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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: MattyNH on February 20, 2012, 03:47:18 PM

Title: Moth Balls as a wood stove pipe cleaner?
Post by: MattyNH on February 20, 2012, 03:47:18 PM

 Bought some moth balls today..Looked it up on wikipedia..Wikipedia mentioned one use as a as a stove pipe cleaner..Anyone out there throw them in for creosote? From other sites as well I guess its one use.. I didn't buy them for stove pipe cleaning..

Title: Re: Moth Balls as a wood stove pipe cleaner?
Post by: willieG on February 20, 2012, 03:51:09 PM

don't know about cleaning the flue with them but the nieighbours wont mind if you make a little smoke if it smells nice ^-^

Title: Re: Moth Balls as a wood stove pipe cleaner?
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 21, 2012, 07:28:36 AM

I've never heard of using moth balls but a friend of mine swears that if you throw a couple of beer cans in a fireplace it will break up all of the creosote in the chimney.  Something about a chemical reaction when aluminum melts?

Title: Re: Moth Balls as a wood stove pipe cleaner?
Post by: tulenutn2o on February 21, 2012, 06:01:44 PM

TSP ( tri-sodium phosphate) works well. It is the active ingredient in commercial creosote removers. Paint stores carry it.