Kemlan XL MK111 Installation & Operating Instructions Manual - About Curing
ABOUT CURING
Your stove has been painted with the highest quality silicone stove paint and has special break-in
procedures to cure it with heat and make it hard.
VENTILATE WELL
Ventilate the house during the first three times the stove is used. The paint on the stove will give off smoke
heavy with carbon dioxide and has an odor. Without adequate ventilation, concentrations of smoke could
irritate, or be upsetting, so open doors and windows and use a fan if necessary. After these initial burns the
paint will be cured and there should be no more smoke.
DON’T TOUCH DURING CURING
Don’t touch the surface. It will be soft and gummy during this paint curing phase. Once cured, it will not be
soft again.
CURE WITH 3 FIRES
Most stoves cure with 3 burns. The first two (2) should be 250°F for 20 minutes, or about half a normal fire.
Let the stove cool down between burns. The last fire should be 500°F to 700°F for at least 45 minutes. The
point being, cure slowly without a hot fire.
Stoves with cooler surface temperature and those that have been painted with another colour before, will
take longer to cure.
Curing can usually be observed by the effect of the paint turning flat as the heat radiates out from hotter
parts of the stove.
So remember...
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Ventilate well
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Do not touch during curing
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Cure with 3 fires
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Call your dealer for any questions