Glenwood No. 8 in Da House!.

Merc300d wrote: Have you gotten any info on that stove polish. Just curious.

I did get a response...the company I contacted said they were't the same company (but they were from the same town with the same name....odd that). She was probably just a newbie maybe. I'll keep poking.

I was able to find some recipe's for old school stove polish....I think all the ingredients are still available so that's on the ta-doo list as well.

Some of those old stove polishes weren't complicated. This is one that has only three ingredients. I know the person who's job it was to mix it and then fill the tins.

Paul

Pancho wrote:Welp, here it is in one lump.

Looks great there, but then, I think that stove would look great just about anywhere ! Hope your ready for some serious heat output from that big baby.

Paul

Sunny Boy wrote:Some of those old stove polishes weren't complicated. This is one that has only three ingredients. I know the person who's job it was to mix it and then fill the tins.

Paul

Paul, is that 'old stock' or is that currently available?. If it's not available...think the fella will give us the recipe?.

Sunny Boy wrote:
Looks great there, but then, I think that stove would look great just about anywhere ! Hope your ready for some serious heat output from that big baby.

Paul

Thanks paul. I can't wait to fire it............this October.
I would like an extended barn burner of a summer before she gets lit off. I still have the heebeejeebies from last winter.

I would like an extended barn burner of a summer before she gets lit off. I still have the heebeejeebies from last winter.

Like the man said..... however, I am impatient to get fired up so at least we have something to look forward to.

Pancho wrote:

Sunny Boy wrote:
Looks great there, but then, I think that stove would look great just about anywhere ! Hope your ready for some serious heat output from that big baby.

Paul

Thanks paul. I can't wait to fire it............this October.
I would like an extended barn burner of a summer before she gets lit off. I still have the heebeejeebies from last winter.

No long, hot Summer this year. It' going to be wet, cool and very short. Especially in the Great Lakes Region. Everyone needs to get their winter acts together well BEFORE October. Any extra money you can put towards the coal pile should be spent on it.
Here is the rain forecast for the next 50 days. There is going to be lots of rain for most people this summer.

coalnewbie wrote:
Like the man said..... however, I am impatient to get fired up so at least we have something to look forward to.

Same here.....I may run a small load of charcoal through it if we get a cool evening. I'm sure it'll see a fire of some sort before fall but probably not a coal fire.

wsherrick wrote:
No long, hot Summer this year. It' going to be wet, cool and very short. Especially in the Great Lakes Region. Everyone needs to get their winter acts together well BEFORE October. Any extra money you can put towards the coal pile should be spent on it.
Here is the rain forecast for the next 50 days. There is going to be lots of rain for most people this summer.

I've got wood and will have coal come July......so I hope your forecast is wrong. (it's starting out to be somewhat correct though...hmmph).

Same here.....I may run a small load of charcoal through it if we get a cool evening. I'm sure it'll see a fire of some sort before fall but probably not a coal fire.

I got the paint treatment so the Wings will spend a few days in the drive connected to some temporary pipe heated with charcoal. No light it up, open the window and perhaps the stink will eventually go away will be tolerated by the ruling class here. Even the smell of the refractory lining setting is causing issues.

I've had a hunch that this will be a cooler than normal summer..
But we'll see..

wsherrick wrote: No long, hot Summer this year. It' going to be wet, cool and very short. Especially in the Great Lakes Region. Everyone needs to get their winter acts together well BEFORE October. Any extra money you can put towards the coal pile should be spent on it.
Here is the rain forecast for the next 50 days. There is going to be lots of rain for most people this summer.

Oh great....last summer was cold and wet, and everything in the garden was covered in mildew.....and I only got 28 pounds of potatoes out of 100 feet of row....

coalnewbie wrote:
I got the paint treatment so the Wings will spend a few days in the drive connected to some temporary pipe heated with charcoal. No light it up, open the window and perhaps the stink will eventually go away will be tolerated by the ruling class here. Even the smell of the refractory lining setting is causing issues.

I hear ya there......"if momma aint happy, aint nobody happy".

I know your stove is painted (I was fussin' with it the day before you got there ) but if you ever get to a fork in the road where you either need to re-paint or strip it and polish it.......consider polishing it. I've always had painted stoves and I have always liked the look but polish looks killer. I don't think it'd look good on a modern stove but on an old gal it looks great (smells good too).

I just picked up some 'Imperial Stove Polish' at a local hardware and it seems to be good stuff.

Sunny Boy wrote:Some of those old stove polishes weren't complicated. This is one that has only three ingredients. I know the person who's job it was to mix it and then fill the tins.

Paul

http://www.baldwinextracts.com/

I sent them an e-mail to see if there is any further availability. Thanks.

Sorry - didn't mean to send you on a search. I can tell you the answer.

While Baldwins still makes many extracts (really good extracts, by the way), the StaZ-ON hasn't been made in many years. The last batches were mixed by my Fiancée and one of her brothers back when they were kids. The few remaining cans we found in her father's garage were handed out to family.

Paul