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KINDLER WICKING FOR OIL BURNING STOVES & RANGES

The old "wickless" oil stoves from the 1920's through the 1950's did in fact use a wick - an asbestos, edge burning "kindler" wick. Different heights and lengths of asbestos wicking were used by various stoves depending upon the size of the burner. A person could walk into a hardware store anywhere, buy a box of asbestos roll wicking of the right height and 5 1/2 feet long, and cut the length of wick they needed off the roll.  Product liability lawyers did away with asbestos wicking years ago.

Burners using kindler wicking MUST HAVE the precise width of wick for which they were designed!   If the wick is 1/8'' too narrow it will be too low in the wick slot and the flame will never adjust high enough for proper cooking.  If the wick is 1/8'' too wide it will be 1/8'' too high in the slot and the flame will be so high that is cannot be controlled, producing a sooty, incomplete burn that is terrible.  A wick of the correct height will be fed fuel via gravity flow through a needle valve controlling the precise rate of fuel flow:  THAT is what establishes the height of flame and therefore the heat output of a burner.  Please do not guess the width of wick your stove requires - measure the depth of the slot as shown below.

If your burner has an old burned down wick stuck in the wick slot channel it can be removed by using a bent piece of stiff wire to hook and grab the chunks of old wicking.

Directions for using a ''wickless'' stove using kindler wicking are explained in an original Florence stove manual kindly provided by Kerry White.  Click here for the Adobe version of the manual.  Your stove will undoubtedly be different than the Florence stove illustrated in the manual, but the principles of operation are the same.

More information is available for Butterfly gravity flow stoves.  Newly made but they have exactly the same operating principles as kindler wick stoves made a century ago.  Butterfly #2418 Double Burner Stove.

I  have kindler wicking in stock that is high quality, especially woven fiberglass with copper reinforcing wire woven inside. >>

<< Measure depth of slot and add 1/8", so the wick looks like that at left when seated to full depth - just a little exposed, a little lower than the outer rim.  Click photo to enlarge.

Check list below to ensure correct width before ordering, please.

Hi Seas 100C marine diesel heater.   ASBESTOS wick.

$17.95

3/4" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Wicking, 5 1/2 ft. roll. 

$14.95 @ roll

7/8" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Fiberglass Wicking, 5 1/2 ft.  - Butterfly #'s 2413, 2415, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2419 and many small burners 

$16.95 @ roll

7/8" x 10 3/8" OEM Butterfly edge burning wick for gravity flow stoves #2413, 2418, etc.  Original factory long-life ASBESTOS wick.  Asbestos wicks must be handled with care.  I take no responsibility for the use of asbestos.  Asbestos wicks are sold for historic accuracy:  put down your sharp knives, product liability lawyers.

$8.95 each

1 " x 10 3/8" Flamemaster Asbestos Wicking.  Original factory long-life ASBESTOS wick.  Asbestos wicks must be handled with care.  I take no responsibility for the use of asbestos.  Asbestos wicks are sold for historic accuracy:  put down your sharp knives, product liability lawyers. Very rare wicks.

$9.95 each

1" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Wicking, 5 1/2 ft. roll
Larko, Prize 2d, Standard Needle Valve

$17.95 @ roll

1 1/8" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Wicking, 5 1/2 ft. roll
 Emperor, E.Z. Estway

 $18.95 @ roll

1 1/4" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Wicking, 5 1/2 ft. roll
Florence   

 $19.95 @ roll

1 3/8" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Wicking, 5 1/2 ft. roll.
NESCO, Quick Meal, Montgomery Ward, etc.

$20.95 @ roll

1 1/2" Roll FIBERGLASS Edge-Burning Wicking, 5 1/2 ft. roll.

$21.95 @ roll

All "wickless" oil stoves and ranges will have vastly cleaner burning characteristics and longer wick life if nothing but Low Odor Mineral Spirits are used in them.

The following wick guide came from a box of Flamemaster Asbestos Wicking, "For Oil Burning Stoves and Ranges, Combination Circulating Heaters," date unknown (but before 1955), manufactured by "Atlas Asbestos Company, North Wales, Penna, U.S.A."   Information is where you can find it.


USE THE FIBERGLASS WICKING LISTED ABOVE IN 5 1/2' ROLLS TO CUT TO THE LENGTHS SUGGESTED BELOW.

STOVE MAKE AND MODEL

HEIGHT AND CUT LENGTH OF WICK

A.B.C. 4"

7/8" x 12 1/2"

A.B.C. 6"

7/8" x 18 5/8"

A.B.C. 9"

7/8" x 28 1/8"

Ace

1 3/8" x 11"

Adelphia

7/8" x 11"

Aetna - 4" burner

7/8 x 12 1/4"
AGA and RAYBURN

1"

Air-Line

1 3/8" x 12 1/4"
BiAladdin Sahara E8502;  BiAladdin Radiant (3898, No. 38); Senator 2820; Senator 2820; Silver Queen.

1 3/8"

Anchor  (some used a 1" wick)

7/8" x 11"

Associated (water heater - 4" burner)

7/8" x 12 1/2"

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7/8 x 11"

Avon (Montgomery Ward)  (some used a 1" wick)

1 3/8 x 12 1/4"

Baxter   (some used a 1" wick)

1 3/8" x 12 1/4"
BiAladdin Sahara E8502;  BiAladdin Radiant (3898, No. 38); Senator 2820

1 3/8"

Bland-5 Burner

7/8" x 15 1/2"

Blue Flame Heaters (Sears)

Various
Butterfly gravity flow stoves (#2413, #2417, #2418, etc) (Butterfly burner shown above left.)

7/8" x 10 3/8"

Caloric    (some used a 1" wick)

1 3/8 x 12 1/4"

Capitol

7/8" X 11"

Clark Jewel

1 3/8 x 11"

Constant (Montgomery Ward) (some used a 1" wick)

7/8" x 11"
Crescent

7/8"

Dangler - Regular

1 3/8 x 11"

Dangler Needle Valve

7/8" x 11"

Direct Action

1 3/8" x 11"

Eaton (Montgomery Ward)

1 3/8" x 12 1/4"
1935 Electrolux made buy Servel Model G-703 Kerosene refrigerator  (See photo of wick sleeve).  Asbestos wicks above work best. Insert into clips in wick sleeve.  Trim wick length to fit.

7/8"
Email Co. stove, Australia from 1948 to 1953.

1 3/8" x 11 1/2"
Emperor, Kalamozoo, Mich

1 1/8"

Enterprise

1 3/8" x 11"

Everite Regular

1 3/8" x 10 5/8"

Everite Giant

1 3/8" x 14 3/8"

Everite Small Burner

1 3/8" x 11"

E.Z. Estway (Range & Camp, Regular cook)

1 1/8" x 12 1/8"

E.Z. Estway Needle Valve (some used a 1" wick)

7/8 x 11"
E.Z. Estway Giant Heater

1 1/4"

Florence (Cook and Heater, Regular)  (Florence: Central Oil & Gas Stove Co., Gardner, MASS USA).

1 1/4 x 12 1/2"

Florence (Cook and Heater, Giant)

1 1/4" x 15 1/4"

Gem Blue Flame (some used a 1" wick)

7/8" x 11"
Glenwood C kitchen range

7/8" x 14" & 19"

Haverty's Blue Flame

1 3/8" x 11"
Kenmore  (Check depth of slot carefully)

1" x 11"

Larko

1" x 11"

Leonard Range (Regular)

1 1/8" x 12 1/8"

Leonard Blue Point (Needle Valve)

7/8" x 11"

Lo-Boy Blue Flame

7/8" x 11"

Lynn - 7" Burner

7/8" x 21 3/4"
Montgomery Ward model #84U-1114A

3/4'' x 10 3/4''
Montgomery Ward model #94u1116A

7/8"
Montgomery Ward model 68-5800-R

1 3/8"

National

1 3/8" x 11"

Nesco  4271

1 3/8" x 16''

Nesco Giant

1 3/8" x 15 7/8"

New Process

1 3/8" x 11"

New Taylor Regular

1 3/8" x 11"

New Taylor Semi-Giant

1 3/8" x 13 3/4"

Pilgrim 5" Burner

7/8" x 15 1/2"

Prize

7/8" x 11"

Prize 2d

1" x 11"

Prize 3d

1 3/8" x 11"

Quick Meal Regular

1 3/8" x 10 5/8"

Quick Meal Semi-Giant

1 3/8" x 13 1/8"

Quick Meal Giant

1 3/8" x 15 3/4"

Reliable

1 3/8" x 11"

Reliance  (some used a 1" wick)

7/8" x 11"
Safe Test 63-250 (Sold by Spiegel, Chicago, ILL)

3/4" x  10 1/2"

Savoil Regular

1 3/8" x 12 1/8"

Savoil - 3 1/2" Burner (Needle Valve) No. W3LR, Made by UNITED STOVE COMPANY, Ypsilanti, Mich.

7/8" x 11"
Sears 103.49962;103.75330; 103.75345;

1 3/8" x 12.5"
Sears Kenmore 123.47321; 123.47325; 123.47335;
#247 burner

7/8"
Sears 155.8460

1 3/8"
Sears Airoflame stove model 103.KD521

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ServWell - 5" Burner

7/8" x 15 1/2"

Silent Glow - 6" Burner

7/8" x 18 3/4"

Spiegel Standard

1 3/8" x 13 3/4"

Spiegel Giant

1 3/8" x 15 3/4"

Spiegel's Needle Valve (3'" Burner)

7/8" x 11"

Standard Regular

1 3/8" x 12 1/4"

Standard Needle Valve

1" x 12 1/4"

Star

7/8 x 11"

Stratford (Montgomery Ward)

1 3/8" x 12 1/4"
US Stove #291-0 heater

1 1/2"
Victor Oil Burner Mfg. Co." Model CH 17- Single 6 1/2" Burner

1" x 18", 1" x 11"

Warwick (Montgomery Ward)

1 3/8" x 12 1/4"

An original box of 5 1/2' of roll wicking

Quick Meal stove, St. Louis, MO.

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