Coffee stains on enamel Jotul, How to clean?

[bigealta]

For Christmas my wife stood by the Blue / Black enameled wood stove and proceeded to drop her big cup of coffee, yes she tends to spill everything. So I get the steam cleaner out to clean the Asian rug, get that all done. Vacuum up all around. Do a second wet dry rinse, take the cleaner apart and clean up all the nasty parts and buckets. Get the whole place cleaned and then go to reload the stove and see brown spots on the face of the stove by the door. The stove is still burning pretty hot. I try wet paper towels and they are steaming instantly, they don’t seem to be doing much. Seems like the coffee has cooked on the enamel. Any ideas on what to do next? I’m letting the stove cool down right now. Yeah and Little ROC got his fair share of the commotion too.

 

[begreen]

Let it cool down, then try and clean with a glass stove top cleaner. If you have Rutland's Stove Glass Cleaner, that may work too.

 

[bigealta]

K thanks

 

[bigealta]

So when it cooled i tried water and paper towels and that did almost nothing. I got worried and heard baking soda might work. So i tried just a small bit on a damp sponge and it worked very well. As far as i can tell i got almost all of the coffee drips and spot stains removed from the blue black enamel paint on the front frame and the side corner of the Jotul f400.
Pretty big relief,
Just lit a fire as we are going below freezing tonight.
Merry Christmas everybody!

 

[stovelark]

The Rutland stove and glass cleaner is a good way to clean and bring back the enamel finish. The blue black is my favorite enamel color, my Sebago gas stove I have now and my old F500 Oslo were both blue black. Stay warm.

 

[EbS-P]

It Just let it burn off. On the ivory they are super annoying. But they will burn and a damp rag has cleaned everything off.

 

[begreen]

So when it cooled i tried water and paper towels and that did almost nothing. I got worried and heard baking soda might work. So i tried just a small bit on a damp sponge and it worked very well. As far as i can tell i got almost all of the coffee drips and spot stains removed from the blue black enamel paint on the front frame and the side corner of the Jotul f400.
Pretty big relief,
Just lit a fire as we are going below freezing tonight.
Merry Christmas everybody!

Good news. Toothpaste can also be used in a pinch.

 

[bigealta]

It Just let it burn off. On the ivory they are super annoying. But they will burn and a damp rag has cleaned everything off.

I think your ivory has a baked on glaze like finish?
The blue/ black is more like just a satin paint finish. A wet rag did almost nothing when hot and also nothing when cold. I'm pretty sure it doesn't burn off on this finish. My stove was very hot and i think it just helped bake the stains into the finish.

 

[30WCF]

I’ve got some Coke or Dr Pepper splatters on mine to try, but it’s just painted cast iron.

 

[begreen]

I think your ivory has a baked on glaze like finish?
The blue/ black is more like just a satin paint finish. A wet rag did almost nothing when hot and also nothing when cold. I'm pretty sure it doesn't burn off on this finish. My stove was very hot and i think it just helped bake the stains into the finish.

IIRC, the blue black enamel is a baked on finish without the final majolica clear coat. It's my fave. Our F3CB and F400 had it.

 

[stovelark]

BBE has 7 layers of enameling baked on to give it the satin glow, the other enamels have 9 coats baked to a shiny finish... I like the Ivory finish for gas stoves, but wood stoves always get bruised up... BBE does seem to be the most durable, and can be touched up a lil easier. Stay warm.