TheCampLab.com CanFire Operating Manual - page 4
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#7
Maintenance and general information
CLEANING the CanFire
™
:
• At some point you may find the collection of burnt bugs and sooty wax inside the
CanFire warrants removal. One simple way to do this is:
Let the wax burn down most of the way. Put the fire out with the lid. Let it
cool a few minutes. Take off the now-hot lid with a potholder or tongs.
Pick up the CanFire with the potholders and pour the wax and debris into
a container that won’t melt, like a paper cup or bowl. Don’t splash and
don’t even try to get the insides any cleaner.
• Add new wax and melt it using the techniques below.
NEVER HEAT WAX DIRECTLY — use an oven or a double-boiler on a stove. The wax
must not be allowed to get much over it’s melting point because the hotter it gets, the
more wax vapor it gives off – which is flammable. FAILURE to prevent over-
heating risks burning your house down.
NOTE too that the specific temperatures in these directions only apply to the
IGI-1260, 160F˚ melt point wax that we use in the CanFire™.
Low Heat Oven
: Take off the CanFire’s lid and put it in an oven at 200˚F
(95˚C) DO NOT LEAVE UNATTENDED.
Double Boiler
: Put a pan on the stove that is amply sized to fit the CanFire base.
Put an inch or two of water in the pan. Put the CanFire into the water and take off the
lid. It might float if there’s not much wax in it, that’s OK. Boil lightly until the wax is
melted. DO NOT LEAVE UNATTENDED and DO NOT LET THE PAN RUN DRY.
• Cleaning the outside is best done with a paper towel and paint thinner. Content
yourself with just getting off superficial wax and grime. Don’t try to make it clean like
a food pot. Use all normal paint thinner preautions.
Removing Water from a CanFire
™
is a pain (it sinks to the bottom)
You can use the low-heat oven techniqe above to evaporate water caught inside.
Depending on how much is there, it could take up to an hour.
Note on BURN BANS
:
One of the best features of the CanFire
™
is that, many times, you can use a CanFire
™
when campfires are banned. During burn bans, seek permission to use the CanFire
™
.
NEVER disobey an authority even if they’re being unreasonable. Nine times out of
ten, humor and respect will get you what you want. We even put the words “ON”
and “OFF” on the lid in case the rules say “it needs to have an ON/OFF knob.”
Literally, the entire lid is an ON/OFF knob.
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