Graphite, burn pots best friend!

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Bioburner

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Having cleaned the burn tray on the PC45 on New Years Eve I coated-rubbed in a layer of graphite powder to see if it would help with the speed bump and any other burn slag adhesive issues.
Had to clean the stove today as the ESP was feeding the stove a bit heavy(looked like a pencil)and the burn tray had no build up and was as flat and smooth as when I had sanded it clean 18 days ago. Was very impressed with the results. Very cheap,easy and reduced the effort of daily scraping.
 
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Bioburner said:
Having cleaned the burn tray on the PC45 on New Years Eve I coated-rubbed in a layer of graphite powder to see if it would help with the speed bump and any other burn slag adhesive issues.
Had to clean the stove today as the ESP was feeding the stove a bit heavy(looked like a pencil)and the burn tray had no build up and was as flat and smooth as when I had sanded it clean 18 days ago. Was very impressed with the results. Very cheap,easy and reduced the effort of daily scraping.
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I like it.
 
Can't see why not. A one pound bottle at the farm store goes for about $8. Give it a squirt and rub in with a glove on. Minute or two.
 
I've never used graphite before. Can you say what product you used. Should I buy a tube of it or a big jar?
 
Powdered graphite. Used as a flow agent for seed-farm use. Got a bottle from John Deere dealer and another from farm store. Quart squeeze bottle is about a pound. Under $10. A shot of the stuff into a small amount fuel and run thru a stoves feed system will make the auger and tube pretty slippery too.
 
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biomass burner said:
im gonna give that a go thanks bio!!!
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I wonder if a small slather off a glove or paper towel on the hopper walls would help with a lot of complaints of the fuel not sliding off the walls of the hopper?
 
That's a good tip that I'll have to try next time the stoves are down. Just cleaned them both this weekend so will have to write myself a note to do it in a couple of weeks.
 
FirepotPete said:
I wonder if a small slather off a glove or paper towel on the hopper walls would help with a lot of complaints of the fuel not sliding off the walls of the hopper?
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I painted couple of hoppers with graphite paint. One was because the previous owner left pellets in and got wet. The other was a St.Croix Auburn.
My gravity box for hauling corn has the bottom third painted with the stuff as well. Come spring the paint will keep the grass from sticking very hard on lawn mower deck.
 
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I grabbed a can of this last week and sprayed various part inside the stove after i brushed and vaccumed it. Its like night/day diff. I just shut it down and vaccumed it out again and its all still there and just the suction of the vac near it pulled the little bit of ash away.
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Darn, just a can picture. I was expecting some pellet stove porn
 
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Cedarjunki said:
I grabbed a can of this last week and sprayed various part inside the stove after i brushed and vaccumed it. Its like night/day diff. I just shut it down and vaccumed it out again and its all still there and just the suction of the vac near it pulled the little bit of ash away. View attachment 172503
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This will probably be the next step to interior stove pimping. Do a very good cleaning and shoot it with this or similar.
 
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Bioburner said:
This will probably be the next step to interior stove pimping. Do a very good cleaning and shoot it with this or similar.
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Goes on just like paint. And only 5 bux a can id say its worth doing. Says it good for 850 degrees.
 
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That would be good to use on the combustion fan blades. Probably just plain old good everywhere, stove pipe, firebox,hopper...old lady...er um..
 
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Z150r0fo5oy.JPGthis what i bought but it says extremely flammable,,not sure if it's safe to use
 
Propellant in lot of cans is propane
 
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