Suggestions For Rust Removal - Quad Castille

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Bucktail

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Jan 14, 2009
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Maryland
Hey Everyone,

I wanted to get my stove cleaned for the upcoming season, but when I opened the doors, I noticed quite a bit of rust inside my stove. It appears to be a moderately heavy surface rust.

Anyone have any suggestions for remediation?

My plans are to...

1. Scrap the inside of the box with a wire brush.
2. Vacum out box real good.
3. Paint with a black stove paint.

Any other tips would be appreciated...

Thanks
 
I have a castile insert that I bought used in the spring, had it in the basement for the summer till I could install it.
Mine has same thing going on from the summer dampness in the basement.

I took the back panels out of it and bead blasted them and painted them.

Last night I used a wire wheel in my cordless drill and it cleaned up pretty good.
Then used a small tooth brush size wire brush for the places I couldnt reach.

Tonight I will mask off the top a bit and spray paint it.

I bought a can of Valspar spray paint for woodstoves at Tractor Supply. It looks pretty nice on the back panels.
It does say to use the device within 8 hours to help cure, I put my panels that were out in the oven at 250 for a hour.
 
I painted my stuff over the summer and it still rusted.
 
I did vac it out first then blew it out with my air gun first.
 
I did a little experiment with my stove... because of a remodel starting in late Feb. I had to move my stove out to my covered front porch. Never even cleaned it.... Finally got around to getting it ready for this year and i was surprised how little it did rust... just some surface rust and a squeaky door hinge.

I used 'stove bright' brand paint from my dealer... if you paint your stove use this stuff... high solids and it's the best I've found.
 
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

I am going to pick up a wire wheel for my cordless and see if I can get this stuff off, and then give it a paint job.

Next year I might plug the outside vent, and then leave the door to the stove open and see if this helps with the humidity building up inside of the stove.
 
Bucktail, when you use the wire wheel I would suggest a dust mask.
Did mine the other night and had a pretty big cloud of dust with the wire wheel.
I also had my shop vac running at the same time to control the dust.

I think having the door cracked would help alot its tight with that seal it cant breath to dry out.
 
skidozer said:
Bucktail, when you use the wire wheel I would suggest a dust mask.
Did mine the other night and had a pretty big cloud of dust with the wire wheel.
I also had my shop vac running at the same time to control the dust.

I think having the door cracked would help alot its tight with that seal it cant breath to dry out.

Funny you should say that I was thinking the same thing. I was just down at the hardware store and picked up a 3m dust mask as well as some safety goggles. Thanks for that tip!
 
skidozer said:
Buckt

I think having the door cracked would help alot its tight with that seal it cant breath to dry out.

Yeah, I capped my vent last spring with the door clamped shut. Wondered why the 2 silica packs turned pink so quick. Then I uncapped the vent last week. Moisture in cap from condensation. Stupid part on my end not to think of that.
Live and Learn :-S
 
After a good spring cleaning just spray her down with some pam on the inside....
 
NorthernQuad said:
After a good spring cleaning just spray her down with some pam on the inside....

That worked good on my old girlfriend, too.
 
I found a product at Home Depot I am using at my house on Prince Edward Island. It's called Damp-It. It pulls moisture out of the air in boats and RV's when you store them. It's been working great in the house and basement. I'll be trying it in my stoves next summer. I bet it'll work at keeping the rust out.
 
I use Damp Rid. It sucks the moisture and pulls it down into a cup. I had 0 rust . Just capped the exhaust and placed the cup inside and shut the door.

www.damprid.com

You can get this stuff at pretty much any grocery store also, and it's fairly cheap.
 
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