Cleaning Wood Burner Glass

JMW77

Hi my woodburner has now got black glass like it is burnt it does not wipe off it is like the oven glass cooked on i think people in my family have been burning rubbish etc,as well as wood we have only had it a few months and i am worried it is ruined it is supposed to have self cleaning glass .

Does anyone know what i can use to remove the hard thick black layer?

Thankyou

latecomer

Ours just wipes clean with a damp cloth and its been used on a daily basis while our building work was being done. If i've not done it for a couple of days it takes a little more effort but its still not much. We only burn seasoned wood and smokeless fuel though.

wyebird

My dad uses cold teabags reckons they are brill

wyebird

Have just checked and it needs to be done whilst the glass is still warm.

latecomer

Our stove is a Morso and I clean it while cold or as its warming up depending on whether I notice it needs done before I light it or not. This is from the Morso manual for our stove:

Ceramic glass
If the stove is used and installed onto a flue with the correct draft, very little or no deposits should
appear on the ceramic glass. It is usual for soot deposits to appear during long slumbering
fires however, once the fire has been re-established to a burn brightly, these deposits should
burn off.
If the glass window becomes thoroughly covered in soot due to faulty operation or poor draft,
the soot can be easily removed using, e.g. Morsø Glass Cleaner, but please ensure that the
glass is cold before cleaning. Avoid fuelling the stove with wood that is so long that it presses
against the glass when the door is closed.
Reasons for sooted glass window:
• fuel is too wet (green)
• pieces of fuel/uncut wood are too thick
• operating temperature of the stove is too low
• too much air coming through bottom grate
• poor chimney draft

Thistle-down

You can buy special stove glass glass cleaner but I always used to scrunch up a newspaper, dip it lightly in water, dip this into some of the ashes and rub on the glass. It only takes a second for it all to be shiny and clean again, but it does work much better if the glass is warm. (not hot!!)

robv_3

damp newspaper with a little ash. Should only take a few minutes.

Another option is to buy expensive stove glass cleaners.

JMW77

Thanks i will try the newspaper & ash option .thanks for everyones replys.

debbie42

Another vote for damp newspaper with ash: works a treat for me, even when cold :-)

A._Badger

Be careful letting cold liquids get in touch with hot glass. Warm, maybe, but not hot.

Ashes work, by the way, but if you get really strongly tarry deposits on the glass, you may need to use a proprietary stove glass cleaner (and be careful - some of those contain caustic soda, so you'll need to wear gloves).

Hope that helps.

billy_1

A pan scrub and neat washing up liquid works for me !!