Hi Again. "Zungla" kerosene stove and cookset. Made in Rosario city, Santa Fe province, Argentina. It came in a sturdy aluminium pot, lid/frypan and enameled frypan to protect the pot bottom. The stove is steel. The tank is nickeled (pretty rusty both inside and outside). Because the main burner is over the generator, has an auxiliary burner below it to keep heat feedback. Need advice to get rid of rust inside the tank. Any sugestion? Best regards. Héctor.
G,,day Hector . very nice indeed . I like it . is it just me or similarities to a Coleman 500 crossed with ideas from a Coleman 344 , the preheater part done a different way though. thanks for posting it . cheers, kerry
Most of the collectors here suggest putting small square nuts in the tank, lots of them, and shaking it around. Rinse with a bit of fuel and try a few more times until the gas come out fairly clean. Nice stove and kit to go with it!
Hey Baja . I like the idea of the chain . I have used nuts and things but I have seen square section chain as decorative stuff . still steel so it will work well. bloody good idea mate . cheers, kerry
Hi Hector, Once you have removed the existing rust from the inside of the tank, you might consider treating the inside with some phosphoric acid to neutralise any remaining rust deposits.You then remove any remaining acid and allow the tank interior to dry. When using the stove, it is also a good idea to drain the tank of alcohol if you store the stove for more than a few days. Alcohol is hygroscopic (it absorbs water from the air and will then, over time, cause rusting of the steel tank. Best Regards, Kerophile.
Kerophile's refering to alcohol as the fuel but you've introduced it as a kerosene stove, Héctor. I think I can make out a priming trough alongside the row of pilot flame outlet holes, the black-enamelled trough having a row of ventilation holes along the rim. As a trough for priming fuel it's a bit small to heat up the bulk of that burner to achieve initial vapourisation for kerosene and I'd be inclined to suppose the stove is intended to burn gasoline - maybe? The burner looks like it would produce flames similar to those on my Lawson stove - lovely! John
Hi. First of all, thanks for the advices. Usually, I use a handfull of bolt nuts to do tank cleaning job. Chain is a gIood idea to clean tanks with small filler hole, but I think that the rounded chain links don't do the job as good as sharped edge bolt nuts. The rust spots inside this tank was made me thinking in some kind of magic sand blasting technique using tiny workers or illegal explosives. Kerophile, yesterday I bought a bottle of phosphoric acid (and two of kolsch beer). Thanks for the tip to stop corrosion process. Do you have a recipe about concentration and treatement time?. Presscall, that Lawson stove is made me drooling. You're right, the holes along the enameled cup are to vent the priming process. Is a paraffin / kerosene stove. There are no need to preheat the burner, just the generator tube above, enough to put to boil the fuel. Anyway... the argentine stoves usually need a good preheat. Burners and generators are heavy. Best regards. Héctor.
