hot running stove and solvents are a bad match
Where's your sense of adventure? I bet you're one of those suckers who buys home owners insurance and keeps fire extinguishers in the house, too.
Backwoods Savage
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Welcome to the forum John.
You need to put what kind of stove you have in your signature line. For sure there is no way of recommending how to do what you need done without knowing what stove you have. Is it steel, cast or stone? Is there an enamel finish? There is a big difference. However, steel wool comes to mind as does crocus cloth or emery cloth but much depends upon what kind of stove you have.
You need to put what kind of stove you have in your signature line. For sure there is no way of recommending how to do what you need done without knowing what stove you have. Is it steel, cast or stone? Is there an enamel finish? There is a big difference. However, steel wool comes to mind as does crocus cloth or emery cloth but much depends upon what kind of stove you have.
BrowningBAR
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Stump_Branch
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BrowningBAR
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I'd be very hesitant to do that. I could easily picture screwing that up if I were to try that.
Stump_Branch
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I agree, but should there be only way to get this gunk off...besides they polish the soap stone in a very similar fashion.
But i can agree not for the faint of heart
Dakotas Dad
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I marked up the top of the Homestead a bit, a stain from a rusty cast iron steamer. I started with 600 grit wet/dry paper (wet) and worked my way down to 2000. Looks/feels fine.
BrowningBAR
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Neat. When I looked at a Mansfield in the summer of 2011 it had some scratches on the top center stone. I was wondering if there was a way to refinish the stone without making it worse.
The soapstone lends itself to refinishing with either fine( as inOOOO) steelwool or sandpaper, going to finer and finer grits of either until everything is smooth as you wish. I also use the pads for scrubbing non-stick cookware, but probably need something more effective for the stuff mentioned here. I'd recommend calling Hearthstone or Woodstock or other soapstone stove manufacturer to see what they would recommend for this particular substance, but in general you won't hurt soapstone refinishing it.
Ashful
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I own a varnished wood boat, and so sometimes have to do spot varnish repair. We use the same technique there, starting with a grit that cuts acceptably fast, and working up thru finer and finer grits, and eventually into polishing compounds, until the repair matches the surrounding varnish. With soapstone, I'd not bother using garnet or aluminum oxide paper, though. I'd go right for a medium to fine grit silicon carbine paper (maybe 220 grit?), and then work my way up thru the grits until you get something that matches the rest of the stone. Likely, you'll want to do one entire panel, rather than trying to do just one spot on a given panel, as blending is much more difficult than just making one panel look like the rest. I've bought silicon carbide paper as fine as 6000 grit, and 2000 grit is fairly common.
Thanks for all the input. I've been cooking the stove a ton lately. The spot seems to be cooking off the stone and blending in a bit better. If this continues, I'll just live with it. If I decide to sand it down I will let you guys know how it goes.
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