Bought wood stove

[mass_burner]

I like the idea haha But I still might end up using the stove or selling it. I think I want to just buy a Jotul, but I am not sure yet. Let me know if you have any suggestions for cleaning it up.
Thanks.

Well, I bought my 602 after it had been stored for many years in a barn. I just went at it with a drill and brass cup wire brush and assorted wheel brushes till I got clean metal, then clean with solvent, then paint with stovebright paint, 2 coats.

 

[begreen]

By this point there is a good chance the seams are leaking. In a darkened room, put a bright light in the stove and look for light leaks at the seams. If so the stove at least rub some stove cement on the interior vertical seams. Wire brush the stove down and then wipe with a solvent like alcohol or acetone. Spray or brush paint with a good stove paint like Stove Brite metallic black.