Glass clouding

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Ctwoodtick

Minister of Fire
Hearth Supporter
Jun 5, 2015
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Southeast CT; NW Maine
Probably not very visible in the picture because of glare, but I’ve had some white clouding of the inside of the stove glass for a number of years. I feel like it’s been slowly getting a bit worse and I’d like to try to fix it. I’ve seen on YouTube where a particular guy had buffed it out and that seemed to take care of the clouding effect. I wanted to check in here though to see if that is something recommended and OK for the glass, or if there might be a better method (short of replacing the glass).
If anyone is wondering what’s up with the heart extension, I just did some spring cleaning and mopped it up so it’s wet.
 

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It happens over time. Our stove's glass after 17 years is definitely not as clear as it was long ago. I remember the posting about polishing out the haze. It's a multistep process with increasingly finer compounds and a fair amount of work IIRC.