What the heck, stove glass cleaner smells like ammonia??

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Nate Finch said:
Hmm... the point about never getting black on the glass is an interesting one. We definitely get it after a couple weeks of solid burning. I can't keep the fire at the perfect temperature all the time, and occasionally the wood I've brought in has had some snowmelt on it and is a bit wet..... plus, I do shut it down a lot at night.... only way I can fill it with enough wood to keep it burning at night without burning the house down.

As for what to use to clean the door... I tried newspaper and paper towels and all that... best thing I found is just a normal scrubby sponge from the kitchen with plain water. Works like a charm.
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I am spoiled because I have a large enclosed area under my deck that can store about 10 cords of firewood. Once stacked, it never sees a drop of moisture. That's part of the reason why I'm not getting any creosote on the glass.
 
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I am spoiled because I have a large enclosed area under my deck that can store about 10 cords of firewood. Once stacked, it never sees a drop of moisture. That's part of the reason why I'm not getting any creosote on the glass.[/quote]

I don't think a little surface moisture from rain or snow is going to cause creosote buildup on glass or in the flue. Isn't the internal, cellular moisture that causes the problem? And if you're below 20% it shouldn't be much of a problem.
 
Woody Stover said:
Franks said:
I just smelled some Meeco, didnt smell like anything to me.
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This is the stuff I got. They also had another Meeco's in the same spray bottle, but with a blue label. I didn't look closely, but I assume it's the same stuff and they just changed the label. I saw online that they also have a product in a cream formula, maybe that's different. Which one did you sniff, Franks?
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Blue lable, last 4 digits on the bar code 0701. If I keep sniffing stuff here I may fail the drug test.
 
Shari said:
I just use damp newspaper to clean my glass. If there is a stubborn spot I just dip the damp newspaper into some of the ash. Cheap cure. Works great.
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+ Bazillion . . . still scratch my head trying to figure out why anyone would use anything else when this is a cheap and easy solution that works well . . . I mean I have a weekly newspaper delivered to my house every week and I sure don't need to use all of it to build a fire . . . so I might as well save my money on the paper towels and cleaners and use it and the free H2O in my house to clean the glass . . .

I figure thousands of homeless bums clean windshields . . . as good as any other product endorsement for me.
 
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