Glass Cleaning ?

[tbear853]

Just curious .... Anyone want to describe the technique they use for cleaning the glass?

For years, if hot I brush the glass with a natural fiber brush, and it was OK, if cool followed with a spritz of window cleaner and paper towel. Was a number of years ago, a brush left some melted plastic residue, it apparently was not as natural as I thought. I let the stove cool then, and window cleaner would not clear the melted on plastic. I resorted to Windex and gentle scraping with a glass scraper with fresh blade. I got it off, and I still resort to the technique for the stubborn ash residue. I've noted a slight hazing, but just after cleaning it looks new.

I am curious as to if anyone has a better cleaner or technique for cleaning the cold room temp glass with just towels? When I use the glass scraper, it's with light pressure and well wetted glass using the Windex. I still get little globules of black pellet ash on it too, they get stubborn.

 

[bigealta]

If you burn hot enough there will just be dust on the glass. I wipe mine before cold starts with a wet paper towel. Cleans up in 10-15 seconds to good as new. Burning wet wood and or too cool leaves black creosote which is a hassle to get off. Dry wood is the answer.

 

[tbear853]

I think sometimes I get a bag or two of maybe not driest pellets. I'm gonna try the wet towel dipped in ash next time it's cool, and I'm gonna try the vinegar water idea too. I may have scratched the glass some, but when fresh clean it looks great? The natural bristle brush works OK for hot touch up cleans. I want to get away from using a glass scraper.

My stove originally had a back faux log, a door mount faux log, and a third faux log that rested in notches off the back one, they worked to guide the draft. The mid log broke, and the maker sent me a new set of a different material, then that mid log fell apart ..... so is no mid log no more. Might be why I get build up too, as I tried it once with just the back faux log and it dirtied faster.

 

[Dataman]

Wet Paper towel does the trick just fine for my Harmon XXV

 

[Whitenuckler]

If you burn hot enough there will just be dust on the glass. I wipe mine before cold starts with a wet paper towel. Cleans up in 10-15 seconds to good as new. Burning wet wood and or too cool leaves black creosote which is a hassle to get off. Dry wood is the answer.

I am doing the same with my P43- It burns good, and the pellets are good. I shut mine down, keep the room blower on, and 45 minutes later do a quick clean up. I use 1/2 a sheet (or one rip off). Divide that in 3. Dampen. Use the 3 pieces. If you let it go, it just gets harder. I like to scrape the burn pot when the fire is out every other day anyway.

 

[johneh]

I use a good wibow cleaner with paper towels on COLD glass

 

[Washed-Up]

Vinegar and water with a microfiber, I’ve also used eco-degreaser and it works very well just hard to get ahold of…Stoner invisible glass is a regular too…also treated the P61A glass with ceramic graphene and it seems to help

 

[tbear853]

I have some "Spot-X" which I used to clean water spots off a vehicle's glass that was spotted really badly on glass by prior owner, it's ground up sea shells into a fine powder, it removed water spots glass cleaner ignored. You just dampen a cloth, dip, and wipe good. I was looking on line tonight, some said don't use ammonia based cleaners.