Clean burnt slipper fibers off stove...

[Mettlemickey]

Yes really....

I just got back from a cracking afternoon at the Rugby only to find two shoe shaped patches of burnt fibers on the stove top.

Turns out the wife's sister put them on their to warm them up! I think we're lucky the house didn't burn down!

Anyway they tried scrubbing it with soapy water (while stoves hot) to no avail.

Any ideas how to get it off?

Thanks
JC

 

[saskwoodburner]

I'm wondering if it wouldn't just burn off?

 

[newatthis]

I had a similar problem, check out this thread: https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/melted-fabric-paint-on-our-stove.135473/#post-1817749

 

[Highbeam]

It's just iron with paint. Worst case scotchbrite and then repaint.

 

[Mettlemickey]

Thanks chaps, will see how it is in the morning when it cools. Might try the rag and wet ash idea from the the other thread.

Hopefully some of it will burn off in the mean time

 

[Jo191145]

Personally I would try getting it as hot as possible and hitting it with some 0000 steel wool. Using a glove of course

 

[Mettlemickey]

I think its rubber from the soles that burnt onto it. Not sure if that's better or worse... ?

 

[Jo191145]

I think its rubber from the soles that burnt onto it. Not sure if that's better or worse... ?

Maybe some careful use of a razor blade?

 

[Mettlemickey]

Eek!

 

[SXIPro]

Magic eraser once the stove is cool to the touch.

 

[newatthis]

The rubber soles sound like the rubbery ink from my son's sweatshirt. I think ashes were the best, although it might have just burned off anyway. We did have the blue-black enamel finish. We cleaned it with the stove cold. Shall I send your sister-in-law the Cub Scout lesson we made out of it?

 

[Mettlemickey]

Yes please new at this! Will try the ash, if that's no good might try the magic eraser, I have one in the cupboard.

It looks like Santa left two big rubbery foot prints on the stove top!

 

[brad wilton]

my wife and daughter burnt polyester blanket onto window burnt off by itself

 

[newatthis]

Mickey, I was only kidding about the Cub Scout safety lesson for wood stoves, but here it is, for any other 8 year olds you know. I made the kids sign an acknowledgement of the "lesson."



Wood Stove Safety


The stove gets up to 600 degrees F.

This can cause spontaneous combustion of things even just close by the stove.

Spontaneous combustion means that stuff just explodes with fire- you don’t have to have a match or flame on it for it to explode into a fireball.

Nothing that can burn should be anywhere on or near the stove.

Things that are flammable: paper, wood, books, cardboard, cloth, shoes, toys, plastic stuff.

Only metal and stone (including bricks) can safely be near/on the stove.

The thermometer and trivets are ok because they are metal.

Pots and pans are ok because they are metal.

Nothing closer to the stove than 18 inches from the front, 8 inches from the sides, and 12 inches behind the stove.

 

[Mettlemickey]

Ha ha, yes I thought you were joking, but thanks for posting! Not sure id get away with getting my 23 year old (old enough to know better!) sister in law to sign it though

I just tried the ash on one side, waiting for it to dry to see if its worked or not, its tricky to tell when its wet.

I seem to be getting a white/grey residue all over the treated and surrounding area, any tips on getting rid of this? More water just seems to spread it.

Thanks

 

[Highbeam]

You run the risk of cleaning that small mark into a huge mark.

 

[Mettlemickey]

Trouble is HighBeam, the original mark covered two thirds of the top of the stove. The ash seems to be working on the burnt rubber/slipper marks, but the residue is a real bugger to get off too. I remember from getting this on my hearth last year. It comes off eventually but its not easy, so if anyone has any tips please shout.​