Cookin' With Coal

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 10:42 am

Where are you guys buying the Meeco stove polish? I'm going to need to touch up the 6 this summer and redo my WM and I don't like the rutlands either .

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 10:44 am

Smokeyja wrote:Where are you guys buying the Meeco stove polish? I'm going to need to touch up the 6 this summer and redo my WM and I don't like the rutlands either .

I ordered mine from Amazon.com

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 10:50 am

Photog200 wrote:
Smokeyja wrote:Where are you guys buying the Meeco stove polish? I'm going to need to touch up the 6 this summer and redo my WM and I don't like the rutlands either .
I ordered mine from Amazon.com

Thanks! It's on Prime too! I will give it a try.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 11:02 am

Josh,
I buy it at my local hardware store.

Paul

Buck47 · Post by **Buck47** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 11:29 am

Pulled the copper liner from the frame. very simple design -- only 4 bolts/nuts holding it in place.

Filled it with water and no leaks. I'm very pleased.

Also checked the stove for rust on the right side where this copper tank sits next to the stove and could not find any rust. Fact is that part looks better than the rest of he stove ... even the paint is in good condition. Go figure?

Regards: john

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 12:12 pm

So that tank is designed to "dip" water out of? Does it only get exhaust gas/heat on the oven side of it?

Buck47 · Post by **Buck47** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 1:15 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:So that tank is designed to "dip" water out of? Does it only get exhaust gas/heat on the oven side of it?

When heat is diverted around the oven and out the flue pipe the right side of the oven gets hot ... the side of the copper water tank lays up next to that oven side and heat is transferred to water. Smoky tells me that side of the stove can easy reach 200 F.
So water would be kept just under boiling temp. Using rain water would give soft water with no lime / mineral build up inside the tank.

Her is a photos of a water tank on a cook stove.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 1:30 pm

Buck47, Thanks for the info,gonna be interesting to see how you get along with your new range.

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 1:02 pm

Possible link of interest. I have no idea if best way or not but has a lot of information and a lot of seemingly tech info as to why is one better than the other. It is free and worth whatever you get out of it.
http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-scien ... cast-iron/

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 3:50 pm

ddahlgren wrote:Possible link of interest. I have no idea if best way or not but has a lot of information and a lot of seemingly tech info as to why is one better than the other. It is free and worth whatever you get out of it.
http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-scien ... cast-iron/

Thanks for the post. There have been others that said flaxseed was good for seasoning cast iron but this articles goes into the scientific reasons for it being good.

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 4:01 pm

All I know is the Crisco did not work well for me and give the hard black finish I wanted. Maybe that comes with time too.

wilsons woodstoves · Post by **wilsons woodstoves** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 4:03 pm

Great info, thanks. always good to learn. Wilson

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 4:17 pm

ddahlgren wrote:All I know is the Crisco did not work well for me and give the hard black finish I wanted. Maybe that comes with time too.

Crisco always worked well for me as long as I applied very thin coats and multiple coats. It did not work as well if I put heavy coats on it to try to speed up the process.

Randy

Buck47 · Post by **Buck47** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 4:21 pm

ddahlgren wrote:Possible link of interest. I have no idea if best way or not but has a lot of information and a lot of seemingly tech info as to why is one better than the other. It is free and worth whatever you get out of it.
http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-scien ... cast-iron/

I just happen to know a guy who will try this method on his new (new to him) Monarch stove.

Thanks we will know in week or so how well this works on Stove tops.

Regards: john

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Mon. Jan. 26, 2015 4:59 pm

Photog200 wrote:
ddahlgren wrote:All I know is the Crisco did not work well for me and give the hard black finish I wanted. Maybe that comes with time too.
Crisco always worked well for me as long as I applied very thin coats and multiple coats. It did not work as well if I put heavy coats on it to try to speed up the process.

Randy

Never claimed right or wrong only interesting and backed wit some tech if to be believed is all. Whatever works I say hang with it. I stumbled across it and though I would share and let all draw their own conclusions. No more no less.

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