With the impending blizzard (and the end of normal civilization per my southern states originating neighbors) I decided to clean my chimney yesterday. With the early cold this year I had not done it yet. So after cleaning out the flue and stove (3 broken tiles!) I gave the cap a spray with oven cleaner and after all the shine of the stainless steel returned put it back on. I noticed this morning that no one else who's a wood burner in my area seems to care...and all there caps are various stains off black or brown. Am I the only one who likes a clean cap?
Wow Cleaning the cap!...You are definitely living up to your name now!. Who said there isn't any bling in wood burning?
I had noticed some staining around the to of the stack on the OWB this past year. Yeah, I know, I know.......one of those nasty smoldering tire and railroad tie burning smoke filling up the river valley OWBs! Guess what? Without any attention to it, halfway through summer, it was spic and span just like brand new! Shinning from top to bottom with no trace what-so-ever of the pre-mentioned stain!
"I see a chrome cap and I want it painted black No chrome cap any more, I want it to turn black" Apologies to the Stones
Every time I'm on the roof to run the brush, i run out of daylight. I seem to every only have just enough time to run the brush, then put the cap back on. Then fire up the stove again. This Fall I had to take the duct tape off of the chimney from the crown repair, so that added a little time.
