I didn’t clean the ash from pellet stove after last season. Found what looks like surface rust on inside of stove. Does this look ok and anything I can/should do?
Surface rust?
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Wire brush it, Clean your stove, and stay warm. Does a hang nail require amputation? Nope. You are good.
Overfireinthehole
Minister of Fire
Next year clean it, maybe paint it, stick a desiccant in there, and cap off the pipe for the summer.
Jake86
Burning Hunk
WD-40 was originally invented to prevent rust. I conducted a little experiment: I sprayed a steel nail and one without and put them outside, the one without was rusted 12 hours, the one with WD-40 stayed 6 months without any rust. I think it should be OK to use at the end of the heating season. Wire brush it, than rub in some WD-40.
Overfireinthehole
Minister of Fire
I’ve done that before too. Problem is I test fire every stove I clean so the wd burns off. I tell some of my customers with cast stoves to do that for the summer.
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