Hi all,
I go through about 8 gallons of motor oil a year between my cars. This routinely goes to the recyler.
Sometime in the winter, I had a sheet of paper which had gotten a little used motor oil on it. I threw it in the wood burning stove with an ongoing fire, and it slowly lit up....and then kept burning for quite some time.Reminded me of an old-fashioned torch, in that it didn't burn out of control or flash up like lighter fluid or gasoline or something, but just slowly burned evenly.
I know my mechanic uses used motor oil in a specially made furnace which filters it out before burning it like #2 heating oil.
I was wondering if there's any way to use this to my advantage in the wood burning stove? Not as in "soak my kindling in it next to the stove" but something conciously planned out.
Yes, I realize it's a wood burning stove. However, we put waxes/paraffins/pitch/dirt/sap and God knows what else in there - and my one very limited experience shows me that it might be worth experimenting to increase the burn-time/energy output of at least some materials.
Has anyone ever dealt with this idea before?
Joe
I go through about 8 gallons of motor oil a year between my cars. This routinely goes to the recyler.
Sometime in the winter, I had a sheet of paper which had gotten a little used motor oil on it. I threw it in the wood burning stove with an ongoing fire, and it slowly lit up....and then kept burning for quite some time.Reminded me of an old-fashioned torch, in that it didn't burn out of control or flash up like lighter fluid or gasoline or something, but just slowly burned evenly.
I know my mechanic uses used motor oil in a specially made furnace which filters it out before burning it like #2 heating oil.
I was wondering if there's any way to use this to my advantage in the wood burning stove? Not as in "soak my kindling in it next to the stove" but something conciously planned out.
Yes, I realize it's a wood burning stove. However, we put waxes/paraffins/pitch/dirt/sap and God knows what else in there - and my one very limited experience shows me that it might be worth experimenting to increase the burn-time/energy output of at least some materials.
Has anyone ever dealt with this idea before?
Joe