Will "PAM" keep glass clean?

I know it keeps squirrels from climbing my bird feeder pole.Stove glass I don't know?

Well it's basically just oil isn't it? My bet is that it will just burn off. Easier to just buy some stove glass cleaner I think.

iluvjazznjava said:

Well it's basically just oil isn't it? My bet is that it will just burn off. Easier to just buy some stove glass cleaner I think.

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What's the temp in BC?
_15 in Ontario

MNSIU said:

I have an Englander N30... The glass stays clean when there is a hot fire however when I fill it at night and cut the air down so as to burn longer, the glass has creosote on it. The moister of the Oak/Elm is 20% and lower. Cleaning it is no problem using water and ash but I would like to keep the glass cleaner/longer without having to burn a hot fire and burning wood faster.

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Are we talking dirt corners or a black out? If it's really nasty the simple answer is you're turning it down too much if the wood is 20%. When I had a non cat the glass was never dark, would occasionally need some fly ash wiped off.

air wash on the 30 is really really good but no stove is perfect and they all need some TLC to keep the glass clear. A. burn just a little hotter at night and B. get the glass while it is still warm to the touch. I just use window cleaner and paper towel. while it is warm it typically takes just a quick swipe.

Rutland glass cleaner for those times it gets gunked pretty good.

The Glass Cleaner On Warm Glass Work well. My 30-nc likes to soot the glass up and leaves a white haze when you try to burn it off. I wipes off easily though. I haven't found a way that will prevent soot though. Some of it may be how strong the draft is.

To clean my glass, I either run a hot burn cycle (which honestly cleans around 90% of the glass), or I take newspaper, get some ash on it, and rub the glass- works surprisingly well. I think PAM would just burn off.

I say try it and report back.

I wonder how you know or figure it would bake on hard and black? Just curious?

Fair enough. I've never used.

begreen said:

I say don't. PAM has lecithin in it which will bake hard and black. If you want to protect your glass use Rutland stove glass cleaner. It has silicone in it which is much more appropriate for the heat that the stove glass will see.
http://www.amazon.com/Rutland-Hearth-Grill-Conditioning-Cleaner/dp/B00120NMNY

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I bought some of the Rutland glass cleaner today at TSC. I had very black crunchy soot in the corners and along the bottom of my glass as well as the brown stuff which got worse each time I burned (not good wood). So today I used a razor blade as suggested in another thread on this forum and scraped off the crunchy stuff, then following the directions on the glass cleaner bottle, I wiped the rest of the soot off with a couple of damp paper towels. Worked great and didn't take long at all.

I use both the cooktop and the Rutland cleaners. I prefer the Rutland. Perhaps it's a bit more aggressive.