Cleaned my Glass

[tbear853]

So, I have been using what I was sure was a natural bristle brush to occasionally brush off the inside of the glass of my stove. I had noticed over time, some streaks of black that looked like scratches. I was worried, and further brushing was of no help, maybe made it worse. Over the New Year weekend we were gone to visit for a few days, was a good time to let stove go cold.

Yesterday I decided to try cleaning the scratch looking black streaks off. I had had a thought, maybe that brush wasn't natural bristled? I had used it a few times, but only noticed the scratch looking marks in the last few months. I removed the one door mounted log and first brushed any loose black soot off, then I wet the cold glass with glass cleaner & paper towel. They remained. Then I wet the glass again with the glass cleaner and used a plastic handled razor blade scraper designed for removing stickers on the car glass, going back and forth across the wet glass, about 30-40 degree angle. I could hear / feel the blade as it encountered the scratch looking marks. They got lighter, and I worked on the larger spots. I rewet a few times. When finished, when there was no more noise or sign of them marks, I did a final clean with paper towel.

Glass looks brand new again. I bought a new, natural bristle brush for future use, I'll maybe use the old one for other brushing, not for hot stove door glass.

What surprised me was the times I had used it with no marking, then just recently it marked the glass. Could it be that I just before had maybe been faster with my brushing and not giving the bristles time to melt and leave marks. Maybe I was wrong, maybe it wasn't so "natural bristled" after all?

 

[BotWoogy]

If you were brushing it when it was hot maybe it was little melted lines. Did you brush it hot? I clean the glass every few days with just 1-2 paper towels and water. The glass cold or slightly warm. Others say to use newspaper and ashes. But all I have ever needed is a paper towel. This week I have made a bow to only have small hot full blast fires, and I haven’t had to clean the glass yet.

 

[tbear853]

Yeah, I wash ushing the brush on hot/very warm glass in between good cleanings when cool. I had read threads where natural bristles were OK, just not nylon bristle brushes. Sure looks good now, may cease with in between cool down brushing.

 

[rickwai]

Yeah, I wash ushing the brush on hot/very warm glass in between good cleanings when cool. I had read threads where natural bristles were OK, just not nylon bristle brushes. Sure looks good now, may cease with in between cool down brushing.

I brush my glass with natural bristle paint brush daily no matter how hot the stove it. Never had a problem. Your brush mush have been a hybrid type instead of 100% nat bristle

 

[tbear853]

I used a brand new $7 "premium" angled tip natural bristle brush a few minutes ago, taking a chance .... it worked perfect,
Worst case ... I someday need to clean it again with the razor. I never considered it possibly being a hybrid type brush ... but that would go a long way towards understanding it. Looking close at the old brush, bristle ends were looking a bit ragged.

Wife and I both like the clean glass, for ambiance. Why we bought it so long ago.

 

[sirlight]

Like others have said, it looks like you brush melted onto the glass. Glad you were able to fix the problem with a razor. What works best for me to clean the glass on my stove is a couple sheets of crumpled up newspaper. Just wet the paper with a little water and wipe the glass. There should be enough fine ash on the glass to scrub off anything that remains. Finish with a paper towel.