We are doing our break-in fires on our new insert. Lopi republic 1750i.
The Lopi manual says for the break-in fire, to keep the door a little ajar so that the gasket won't adhere to the paint as the paint cures.
So with the door ajar we can't do anything to control the air or get secondary burns or anything, right?
Should we use the blower at all during these break-in fires?
The stove came with a card from stove-bright regarding the paint, that says to bring it up to 400 degrees and then 600 for a period of time.
Fire's been burning now a couple hours and it's up to 300 or so. Seems to have taken a while.
We are waffling on whether to latch the door already or what. Any ideas or advice on that?
(A shout out to Pagey who has given me a LOT of great advice on this stove which is very similar to his Endeavor, thanks!)
The Lopi manual says for the break-in fire, to keep the door a little ajar so that the gasket won't adhere to the paint as the paint cures.
So with the door ajar we can't do anything to control the air or get secondary burns or anything, right?
Should we use the blower at all during these break-in fires?
The stove came with a card from stove-bright regarding the paint, that says to bring it up to 400 degrees and then 600 for a period of time.
Fire's been burning now a couple hours and it's up to 300 or so. Seems to have taken a while.
We are waffling on whether to latch the door already or what. Any ideas or advice on that?
(A shout out to Pagey who has given me a LOT of great advice on this stove which is very similar to his Endeavor, thanks!)