Stove-and-furnace cement is messy. Or at least it can be. I know that from experience, owing to a previous life now some 40 years ago, the four years that I heated my home with wood and swept the chimney myself.
Once chimney and flue were clean and reassembled, I’d use black stove cement to seal any joints that looked sketchy. The one seam that always got a healthy bead was where the flue meets the woodstove.
That was the task I tackled today. This time I used stove cement packaged in a tube, not a tub, dispensed with a caulking gun. I figured that’d be easier, perhaps cleaner. It was neither.
Fortunately, I had a trick up my sleeve, one I learned years ago — I ran strips of masking tape around the flue, above and below the joint I was about to seal. After the cement set up and I removed the tape, the result was a bit neater than it might’ve been otherwise.
With that behind me, I hooked up the power washer and blasted grime off of four panels of barn tin. It was a job I’d be doing only once, so I took my time and made it count.
Yeah, they were dirty, but I wasn’t terribly surprised at what came off of them. And now they’re clean, or as clean as they’re gonna get.
I stood the panels on-end and leaned them against the west wall of the cabin to dry.
Cutting will begin tomorrow. I’ll start with the ceiling panels.
Take care of yourselves, Patriots. Stay calm. Stay sharp. Stay free.
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