In Particular, what would you rub into the metal to remove rust and resist any further corrosion?

-- Rick7 (rick7@postmark.net), March 14, 2002

Answers

Ijust sand/steel wool it first, then use stove paint on it. Than maybe veggie oil

-- Stan (sopal@net-pert.com), March 14, 2002.

Flitz metal polish is good for cleaning the chrome. I've found it in a local mom & pop corner store, but some hardware stores still carry it.

-- Charleen in WNY (nolongerpublic@usa.com), March 14, 2002.

This isn't what you asked, so take it for what it's worth.

If this is a stove used to heat your house, as opposed to a cook stove, I would recommend NOT restoring it, if you have anything better to do than cut firewood!

As part of my permit process for building my new house a few years ago, I was forced (and was I resentful about it, too) to buy a "DEQ approved" low emission, high efficiency wood stove (aka wood heater). After using it for a few months I realized that the new heater produces WAY more heat with WAY less wood, and way less smoke. It has this cool feature which preheats air under the coals, and injects this super heated air at the top of the firebox, where it ignites the smoke, which would have otherwise gone up the flue without generating all the potential heat it contains.

I'm heating my house with well under a cord per year, and the house is way warmer than the last house was. I can't tell you exactly how much better it is, based on that unfortunately, as the old place was in a colder part of the valley. But believe me, I'm burning a tiny amount compared to what I'd be burning with my old heater.

Good luck,

JOJ

-- joj (jump@off.c), March 14, 2002.

Try the stove polish from http://www.rutland.com, I'm restoring an old cook stove and this seems to work well. It goes on like shoe polish.

-- Mike Stewart (mike_stewart@merck.com), May 31, 2002.