DR. P. Proteus
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Lately I have been stealing my wife's under... I mean citronella oil and using it to start my woodstove.
I used a splash of #2 oil before I went with a cat stove. Now I can't anymore. Shouldn't need it anyways unless if your wood is wet and you're too lazy to split kindlen. Other times you just because, why not.
http://www.nwcn.com/mb/news/local/n...tove-fire-kills-one-in-nez-perce-co/386356898
Trying to use accelerants to light stove
Sick of crunching up newspapers???
Seriously... it's not hard or time consuming, especially compared to other woodburning related duties. There are other ways of starting fires besides oil. Used lint from clothes dryers (put it in empty toilet paper tubes), cottonballs, cardboard, wood shavings, etc.
I keep a propane torch within arms reach of the stove and it works great and very economical to operate.
I've seen some interesting contraptions for soaking kindling in Kero. Kind of like big versions or comb sanitizer at barber shop or pasta storage with a lifter tray in the bottom. Advantages - low cost. Disadvantage - dripping stinky coal oil in the house or getting it onto your hands
Get some military surplus/camping Hexamine/Esbit tablets. They burn hot enough and long enough to boil a cup of water. Advantage - easy. Disadvantage - expense and you'll still probably need some kindling and scrap.
I suppose if you set the propane on top of a hot stove. But many tanks are stored under a grill a lot bigger to I might add, Not to mention day time temps in a hot summer day in a closed up work shop.
Al
I discovered a new way to make kindling, well new to me anyhow. I am doing some remodleing and had to rip some 2x4's on the tablesaw. Um, scraps look like good kindling wood. While I had the saw setup to rip, I just started running scraps thru the saw. Got a 5gal bucket of good dry fir. Took just a few minutes. Havent got to try the kindling out yet, its been 70 about everyday for a week now.
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