Burn new stove outside to cure paint?

[joecool85]

I'm getting a 17-VL and I was wondering, is it a good idea to burn the stove a couple times outside to cure the paint so we don't have to deal with that inside? I'm worried about my pregnant wife and my lovebird, both of which are sensitive to fumes.

 

[Milton Findley]

Lovebirds need protection. The wife you can send to the mall. Lots of folks burn new stoves outside before bringing them inside to cure the paint.

 

[joecool85]

Lovebirds need protection. The wife you can send to the mall. Lots of folks burn new stoves outside before bringing them inside to cure the paint.

So...yes, it's a good idea?

 

[Milton Findley]

Can't hurt a thing. Keeps the stink and fumes outside.

 

[brianbeech]

I think it's a good idea. I will be doing that when I have my new stove delivered. My wife is preggo too and I wouldn't take any chances - although probably harmless.

 

[joecool85]

Thanks for the help guys. Do I need to hook up any piping for this part of it? I don't have my interior stove pipe yet, just the Class A stuff for the chimney.

 

[BrotherBart]

That is the way I do it. Stick a couple of pieces of single wall pipe in the top and go for it. You will need to keep the door cracked open because draft will be lousy with just a couple of pipe sections but it will get the job done.

 

[Wood Duck]

I'd just hook it up inside and on a warm, breezy day (when it won't be a problem to have all the house windows open) have your first fire with all windows of the stove room open and all doors into the rest of the house closed. With my new stove the first few fires really weren't all that bad, as far as fumes go. Send your wife and pets outside for a few hours to avoid any potentially hazardous fumes. I am all for taking precautions when pregnant, but it seems like a pain to hook up the stove to a stove pipe outdoors and have a fire, and I think it is not necessary.

 

[joecool85]

I'd just hook it up inside and on a warm, breezy day (when it won't be a problem to have all the house windows open) have your first fire with all windows of the stove room open and all doors into the rest of the house closed. With my new stove the first few fires really weren't all that bad, as far as fumes go. Send your wife and pets outside for a few hours to avoid any potentially hazardous fumes. I am all for taking precautions when pregnant, but it seems like a pain to hook up the stove to a stove pipe outdoors and have a fire, and I think it is not necessary.

The lovebird is not going outside. We'll burn the stove outside first, then bring it in.

 

[BrotherBart]

You need to realize that there will still be some smell even after the outside burn-in. As the stove reaches higher temps and as the stove pipe inside heats up.

 

[joecool85]

You need to realize that there will still be some smell even after the outside burn-in. As the stove reaches higher temps and as the stove pipe inside heats up.

Duly noted. I still think it's a good idea since it should minimize the smells. I will still move the lovebird to another room for the first few days of using the stove but at least this should get the majority of the "stink" out.

 

[Leadfoot]

I was going to do the same thing, the wife cought me outside putting wood in the stove and, says "what are you doing?" I tell here I'm gonna build a fire. The she says "the book said not to do that because you cant tell how hot it's getting" for sake of argument the stove is inside now unburned" I should have waited until she was gone.

 

[pen]

I was going to do the same thing, the wife cought me outside putting wood in the stove and, says "what are you doing?" I tell here I'm gonna build a fire. The she says "the book said not to do that because you cant tell how hot it's getting" for sake of argument the stove is inside now unburned" I should have waited until she was gone.

I'd have left the thing right there in the drive and gone to the bar.

pen

 

[GAMMA RAY]

You need to realize that there will still be some smell even after the outside burn-in. As the stove reaches higher temps and as the stove pipe inside heats up.

Duly noted. I still think it's a good idea since it should minimize the smells. I will still move the lovebird to another room for the first few days of using the stove but at least this should get the majority of the "stink" out.

Joe, I have a parrot. When we got the 13, I took him on a "sabbatical" to my mom's for a week. When we had the first fire we had fans in the windows of the stove room and closed off the rest of the house so the smell was not too bad. We have many sets of french doors through the house so it is easy to close up certain parts. I am not sure where we are going to do the break in fire on the 30..
If you can place the bird as far away from the stove room for about a week I think he would be ok.
Since the break in fire was not too stinky in the 13, I may just keep my bird in the opposite side of the house this time while we break in the 30.
To totally rest your mind, do you have a friend that can take the bird for a week?

 

[joecool85]

You need to realize that there will still be some smell even after the outside burn-in. As the stove reaches higher temps and as the stove pipe inside heats up.

Duly noted. I still think it's a good idea since it should minimize the smells. I will still move the lovebird to another room for the first few days of using the stove but at least this should get the majority of the "stink" out.

Joe, I have a parrot. When we got the 13, I took him on a "sabbatical" to my mom's for a week. When we had the first fire we had fans in the windows of the stove room and closed off the rest of the house so the smell was not too bad. We have many sets of french doors through the house so it is easy to close up certain parts. I am not sure where we are going to do the break in fire on the 30..
If you can place the bird as far away from the stove room for about a week I think he would be ok.
Since the break in fire was not too stinky in the 13, I may just keep my bird in the opposite side of the house this time while we break in the 30.
To totally rest your mind, do you have a friend that can take the bird for a week?

I don't have anyone that can take her, but we will probably move her to our bedroom to keep her away from it for the first week or so even after doing the breakin fires outside.

 

[mhrischuk]

My Wife is my lovebird

 

[Bub381]

Closed the door to the bird room here with 3 cockatiels,10 parakeets and 2 doves next to the stove room.The breakins went fine but do it outside if ya can,save ya the risk.If something happened to your baby you would never forget this day.Get out and burn that SUCKA.Take your burns really slow,mine started off slow and i kept em where i wanted with the intake but you can get impatient very easy.Get er done as 1 old redneck says.I'm sure all will be fine.Mine hardly stunk but they're not all the same.Just smelled like a hot iron and smoked a little but i don't have enamel just blackening.

 

[BrowningBAR]

I was going to do the same thing, the wife cought me outside putting wood in the stove and, says "what are you doing?" I tell here I'm gonna build a fire. The she says "the book said not to do that because you cant tell how hot it's getting" for sake of argument the stove is inside now unburned" I should have waited until she was gone.

I'd have left the thing right there in the drive and gone to the bar.

pen

"I see. Okay, since you read the manual, and you're implying I don't know what I'm doing, you're installing it. There's the gloves, the stove is on the dolly, over there is the pipe, I'll be back in a few hours. Good luck."

 

[joecool85]

The Englander needs 3 burn in fires. First to just 300 degrees. Then the second two to between 350 and 450. I figure I'll do 300, 375 then 450 or at least as close as I can get to those numbers.

 

[Leadfoot]

I was going to do the same thing, the wife cought me outside putting wood in the stove and, says "what are you doing?" I tell here I'm gonna build a fire. The she says "the book said not to do that because you cant tell how hot it's getting" for sake of argument the stove is inside now unburned" I should have waited until she was gone.

I'd have left the thing right there in the drive and gone to the bar.

pen

"I see. Okay, since you read the manual, and you're implying I don't know what I'm doing, you're installing it. There's the gloves, the stove is on the dolly, over there is the pipe, I'll be back in a few hours. Good luck."

LOL I'll bet that would have worked out real good, it's a shame I didn't think of that, it could have saved me some work.

 

[joecool85]

I dunno, I think if I said something like that to my wife she would have worked up the strength of the incredible hulk and thrown the stove at me.

 

[GAMMA RAY]

I dunno, I think if I said something like that to my wife she would have worked up the strength of the incredible hulk and thrown the stove at me.

:lol:

 

[BrowningBAR]

I dunno, I think if I said something like that to my wife she would have worked up the strength of the incredible hulk and thrown the stove at me.

"The manual clearly states NOT to throw the stove, dear!"

 

[cptoneleg]

I did not do breakin fires outside simply because the big strong men who delievered my stove set it right on the hearth where I wanted it, I don't know how me and the wife would have gotten it in the house, I have broken in 2 stoves indoors and had no fumes or smoke, both had an enamel paint, and it didn't hurt the OLD CROW (whiskey) ether time :zip:

 

[bpm44]

For the record, my newly installed 17vl was pretty stinky during the first three fires. I did them while my wife was at work and put the puppy outside.

I know, pics or it didn't happen - they'll be up once the IT person (wife) works her magic. I can barely get online without screwing up the computer.