This is the best stuff for cleaning a blackened glass

As stated early ash and wet paper towel. Dry wood also prevents this.

I Went to Lowe's and got some cleaner. But now i don't use it very much at all just run a hot fire and no need for it very much.

madrone said:

In my case, removing the door wouldn't really offer any advantage over just opening the door. With my stove, it takes about a month to build up to the point of needing cleaning, (usually just at the bottom corners of the glass), and then it wipes away easily. I usually just use a little liquid dihydrogen monoxide. If it's really bad, I also use about a teaspoon of fine powdered calcium carbonate, potash, and some other trace minerals. I've never had to scrape or scrub.

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dihydrogen monoxide?
My god man, do you how dangerous that stuff is? It kills people on a daily basis, if not hourly! And you just toss it around your stove?

All kinds of solutions to a common problem.

As for me, I'll stick with the tried and true solution -- burn at the proper temps with seasoned wood . . . and clean off the haze or occasional black with wet newspaper . . . dipped in ash if need be. Cheap and easy . . . much like me.

firefighterjake said:

All kinds of solutions to a common problem.

. . . Cheap and easy . . . much like me.

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The best way to be.

I love rutland conditioning glass cleaner from lowes. I use it once a week when I clean out the ash pan, and it is easy and very fast. We don't get much buildup, but burn mostly birch which is oily, so there is sometimes a light glaze. The rutlands cleans it in half a minute with one square of paper towel. great stuff. Dipping ash in newspaper is too messy for me, I end up with it everywhere, and read somewhere that it put microscratches on the glass. I fuss over stovezilla and don't want even invisable scratches. So, rutlands it is...

Tried a cleaner from Lowes, but was not satisfied.

Rutland Glass Cleaner works great. Seems like it actually conditions the glass so future cleanings are a bit easier.
For $5.00, 1 container will last the burning season.

No doubt, wet cloth and ash also work quite well and the cost cant be beat.

I clean the light haze from mine when the stove cools down....sometime around April!

I clean my glass every morning and sometimes in the evening. It gets very dirty on long burns damped way down - and I'm crazy about having clean glass. Hope it's not something I'm doing wrong.

I had some light brown stuff on my glass on this new stove and I've tried a couple of things.

1. no wet wood...buy a moisture meter, anything above 20 is not for this year. I was surprised what I thought was dry was really not. Wet=crud on glass. Wet+damped down = lots o crud
2. Slow burn-overnight burn, damped down=crud on the glass in the am
3. I tried, last night a smaller load, and left the air almost full open and no crud in the am.
4. The initial startup fire is critical getting the glass to clear and stay clear. On my stove that means running to 600+ on the initial load and reloads. Once it gets here you can start backing it down. these stoves need to run hot so you can reburn the smoke/gas which needs the higher Temp.

For me, in summary, dry wood at proper temps seems to help out.

Any type of rubbing compound will work.