Initial firing of new stove - Coal or Wood?

I am planning to finish hooking up my new DS1500 Circulator this weekend.

I want to fire the stove a couple of times to cure the paint, while it's still warm enough to keep the window-stats open. I was thinking of just burning a few wood fires in the stove for the curing process. I feel like starting, then stopping the stove with coal is just wasting good coal. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Will the DS stove burn wood effectively enough to cure the paint?

Thanks!

One thing about what you said is that: burning wood at the beginning and at the end of the season coat the parts of the stove, stove pipe, chimney with soot.
That coat is more alkaline( less acidic) than coal deposits so it could probably be a good thing to do as a ""free" protection

I want to use coal... but first time may be wood as I have 7 cords.

Still not to cold to fire a stove yet.

oppirs wrote:I want to use coal... but first time may be wood as I have 7 cords

You will certainly get a real nice soot protective coat inside the equipment

nortcan wrote:

oppirs wrote:I want to use coal... but first time may be wood as I have 7 cords

You will certainly get a real nice soot protective coat inside the equipment

What are you saying... I like creosote?

I have brushes to remove it.

oppirs wrote:

nortcan wrote:

oppirs wrote:I want to use coal... but first time may be wood as I have 7 cords

You will certainly get a real nice soot protective coat inside the equipment

What are you saying... I like creosote?

Well if you burn all that wood, you will have no acidic deposit but maybe creosote if the stove is not a good gasses burner
I thought you were going to burn just a few wood then switch to anthracite?

Yes, thats what I would do Posse. It would be wasting coal, and a lot of mess just to get the stove hot. To get the same results with coal; you would have to have at least half a load, and that would give you a long burning fire. So I would go with a couple of wood fires. But bring it up to temp slowly.

LDPosse wrote:I am planning to finish hooking up my new DS1500 Circulator this weekend.

I want to fire the stove a couple of times to cure the paint, while it's still warm enough to keep the window-stats open. I was thinking of just burning a few wood fires in the stove for the curing process. I feel like starting, then stopping the stove with coal is just wasting good coal. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Will the DS stove burn wood effectively enough to cure the paint?

Thanks!

Well if you burn all that wood, you will have no acidic deposit but maybe creosote if the stove is not a good gasses burner
I thought you were going to burn just a few wood then switch to anthracite?

OK got admit I like to cut & split wood! We have shaggy Hickory too + others in the Walnut family, great for the smoker. One thing I miss is the oily smell of coal. I don't know if anthracite would do the trick. I'm not getting rid of my Lopi Liberty (wood only), this Russo is the new kid.

I'd go with the wood fires initially not just to "cure" the new stove but like the others said, you don't need a 24hr fire yet. Wood is easy and you got some. I always have some maple laying around that I split up and store for spring and fall chilly nights or whatever. Once I light the coal fire I want to let it go and get into the rhythms of shake and fill. It's to messy to keep refiring a coal fire.