I love the glass air wash

[n3pro]

I am amazed at how good the air wash works. I have a small 1.3 firebox so for me stuffing is tough I can do one larger split, one medium split and one small and I am full to the gills. Anyway to my point three times now the wood shifted too close to the glass and I got a black mark and thought "GREAT that's not coming off", but after a half hour up to full time the black spot is gone! About once a week I just clean the ash and a light film off but I am amazed at how well it works.

Napoleon 1100C

 

[Nic36]

Yeah, I was worried about my glass getting dirty. But, I have been pleasantly surprised. My stove sooted up a little when I first starting using it, but now it stays almost spotless. Maybe I'm getting better and operating it.

My family used wood to heat when I was young, but we never had a glass window on our stoves. Now, after running my stove, I cannot understand why someone would want anything else.

 

[chad3]

Wife opened the front door for the first time this year (ha ha, no really you had to be there). The ash that poured out Glass is a bit ashy, not sooty, but I wasn't going to clean it because it was still alright. Had to give a bit of a chuckle. Snow on the horizon. We'll see for tomorrow. Bring on a little bit.
Chad

 

[firefighterjake]

Wife opened the front door for the first time this year (ha ha, no really you had to be there). The ash that poured out Glass is a bit ashy, not sooty, but I wasn't going to clean it because it was still alright. Had to give a bit of a chuckle. Snow on the horizon. We'll see for tomorrow. Bring on a little bit.
Chad

The one minor issue I have with the Oslo . . . everytime I open the front door for its cleaning I get a half cup or more of ash spill out on to the ash lip . . . and this is after I've reached inside the side door and used a wisk broom to sweep away the bulk of the ashes from the front (and yes, this is done when the stove is cool).

 

[EddyKilowatt]

The airwash helps, but I think you have to credit the pyro-ceramic 'glass' and the self-cleaning-oven effect for most of what you are seeing, especially the burn-off of existing smudges and deposits. Give yourself some credit too, since you have to be burning hot and clean for burn-off to happen.

My Jotul Model 8 is pre-EPA and pre-airwash, and smoked up its glass pretty good on my first few slow fires... I thought I was going to spend the winter watching dim hazy fires through dirty glass. Now I am running bigger fires, I've added some firebrick and ceramic wool to help the firebox run hotter, and I've learned a few things about loading and running the stove to help keep smoke away from the glass... and I have a great view of the fire 95% of the time. Airwash would help by keeping more smoke away from the glass (I have to wipe a light haze off daily), but it is not a magic wand... running hot and clean, and having 'glass' that is happy at 1000 degrees, plays just as big a role in keeping glass clean, in my opinion.

Eddy

 

[karri0n]

I've seen the wife use the straw broom when there are live coals... There isn't much of that broom left these days.