Do any of you use spray on creosote remover? I've used it when I burned my fireplace and it seemed to work. Do you think it will help during this weather when I'm burning small fires.
Creosote Remover?
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Most folks who use it, and even some chimney sweeps, agree that it works to some degree. Over a long period of time, it seems to change some of the harder creosote to a more easily removed flakier stuff.
Anyone ever heard of throwing rock salt in a fire for creosote? I have seen it clean the firebrick in a fireplace but have no idea what it does up the flue. Ive always just swept.
An old guy I knew in upstate PA told me about that years ago. Used it with a huge fire in my fireplace and the spray on stuff and I had a spotless flue. Don't think I'd use salt with a steel stove though.
Probably some, if not most of them out there work to some degree to help break down the creosote. They are still not a substitute for regular maintenance, cleaning and inspection of what's going on in the chimney, as well as regular good wood burning habits.
N6CRV said:
Yeah that is the main ingredient in most of the powders and sprays. What nobody has a fix on is the effect it has on these stainless liners over time.
Dont use salt to clean creosote in a steel or cast iron stove or with black stove pipe.
While salt will indeed clean the creosote, it has a corrosive and rusting effect on the steel and cast iron of both the stove and the black sheet metal stove pipes and will case premature rust out. So,it is a bad idea, an especially bad idea if you have a cat stove, as it will mess up your catalitic converter.
tri sodium phosphate , seems to be what everyone is using & recommending, & I hear it is only $3.00 for a 2 lb tub.
While salt will indeed clean the creosote, it has a corrosive and rusting effect on the steel and cast iron of both the stove and the black sheet metal stove pipes and will case premature rust out. So,it is a bad idea, an especially bad idea if you have a cat stove, as it will mess up your catalitic converter.
tri sodium phosphate , seems to be what everyone is using & recommending, & I hear it is only $3.00 for a 2 lb tub.
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Is the flaky stuff you're referring to soft, easily comes off by rubbing your finger on it? Is this considered a "better" creosote simply because it's easy to remove, or is it less flammable or something?
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