FREE - STOVE - Front Glass Cleaning TIP - FREE

Conology · 06-12-2013 7:12pm #1

Just want to share a very useful tip with all STOVE owners which won't cost a penny and will reduce expensive Chemical Sprays and detergents.

So - your stove Glass Front gets all black/brown and all the stove manufacturers and retailers try to sell you sprays and cleaners etc.
Well you don't need any.
Here's what you do...
Take a damp cloth or damp paper towel.
Dip it in the Ash from the grate of the Stove.
Open the Glass door.
Wipe the damp cloth/paper ( with Ash on it ) - onto the inside of the Glass window.
There's no need to rub too hard either.
Watch the Black / Brown stains disappear practically immediately.
Clean off with another piece of dry paper towel.

I hope people with stoves and the environment benefits from this little useful tip.

HeidiHeidi · 06-12-2013 7:16pm

This works!

But I'd add one caveat.... make sure it's WOOD ASH that you dip in - briquette/turf/coal ash will only smear and make an unholy mess of the screen.... it's the potash or potassium or something beginning with P anyway is the secret, and that comes from wood ash.

But yep, it works.

(and not all stove people recommend detergents/sprays - I heard about this from my stove installers, who never mentioned commercial products, just said that simple dampened paper usually does the trick, dipping in ash is only for very stubborn staining)

hallo dare · 06-12-2013 7:20pm

i've used this method of cleaning the glass with turf ash for years and never noticed any smearing.

HeidiHeidi · 06-12-2013 7:21pm

hallo dare wrote: »

i've used this method of cleaning the glass with turf ash for years and never noticed any smearing.

Grand - I stand corrected

Was just advised to dip into wood ash when doing this. Stove is only in about two weeks so I'm still on a learning curve (and have never burned turf in it anyway!)

goz83 · 06-12-2013 7:24pm

Cool tip. My stove will be going in hopefully in the next week or two

cnocbui · 06-12-2013 7:26pm

I just scrub it with a dampened kitchen scourer and wipe with an old sponge cloth I keep for that purpose. If it's really bad I will use some Jiff.

I do burn some briquettes with the wood.

HeidiHeidi · 06-12-2013 7:27pm

goz83 wrote: »

Cool tip. My stove will be going in hopefully in the next week or two

Best of luck with it - best investment EVER, I'm sorry I didn't do it years ago

Mo60 · 06-12-2013 7:42pm

I clean the glass on my stoves with damp newspaper. Leaves glass completely clear.

fozz10 · 06-12-2013 10:28pm

wire wool.

david65 · 07-12-2013 7:32am

Jif and a quick wipe with a paper towel does me, I must admit I like the wood ash trick

scudo2 · 07-12-2013 10:06am

Mo60 wrote: »

I clean the glass on my stoves with damp newspaper. Leaves glass completely clear.

I use the misses for al the hard jobs.
Works best on anything stubborn.

Mo60 · 07-12-2013 5:19pm

scudo2 wrote: »

I use the misses for al the hard jobs.
Works best on anything stubborn.

Same here. Only in this case I'm the misses.

As for working best on anything stubborn I haven't succeeded on hubby - yet.

Wearb · 07-12-2013 6:25pm

Mo60 wrote: »

Same here. Only in this case I'm the misses.

As for working best on anything stubborn I haven't succeeded on hubby - yet.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

scudo2 · 07-12-2013 8:57pm

Mo60 wrote: »

Same here. Only in this case I'm the misses.

As for working best on anything stubborn I haven't succeeded on hubby - yet.

A Fcuk, am I taking to my darling,loving,hard working, kind, nice, careing, wife here??
If so, sorreeeee!

Conology · 07-12-2013 9:49pm

fozz10 wrote: »

wire wool.

I would not recommend wire wool on glass - it will probably scratch the glass. Keep it simple - wet paper and wood ash best so far.

kenobee · 07-12-2013 10:54pm

Great tip. Thanks

cnocbui · 08-12-2013 1:55pm

Conology wrote: »

I would not recommend wire wool on glass - it will probably scratch the glass. Keep it simple - wet paper and wood ash best so far.

The 'glass' in stoves is usually a transparent ceramic and isn't at all the same thing and is probably harder than glass. That said, I wouldn't use steel wool either as a plastic kitchen scourer works for me.

Conology · 09-12-2013 9:11am

cnocbui wrote: »

The 'glass' in stoves is usually a transparent ceramic and isn't at all the same thing and is probably harder than glass. That said, I wouldn't use steel wool either as a plastic kitchen scourer works for me.

I didn't know the glass front was a kind of ceramic, but I wouldn't use wire wool on ceramics either though. - Thanks for the info.

phester28 · 09-12-2013 10:13am

i taught it was Pyrex and so is a relatively soft glass. Hardened glass are brittle and likely to shatter under high temperatures, soft glass is more malleable

cnocbui · 09-12-2013 11:06am

If the glass broke in a million pieces then is a tempered glass. To learn more about Tempered glass click here. Tempered glass is typically found in fireplaces, and should NEVER be used in wood stoves.

If the glass just cracked, or broke out in bigger chunks then it is known as a glass-ceramic. These products are commonly known as PyroCeram®(not Pyroceran), Robax or Neoceram - just different brand names for the same type of product. On this site we use the term PyroCeram®. The product we sell on this site, PyroCeram®, is made by Corning. The thickness of Pyroceram is 3/16", the most commonly used type of glass used in wood stoves.

http://www.woodstove-fireplaceglass.com/

macjohn · 09-12-2013 11:56pm

What are people burning to cause the glass to need such harsh cleaning??

I burn small amount of coal and loads of dry timber,
glass is clear during the burning process and before relighting one wipe of a damp piece of kitchen role is all it needs.

Also have the dampers set at what ever you leaving them at well before the final fuel burns out and the glass only gets smoked up a small bit when the fire dies out.

FREE - STOVE - Front Glass Cleaning TIP - FREE

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