Yes ash is better. If bought a bottle of Rutland glass cleaner 10 years ago and then I discovered ash and water. Still have over 1/2 a bottle. If it does not come off with a bit of scrubbing I leave it for about few more hot burns.
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AsylumResident
Feeling the Heat
Dogwood winter is here so the stove is hot again! Mowed grass yesterday and fired up the stove last night. Burned a 1/2 box with the cat in the 1200's when I reloaded at 10PM. I let the cat run and cut the air to about 40% then cut it back when the cat was in the high 1400's. Good burn and plenty in the box at 8 this morning, cat and STT at 370. Opened the air and let the glass burn off then cut the air to 50% and went out. Came back about 11 and reloaded about 1/2 box, cat was in the high 500's. Let the cat run to 100 and cut the air back to about 40% and sat back and enjoyed the heat. Cat ran into the 1500's and then settled and slowly dropped. Stove is running like it should, totally behaving and enjoyable.
Jmorg
Burning Hunk
Hello everyone…hope y’all are having a great summer! Since it was a little cooler today I decided to sweep the chimney and clean out the Dauntless. I took my cat out and it basically just fell apart. Now that the Dauntless is a few years old and aftermarket cats are available, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions about which kind of cat I should get…ceramic or metal? Which do y’all like best? I’ll also be getting the Auber AT 100 this year so I can keep a better eye on the cat. I appreciate any and all suggestions!
I use both, but I can say the the metal cat works the best in my stove. It lights off quick, doesn't break apart, I dont get huge catalyst temperature swings with it.
I swept my stove early May, I still neet to finish cleaning the inside of the stove
Jmorg
Burning Hunk
Yeah, at this point I’m definitely leaning towards the metal cat. $130 for mine so not too bad.
I cleaned out the stovepipe in may.. Still haven't cleaned out the inside of the stove completely. I cleaned it partially when I swept.. Ill clean out the stove fully in September. Its like 7 weeks until we start burning.. very exciting times coming our way
Trying to get to Oct 1 up here. We'll see. By mid September I'll have it all cleaned and ready and if we get a cold night fire it up
Jmorg
Burning Hunk
With the cooler weather we had last week it got me a little excited about the upcoming burning season. I finally did my year 3 review of my Dauntless. I feel like this stove gets more predictable and easier to operate each year...hopefully that will continue. I'll attach the link to the review if anyone is interested in getting the stove or just want to compare experiences. We might be burnin' in 6-7 weeks, y'all...can't wait! I just watched my video and I think I said "um" about 100 times...lol
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