Clean The Glass While Hot??

U can if its down to coals and a lower stack temp.. but don't use windex, it can leave a haze on the glass... just dampen a paper towel, get it into some dead ash, and scrub it on the glass, then follow with the clean end of the towel... works like gold everytime... I guess you could when its blazing, but the H20 steams off too quiuckly to do alot of good on the glass (unless you like burned up towel on the glass...)

once every couple weeks and when the stove is just warm never hot. i wipe down the stove with a wet washcloth i do the glass last after i dip it in the ashes.then i rinse off the washcloth and then wipe the glass clean.forever grateful for the ash tip someone posted here, pete

I almost never have to clean my glass. The few times that I have, I just used a wet paper towel with a little bit of ash if needed to help get a tough spot.

As long as the glass isn't hot enough to turn the water on the towel to steam and burn you while you work, you should be OK.

-SF

If the glass is hot, I don my leather gloves and dab some dry paper towel in ash and rub it on the glass. In the morning if I plan to remove some of the ashes, I let the stove burn down more than usual. While the door is wide open for the ash removal, it gets to cool enough for cleaning with a damp paper towel also dipped in ash.

Just use a wet cloth and some ash on real bad areas. Open the door for a bit when the stove dies down to let it cool first.

I've found that if the glass is fairly dirty you can use a razor blade type scraper to get you through 'till you can give it a proper cleaning.

-just my .02!

I plan to clean mine at the end of March. Burn season done then.
I cleaned it 2 weeks ago & it got dirty again.
The ash tip works, but don't stop it from getting dirty again

Werm said:

...you can use a razor blade type scraper.

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My wife did that once because she knew I'd be mad that she got the glass dirty (she got side-tracked and smouldered a new load).
I was more mad about the damage to the glass from the razor than I would have been about the soot.
It seems like she may have scratched the metalic coating on the glass ?

Our stove does a good job at keeping the glass clean. Still in the morning we'll use some bottled water and a paper towel to make the glass clean clean. Just be sure to use leather gloves.

I've done it while hot. Just dampen a cloth or paper towel with plain water, dip in a little ash, wipe, then wipe with the clean side. wear your leather gloves as the cloth is gonna get HOT. I wouldn't worry about thermal shock to the "glass" as it's rated to have close to zero thermal expansion. I've heard bot not verified that UL testing on the material involves heating it to ungodly temps and throwing a glass of ice cold water on it.

I use some stuff called Clear Flame...from Lowes. Works like a charm. Actually works better if glass is warm..not cold.

Keep some #0000 steel wool on the hearth. Quick wipe in the morning keeps the haze down.

I wouldn't use steel wool or a razor blade, simply because the metallic coating on the ceramic could be damaged.

I can't remember the last time I let my fire die down enough to have the glass completely cool . . . sometimes it's a little hotter than I like for cleaning and I rush through the process, but no problems . . . or burns yet. Generally, I try to clean the glass after an overnight fire or when I come home if my wife hasn't reloaded it after she wakes up (she works overnight) . . . usually just the damp newspaper is enough to clean the fly ash from the glass . . . typically there is little to no black so I usually don't have to dip much -- if any -- of the damp newspaper into the ash to "scrub" the glass. A few weeks back I used some of the commerical cleaner on a lark . . . and decided that plain old tap water and free newspapers work so much better . . . and cheaper.

a little urine mixed with ash cleans better than water, it's free, and it somehow keeps glass cleaner. Something about the salts resisting soot. Give it a try.

I have tried both the Windex and plain water with a paper towel to clean the ash from my glass. I got better results with the Windex but I'll try water and newspaper to see if I fare any better. My problem with either water or Windex was that the liquid was flashing off before I could do much scrubbing and the radiant heat of the coals wouldn't let the glass cool much at all even with the door open at a 90 degree angle to the stove. My solution was to place a couple of splits on the hearth and remove the door, setting it on the splits to keep from scratching the finish. It cooled off, I cleaned the glass and replaced the door.

Clean glass isn't really an operational necessity, as long as you have an idea what's happening in there. If it's black soot- then you have a problem to solve. If it's haze, let it go until the stove is cool. Removing the door sounds like a ton of unnecessary work.

Then again- I basically live in a tree in NH.

Hearthstone cautions against using any abrasive (razor blade, steel wool) on their glass.

Given the OP's question is about glass temp when cleaning, not how to clean, I'll add this:

I have sprayed water on my ceramic stove windows before when really hot to clean them, and it didn't crack them. I believe the point of the ceramic is that it doesn't expand/contract with temp change, so a damp cloth won't break them.

The damp cloth does however heat up so quickly that it got too hot to hold, so I decided to stick with colder glass when cleaning.

JeffRey30747 said:

I have tried both the Windex and plain water with a paper towel to clean the ash from my glass. I got better results with the Windex but I'll try water and newspaper to see if I fare any better. My problem with either water or Windex was that the liquid was flashing off before I could do much scrubbing and the radiant heat of the coals wouldn't let the glass cool much at all even with the door open at a 90 degree angle to the stove. My solution was to place a couple of splits on the hearth and remove the door, setting it on the splits to keep from scratching the finish. It cooled off, I cleaned the glass and replaced the door.

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Wet the paper towel, and dip it in ash before wiping the glass. It's not plain water, it makes a weak form of lye. You don't want to apply water directly to the glass anyway, as it will steam off instantly.

This is going to bite me in the rear, but can you clean the glass on a stove while it is still hot? I’m talking in the morining with nothing but coals, stove temp 250-300.

That's when we do it...leather gloves, couple of paper towels and bottled water.

DanCorcoran said:

Hearthstone cautions against using any abrasive (razor blade, steel wool) on their glass.

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Good for them

Adios Pantalones said:

a little urine mixed with ash cleans better than water, it's free, and it somehow keeps glass cleaner. Something about the salts resisting soot. Give it a try.

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LMAO thinking about how you could have stumbled upon this one. Perhaps a few brewski's were in play?