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In article <1993Jan5.223159.29046@ide.com> forman@ide.com (Bonnie Forman) writes:
:  Sorry if this topic has already been discussed; maybe 
:  someone can send me a summary.
:
:  This is my first year using a fireplace, and I have some
:  questions about what to burn.
:
:  *  I tried using those presto-logs.  They started up
:     easily; required no messing around with once lit;
:     Relatively inexpensive ($1.88 for a 6-lb log that
:     burned over 3 hours).  However, you can supposedly
:     burn only one at a time, and the fire is kind of 
:     small.
:
:     - Is it true they burn "cleaner" than real wood, i.e.
:       not as bad for the environment?
:
:     - Is it true they are not good for the chimney, i.e.  
:       potentially dangerous buildup of wax 
:
:     - Can you really only burn one at a time?
:
:
:		Bonnie 
: forman@ide.com   * ``Things that are Real are given and received  *

Please be aware that if what you were burning had wax in it, it was
not a Presto Log.  Most of what you find in supermarkets and hardware
store e.g. Duraflane and Pine Mountain, are wax impregnated compressed
sawdust.  Presto logs are just compressed sawdust and as such may be
treated just like regular wood, no wax buildup in the flue, put as
many in the fireplace as you like etc. BTW, these sawdust logs are
made from the sawdust that is usually burned by the sawmills as waste
in the wood cutting porcess.

 
Lee


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