HOW TO REMOVE STAIN OUT FIREVEW STOVETOP ?

[RIDGERUNNER30]

Hey hope everybody doing good and ready for winter. I myself starting to get the fever to burn. over the summer i placed a small table cloth over the top of my fireview stove top because of the three small kids i have all the time sitting the tv remote, toy cars and etc but the last night i notice a stain on the left stone looks like a soda stain and nobody is owning up to spilling soda on my fireview so how should i remove this stain?

 

[begreen]

I think it is going to depend on how deeply the stain set. First clean it up as best as possible with water and a tuffy pad. If there is remaining stain it may need to be sanded out. Start with 120 grit and sand out the stain. Then work up in fineness to polish out scratches. Start with 180 grit, to 300, then 400 grit, wiping clean in between.

 

[Slow1]

While I agree with using water to start with, I believe Woodstock recommends 0000 steel wool for removing scratches so I expect that using anything with higher grit is likely to take off more than you want. I'd start small at first as the stone is very soft.

 

[wkpoor]

Might try one of those magic erasers. They are pretty amazing at removing stains even on porous surfaces.

 

[tlingit]

we've found with our soapstone stove that stains burn out over time. My husband set greasy pizza up there and left three lovely pizza slice shaped stains. It took about two months, but they are gone now. I would not do anything to the top beside wiping it down with a clean dry cloth. Wait a while and see if this problem will fix itself.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

While I agree with using water to start with, I believe Woodstock recommends 0000 steel wool for removing scratches so I expect that using anything with higher grit is likely to take off more than you want. I'd start small at first as the stone is very soft.

Slow1 is correct. 0000 steel wool is very fine and will remove stains even from cooking. Anything coarser than that I'd think perhaps crocus cloth would work best.

 

[pen]

At wood stock soap stone I watched the cut man there scratch a piece of soapstone and then just work it out w/ a good piece of fine steel wool.

Perhaps if it's not too deep, that may be enough?

Have you fired the stove yet since you noticed the stain?

pen

 

[DAKSY]

You can also try soaking a clean white terrycloth towel
in Hydrogen Peroxide & covering the stain with it.
It has the ability to "lift" stains out of porous materials
like stone. It's a good idea to apply it to an inconspicuous area
- IF there is one - to see exactly what the results will be...