Paint Curing and Door Gasket

[Moose032]

I’m going to be burning the first fire in my new Princess soon and I have been a little concerned about the door gasket sticking to the curing paint during this initial burn.

I was wondering if I could periodically open the bypass and open the door every 15 to 20 minutes to prevent this or if it’s a not really going to be an issue that I should be concerned with.

 

[stoveliker]

I wouldn't worry about it. Just let it cure. Maybe opening the door with the paint half cured pulls it off more than just leaving it as everyone is doing.

 

[Highbeam]

Unless they changed it recently which I doubt the princess door seal sets against a knife edge door frame. So the only paint that could be lifted is that paint on the actual edge of the knife. Regardless, no, leave that door closed to prevent thermal shock of the cat.

 

[Moose032]

Unless they changed it recently which I doubt the princess door seal sets against a knife edge door frame. So the only paint that could be lifted is that paint on the actual edge of the knife. Regardless, no, leave that door closed to prevent thermal shock of the cat.

That’s a good point about the knife edge. There really is no much surface area for it to stick to.

 

[Tron]

You might, however, want to open the front door of your house and a few windows along with it. The initial burn (and a few after that) really does create some smoke...

 

[Moose032]

You might, however, want to open the front door of your house and a few windows along with it. The initial burn (and a few after that) really does create some smoke...

Yes it did make quite a bit of smoke from the off gassing. Luckily I did it on a day that was warm enough to open up all the doors and windows. With the ceiling fan running most of it cleared out pretty quickly.

I was really impressed with how the stove burned though and I’m excited to see how it does once it’s actually cold out.

 

[Tron]

and I’m excited to see how it does once

You know, these stoves are actually designed to be boring and unexciting. You load them, set the thermostat and then just lean back and enjoy constant heat output throughout the burn process. Not very exciting ;-)