USMC80
Minister of Fire
same here. seems every time you use it the glass gets easier to clean as wellI love the rutlands glass cleaner! I use the cream, and it works great. I do it once a week when we shovel out the ashes.
same here. seems every time you use it the glass gets easier to clean as wellI love the rutlands glass cleaner! I use the cream, and it works great. I do it once a week when we shovel out the ashes.
smell a trollSomehow I took a wrong turn and wound up in the nice section of the internet where all the "responsible burners" are. I'm talking to "my people" - who burn damp wood and stray pets. OK, I'm just kidding about the pets - but the wood I burn is not always great - sometimes a bit rotten - but I get some heat out of it and it helps me keep the yard clean. And I helped a neighbor get rid of a tree of some sort that, when you cut it, it smelled like dog poo... some kind of eucalyptus something or another. I'm guessing you probably burn oak - I've heard of that wood, sounds nice.
I came looking for help with cleaning my stove. Who responds to video by not watching? Oh well. I found video interesting and helpful. Maybe too time consuming for me though.You know you're getting ready to be slammed when someone starts by saying "with all due respect".
I came looking for help with cleaning my stove. Who responds to video by not watching? Oh well. I found video interesting and helpful. Maybe too time consuming for me though.
I have similar problem on stove in cabin I recently bought. When we bought in fall, we cleaned up cabin and threw stuff into stove. Are stoves only for wood? Was wondering if plastic ok? Some people here talk about dry wood. Is wet plastic milk jog ok? Or cause this cloudy glass?
Thank you for your video. Also, can red powder to use for cleaning glass top electric stove?
not really sir, lots of folks have just developed their own methods. I guess if you have the time, its great. I just have a rutland spray that works well for me when the glass gets dirty but most of the time a hot dry fire will take care of most of it for me.You know you're getting ready to be slammed when someone starts by saying "with all due respect".
There is no such coating. Even if there were, it would be gone from the surface roughing. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) does not react with the glass. Hydrofluoric (with an "F") does etch glass, which would be bad. Concentrated HCl can be stored in glass. The acid step is important because it gets rid of all the organic and alkali compounds, leaving a clean glass surface that is easier to polish (with CeO2 in this case). As mentioned numerous time in the thread - this is to polish an etched glass surface flat again. If your glass is etched, none of the often mentioned tricks (wet newspaper, glass cleaner, etc.) will work.
Actually, the "glass" in your stove is not actually glass.. so saying what it will, or won't do, based on glass is incorrect. The "glass" in the stove is in fact coated, and that is the reason there is an "inside" and "outside" to the glass. If you ever have to order a new piece, you will find it most definitely comes marked as such.
http://www.fireglass.com/glass/neoceram/#Coatings
Ahh, you found the exception... This refers to half-mirrored specialty glass. So if you polished the mirrored side, you would remove that coating. The stock neoceram does not have a coating. My Lopi shipped with standard (non-coated) glass. I cracked my glass once and the standard replacement neoceram did not come with any markings since it's the same through and through.
You are also correct that neoceram (and other ceramic glasses) are not "regular" glass. Even regular glass has different formulations, so in that since there is not a "regular" glass. Nevertheless, having worked HCl on neoceram a few times now, I can tell you it does not hurt the glass.
If you have mirrored glass - I don't have any experience with that. From the diagram, however, it looks like the coating is on the room side and the surface roughness would be on the fire side. Still... could be tricky and the acid could easily work it's way around to the mirror - where I am not sure what would happen.
If you have one of these mirrored glasses, that would explain why you were upset at my use of the chisel.
The "panties in a wad" comment is unnecessary and derogatory to everyone. No need to get defensive.
BTW.. if you have your glass out for any reason, to keep track of inside/outside, just put a piece of masking tape on the outside...
Most of us old timers here just dont take ourselves that seriously anymore. Its too tiring getin worked up over nothin.Gee, I thought the "panties in a wad" comment was kinda funny it didn't offend me at all!
I look troll up. I don't understand. This my first post because just find on this place from google.Good First Post.
No chance at all this is a troll account.
Does Windex clean etched glass?Am I the only one who just uses Windex? I guess maybe I should go out and buy some fancy stove glass polish or something?
I tried. Does not work for etched glass. How does this help people? Many talk about ash and wet paper here. It does not work.ball up some news paper
get it damp
dip it into some ash and scrub the glass
rise and repeat until clean
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