Hiya all A few pics of a stove I picked up at a local village fete, it was a fiver...... I had to think about it for a whole nine seconds. It's a Primus #0 and after a bit of research ( on here) I found where the date code is and how to translate it. I make it an AC for 1938 ? Today my resolve crumbled, so after a quick pressure test ( as in "can I pressurise this" ) and a brief dust with a dry paint bush I fuelled her up with some nice clean paraffin...... BTW does anyone know how long it takes for the font to not smell of paraffin in a stove like this? Anyway, this was probably the easiest and quickest prime and burn I' ve ever had..... A few green flames when first lit but a nice clean burn once she got going. I've not had one of those windshield dohickies before, but they're great. Anyway, I know she's grubby and dull with a bit of surface rust on the pot stand but what do you all think?
Great workhorse. If you compare to similar in the gallery you'll notice it's missing the flame spreader (also called flame ring), it still works without though. The pic with the off centre flame suggests there was some carbon build up within the jet orifice, or a lump of dirt or carbon rattling about beneath the orifice- if pricking cured it permanently then happy days, if it keeps happening a burner clean might be needed. Stale paraffin smell will clear with use! Aka honest, good looking and not attacked with potentially harmful polishes!
The reason I was asking about the paraffin smell, is that before I filled it it didn't smell of anything.... No paraffin, stale or otherwise. Just wondering how long it would of have to be unfuelled for that to happen ? I think I'm only going to clean this with a wet sponge and a little washing up liquid, I quite like the look as is
The smell is likely old deposits coating the inside of the tank, which the new fuel has dissolved into solution. A few tankfuls should clear it.
A good find and should tidy up nicely. Fitting a flame ring will improve the flame pattern. Congratulations
