Firestarters

[Jrzgrl]

A friend just gave me a box of Duraflame quick start fire starters. Are these ok to start a fire in my Vermont Casting stove? I've heard yes and no. These are the firestarters not the logs.

 

[homebrewz]

Is your stove catalytic? You might see if the package says if they are safe for catalytic stoves, which they probably are. By the time you engage the damper to put the stove in catalytic mode, I would think the firestarter material would be used up.

 

[Jags]

There should be no issue using the starters. The amount of wax per start is pretty low and shouldn't have any lasting effects.

 

[Jrzgrl]

Is your stove catalytic? You might see if the package says if they are safe for catalytic stoves, which they probably are. By the time you engage the damper to put the stove in catalytic mode, I would think the firestarter material would be used up.

Stove is not a catalytic. It's a 1979 Vermont Casting wood stove. Very simple. Just didn't want to create any residue in the flue.

 

[littlalex]

Use if you got 'em, but they're pretty lousy fire starters.

 

[sportbikerider78]

There is nothing pure about wood. Wood is only as pure as the soil it is in. That means it has chemicals, bacterial, poop, spores, natural oils and dirt all through it and around it.

All natural, but it has tons of stuff in it that is not great for you or your stove.

Burn your wax/wood firestarters with impunity.

 

[begreen]

Get a free sample of SuperCedars from Thomas at NWFuels. Once you've tried them you will never go back. They are like a big hamburger puck and burn forever. Break them into quarters. A quarter is all you need for a good start.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/new-hearth-member-super-cedar-samples.132388/