Summerizing my Coal Stoker, looking for tips?

Thanks everyone! Some great tips!

I am partial to CRC products as I've been using them for years on my marine engines. Great stuff and really does the job!

Baking Soda and Water mix....what's the ratio everyone uses? How many parts BSoda to water? Does it matter?

A box of soda to a two gallon bucket of water is what I use.

Greg L

LsFarm wrote:A box of soda to a two gallon bucket of water is what I use.

Greg L

Thanks Greg.

I cleaned out my keystoker A120 last weekend, and found quite a bit of surface rust on the heat exchanger, and in the firebox. I think my biggest mistake was not disconnecting the stove pipe and cleaning the furnace immediately after the heating season. I got it cleaned out very well, and left the stove pipe disconnected (plugged the thimble) and am running my dehumidifier 24/7 with the stove doors and flue open. The grate and pusher mechanism look perfect, it's really just the heat exchanger and firebox walls that got surface rusty. I got as much ash out as I could, I think trying to clean around in the heat exchanger area with baking soda and water would be a complete and utter mess though. It's very hard to get in there. I have a can of the CRC 350, would it do any good to spray it on the already rusty areas? Should I scrape the flaking metal off of there first?