OK, so I wasnt home Friday evening, and my wife wanted to start a fire. I hadnt brought any wood into the garage from the shed yet, but she offered to bring in enough to get her through the night. When I got home LATE Friday, she was already in bed, and I couldnt see any flame. I find out she tried using the wood I split in September, and not the good seasoned wood.
So Saturday morning I swept the chimney (I usually do this any way before we start the wood burning season), then tried to clean the glass on my insert. Scrub as hard as I could with water and ashes, I couldnt get all the residue off the glass. I tried using a little windex, still nothing. All the way around the edge of the glass (where the glass meets the door) is stained with that hard brown creosote residue.
I burned a nice hot fire on Saturday night, but that same residue is still there. My question is this, is it ok to use a new razor blade to scrap the stuff away? Or will that harm (scratch) the glass. I've used razor blades on mirrors and house windows before without issue, just wondering if the insert glass would accept it kindly....
So Saturday morning I swept the chimney (I usually do this any way before we start the wood burning season), then tried to clean the glass on my insert. Scrub as hard as I could with water and ashes, I couldnt get all the residue off the glass. I tried using a little windex, still nothing. All the way around the edge of the glass (where the glass meets the door) is stained with that hard brown creosote residue.
I burned a nice hot fire on Saturday night, but that same residue is still there. My question is this, is it ok to use a new razor blade to scrap the stuff away? Or will that harm (scratch) the glass. I've used razor blades on mirrors and house windows before without issue, just wondering if the insert glass would accept it kindly....