Cleaning Glass on a wood burning stove

Mr_Ted

Try a lemon or lemon juice, the acid breaks it down and its not harmful in anyway!

RHYSDAD

Damp J-cloth. What are you all burning to get baked on tar?!?

BurtonIR

Just used Hob Brite to clean glass works a treat don't bother with expensive cleaners.

smcqis

dont bother with any cleaners, damp kitchen roll cleans mine

wildgarlic

Take a small bowl of hot water. Roll a sheet of kitchen towel into ball. Dip a little bit into hot water and then dip it into some old ash (say from the tray) and rub onto the glass in a circular motion quite firmly. Do this again. Dip a some more kitchen towel and wipe the glass clean. Finally, one more to dry it off. Takes about 2-3 mins. Works a treat.

Greenfires

Couple of things:

Damp newspaper dipped in ash works well IF you've ONLY been burning wood! Ash from smokeless fuel is likely to scratch the glass.

As a sweep I clean stove glass for customers every day. I've tried the aerosol cans and don't think much to them. The stuff I keep in my tool bag is Calfire stove glass cleaner which comes in a trigger spray bottle - one bottle lasts even me for months and it seems to remove just about anything - wouldn't be without it!

Andy

Cherrytree

A little bit of washing up liquid and a kitchen towel.. no problems with it coming off at all...

If you don't use something with a little bit of degreaser in it you could end up scrubbing for ages when there is no need.

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Stovax glass cleaner works for me. Cheap as chips, bottle lasts for years, and cleaning takes less than a min

Need all the spare newspapers for the cats litter trays

pinkmami

just done mine for the 1st time today - washing up liquid & a small sponge. Now nice & shiny!

savemoney

Barkeepers friend does ours it removes tar on the glass and is non abrasive and a very old fashioned product. Its also good at cleaning makes on upvc plastic. It last ages a good year or two and dont need much a little on a damp cloth goes a long way

Its costs less than £2.50