Stove cement setup

[mainstation]

Hello, Quick question here....What is your usual time/recommendation for allowing stove cement to setup before re-firing up the wood insert.
I installed a basic blocker plate today and patched up the adapter with the stove cement.

 

[ROBERT F]

what does the manufacture of the cement recommend?? wouldnt want some cement that is gonna fail cause didnt wait long enough for it to set up before tempering with heat.

 

[mainstation]

Yeah I know it does say 24 hours on the label , but I'll be honest, I am going to wait it out tonight, but I was looking for others experiences as well with stove cement.

 

[SteveKG]

Unless the instructions say otherwise, I'd let it sit the recommended time, then light a smallish fire the first time. That is what the stuff I used a few yr. back said to do. Mine worked fine that way. Don't recall brand......

 

[Dakotas Dad]

Interestingly enough, almost every member on here will first ask what the instructions say, and then suggest you follow them, at the very least... ;-)

 

[Backwoods Savage]

As long as you start with very small fires, it should be fine. I can recall us lighting a fire in a stove only about 4-6 hours after putting on the furnace cement and we had no problems.