Paint on stove pipe!

[kirkerik]

Is there another way regarding burning off (curing) the paint on stove pipe? I do not appreciate the damage to our Earth Mothers air quality and it is simply toxic and unhealthy.

I am sensitive to chems and would like an alternative. I can not justify the cost of SS pipe though it sure is beautiful. Or maybe i can...

I guess i will keep up wind unless someone has another idea?

Does anyone know the temperature that typical black stove paint starts to off gas and/or cure? I hear that cure happens above 475* F but will the paint off-gass VOC's at a lower temperature? Like typical stack temperature on a rocket stove w/ efficient mass?

Maybe i could skip burning it off outside?

[Donkey]

Gotta get the paint off, gotta get it ALL off before you use it.

Unfortunately everything you do will have a toxic result. You could sand it with a sander which will create nasty dust, burn it for nasty smoke, use chemical paint stripper which is nasty in every way..

My friends Ernie and Ericha have a thing that they say helps.. They will cover the outside barrel with newspaper dipped in clay slip, they build up a layer several sheets thick, let it dry and burn the barrel from the inside. They claim that the clay/paper will trap a significant amount of the toxins. I've not done it, so I'm just passing along as an experiment.

[sierramog]

I have used electrolytic rust removal (ERR) to remove rust from inside the windshield frame on my 40 year old Unimog. Most of the paint came off the outside.

It is a non-toxic process. Some people use saturated towels (and a lot of patience) to remove rust and paint from larger objects.

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