Toy Burned on Door Glass

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So, my two year old reached around the screen I keep in front of the stove to show her doggie (stuffed animal) the fire. Well, his ear melted on the glass. At first it was a black gooey blob bubbling on the glass. It then began to run down slowly down the glass. At first, while not pleased, I wasn't to worried. I just figured I would scrape/clean it off once the stove cools. However, what I then noticed was that while this stuff was burning the smoke it was putting off was rising up the face of the glass door and while passing over the metal part of the door, it was turning the enameled finish white.

Has anyone had anything like this happen before? I don't think it will wipe off. I think it is probably baked on and ruined the finish. I do have touch-up paint, though.

Any suggestions on what to use to remove the residue that is on the glass?
 
I had a similar problem when my grandson planted his tennis shoe clad foot up against the glass while standing with his back to the stove. Melted the bottom of his shoe right on the glass. I tried to scrape/clean it off but it was rock hard. Anyway, it gradually burnt off over a period of a couple weeks. Maybe you should be patient and just wait and see.
Dan
 
My nephew had the brilliant idea to put m&m's on top of our woodstove up at our cabin, he told me he thought the candy shell would keep it from melting( melts in your mouth not in hour hands) and he would have m&m' with melted chocolate on the inside. Anyway they malted all over the top of the stove, eventually they just blackened and I scraped most of if off.
 
My dumb dog likes the fire so much she's left several patches of hair burned to the glass! I finally had to disallow her from standing on the hearth.
 
My Wife managed to get her housecoat against the glass on my Keystone just about the 2nd day we had it! I noticed the glass looked a bit fuzzy and after trying to scrub the inside of the glass I realized the stuff was on the front and after putting 2+2 together, I figured it was the housecoat.

I found that the melted stuff came off when the glass was hot - not cool and per Woodstock's recommendation used 0000 steel wool on it too and it cleaned right-up. The stuff that found it's way to the cast came off, but took a tiny bit of paint with it too. I'll be touching-up those spots this spring.

Good luck!
Bill
 
My oldest daughter was playing with a pom-pom in front of one of my stoves. The plastic burned onto the glass as well as the soapstone. I was able to get it off the glass but there is still a spot on the soapstone where it won't come off. Needless to say, pom-pom have been banned from my house.
 
Before putting current stove into service I did inspection looking inside where the fan blows and discovered a partially melted yellow plastic something. Figured previous owner has a kid who stuff something in there. Tried to pry it out but couldn't. Later in the season after several good hot fired I checked and sure enough it burned out. Never did smell it though.
 
Two possible solutions are the 0000 steel wool and the other would be a single edged razor. One other possibility is to wait until you are not burning and the stove is cold (next spring?) and try something like Fantastic or Comet. Good luck.
 
My 6 year old decided it would be fun to give Barbie a hair cut with heat. I used a single edge razor after the stove cooled off. I found that if you put a little mineral oil on a paper towel and wipe it over the mess the razor will work better. I let the oil sit on the glass for 3 hours.
 
When I was a little tyke, we heated with a "pot bellied" stove. For some reason I loved to take crayons and melt them on the hot metal of the stove. To this day I can remember many harsh spankings (that today would be considered child abuse), that eventually did alter that behavior.
 
I agree with the 0000 steel wool. If you use a razor blade, get one of those holders. Those make holding it easier...and you'll have a bit more leverage vs just pinching it between your fingers.
 
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