What the heck were they using to fuel that 500 series Stuart boiler? It certainly wasn't Meths, which is what they are set up to burn.
Man .... That's nasty Nick, but I'm sure it'll come right, if you use a few more of your best shirts cleaning it up!?!?!
It did come with a broken alcohol burner, so who knows what they were currently using... I shook most of the soot off into the shirts that went straight to the garbage. I think tomorrow I will be taking this outside and giving it a good blast of air to blow off the rest of the soot. The base is very charred, but I’ll definitely give it one steaming as arrived.