How to easily clean a wood burning stove glass window

purpleivy

I was on a cleaning products website this morning looking for a specialist product and the Stove Glass cleaner caught my eye. Ours needs doing badly, so I checked it out and found it to be £7.99.  So I went and researched a more MS solution to my problem.  

It turns out the only solution you need is water, a soft cloth and to dip said damp soft cloth into the ash before wiping the door over a few times.  I just tried it and couldn't believe how the sooty mess just slid away. OK, there are very dirty rags to deal with, but you would get those with a cleaning solution anyway. It's embarrassing how excited I was to find this out.  Google and there are instructions, videos etc etc. 

How to easily clean a wood burning stove glass window  

VJsmum

I will try that - i was recommended cif and a soft cloth which also works.  But i am all for natural solutions, thanks

-taff

I use a manky dishwashing sponge and old cleaning cloths/kitchen. When they're finished at the sink, they go to clean the door.

thriftwizard

Our stove installer recommended water with a dash of white vinegar on a rag, dipped in the pale wood-ash. Works a treat; we normally just throw the rag away afterwards as we seem to produce a lot of rags! I'll pop relatively clean ones in the machine when I'm doing a hot wash, but sooty or oily ones just go straight out.

Gers

If you do a proper hot burn with the airflow controls set the airwash will clean the glass without any effort or stuff.  Glass gets mucky because the burn is not hot enough.  An occasional buff with scrunched up newspaper slightly dampened and dipped in the ash helps too.

If your glass is really bad then it may be that a razor blade is needed to scrape it off.

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

I use Mr Muscle oven cleaner. 

-taff

Gers said:

If you do a proper hot burn with the airflow controls set the airwash will clean the glass without any effort or stuff.  Glass gets mucky because the burn is not hot enough.

I get muky glass when I'veput bricks [ of various kinds,trying them out]in overnight tokeep the fire going. Best so far are bord na morna peat bricks. The Lekto briquettes are OK, but the former smell nicer and seem to burn slower. Not very enviromentally firendly though...[ducking behind parapet]....

Gers

-taff said:

Gers said:

If you do a proper hot burn with the airflow controls set the airwash will clean the glass without any effort or stuff.  Glass gets mucky because the burn is not hot enough.

I get muky glass when I'veput bricks [ of various kinds,trying them out]in overnight tokeep the fire going. Best so far are bord na morna peat bricks. The Lekto briquettes are OK, but the former smell nicer and seem to burn slower. Not very enviromentally firendly though...[ducking behind parapet]....

Yes, it can happen with an overnight burn when the temperature is not hot enough. 

Not shooting you -taff! 

Jellytotts

I just use a bit of loo roll, damped and dipped in the ashes, pop it on the fire afterwards and nothing to dispose of or clean.  (We don't have a newspaper or kitchen towel and my rags are kept in the garage so loo roll will do just fine)

quintwins

I use loo roll aswell. go over it dry then over it again damp and throw it into the fire

Apintplease

Please only use ash if its wood

Coal ash will abrade the glass eventually

I use newspaper, damp or dry but burning at the correct temperature stops it tarring up  and a good hard burn usually burns of any that may develop