Don't know then. In your OP, you said:

We've had our woodstove for about four years now. Late last year, we
started noticing a "plastic" smell when we are using the woodstove. It
seems to be most noticeable when we have a hot fire going. If I damper down
the fire, the smell goes away.


so i thought that it was only when it was extra hot.



steve


"HerHusband" wrote in message
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Steve,

It's the paint. It will always do that when you get 'em extra hot.

That's what I thought, but it seems to smell long before the woodstove or
chimney pipe has gotten hot enough to cause the paint to release vapors.

Anthony