can you coat the inside of the piping with a silcone or other coating to help reduce the attachment of "the bad stuff" to the flue? making the surface hydrophobic?
installing a new stainless steel chimney liner question
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Woody Stover
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That's not necessary. Anything you put in the pipe would just burn off anyway. If your wood is fairly dry, you shouldn't have a problem. I brushed my liner once at the end of the season and had maybe three cups of powder, no flakes, and my wood wasn't super-dry. I should have even less powder this year. If you wood isn't at the optimum moisture content, just keep an eye on the flue and brush as needed.
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