So I finally cleaned the glass...

[Cross Cut Saw]

We run our Woodstock Progress Hybrid 24/7 and although I noticed the glass had gotten some ash on it I hadn't really bothered to clean it when I did shut fully down a few times to clean out the catalyst and what not.

So yesterday morning it was still fairly hot but just a few coals in it so I decided to wipe it with a wet rag

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Why hadn't I done this before?!?
This amazingly beautiful stove is now a work of art with this crystal clear glass

Oh and I think it's heating better too okay, maybe I'm just loving looking at it more...
I can't take my eyes off of it, I'm hypnotized...

 

[tobaccogrower]

cold or hot glass?

 

[savageactor7]

Isn't it marvelous to watch those flames dance around and threw those splits?

 

[Cross Cut Saw]

cold or hot glass?

The glass was still hot and I didn't do as good of a job as I wanted but the difference is amazing...

 

[fire_man]

I know what you mean. It gets hazy-white very slowly and you don't notice it at once. But after cleaning - WOW! play that tune again!

After insulating my flue, my glass stays much cleaner and for much longer.

 

[BrotherBart]

If you use paper towels to clean hot stove glass be sure to use microwave safe towels. The others have recycled plastic and stuff in them that will make a mess of the job. As will anything but un-dyed cotton fabric.

 

[remkel]

If you use paper towels to clean hot stove glass be sure to use microwave safe towels. The others have recycled plastic and stuff in them that will make a mess of the job. As will anything but un-dyed cotton fabric.

I have a dedicated white towel just for this purpose. Well, I also use the towel to wipe the sooteater rods as they come out of the flue. And I use it to clean a random drop of stove cement. Oh, and sometimes I might use it to wipe away saw dust. But mostly it is dedicated to glass cleaning.

 

[Paulywalnut]

I'm crazy I know but I clean glass every day if its cool.
Corners get a little brown and I can't take looking at it.
I know, not much of a life right? Oh, only with a piece
of newspaper damp with a little white ash from the stove.

 

[Slow1]

I've experienced that as well - funny how when it gets that ash haze (or whatever it is) it comes on so slow you really don't notice it is there. Then after cleaning it looks so amazing I wonder if it is cleaner than it was when new it looks so good. The other odd thing that I've noticed is that the glass seems even cleaner when the fire is good and hot - i.e. in that early-mid burn when the secondaries are floating on top and the glass is throwing tons of heat it seems like the whole insides of the stove is solid clear crystal.

 

[bag of hammers]

is there any risk with wiping hot glass with a wet rag?

 

[jatoxico]

is there any risk with wiping hot glass with a wet rag?

I wouldn't. Afraid of thermal shock. Maybe someone can verify or maybe I'm wrong?

 

[BrotherBart]

You could wipe that Pyroceram glass with ice cubes and not hurt anything but your fingers.

"The Temperature Shock Resistance (TSR) of ceramic glass characterizes the ability of a panel to withstand the temperature shock in which cold water is poured onto a hot panel. As a result of the fact that the TSR of PyroCeram® is practically zero, the temperature shock caused by sudden cooling with cold water leads to only minor stresses. The shock resistance of PyroCeram® is therefore normally limited only by the maximum operation temperature: Short Term Usage: 760° C / 1,400° F. Long Term Usage: 680° C / 1, 256° F."

 

[eujamfh]

"You could wipe that Pyroceram glass with ice cubes and not hurt anything but your fingers."

Now that is a party tid-bit I never knew. Course, most folks are not impressed with my other party tid-bits that revolve around wood burning…but thats a new one to add to the bunch!

 

[Cross Cut Saw]

I think the thing hazed over within my first few burns since I didn't let those get very hot. Then I honestly thought it was not quite crystal clear glass.

Tomorrow is supposed to be 45 degrees out! The perfect opportunity to let the stove cool down enough for me to really get in there and get the spots I missed. My stove loads from the right so the left side of the glass was pretty hard to reach, even with just a few coals in there it was still warmer than you really would want to put your arm into for very long...

 

[firefighterjake]

I wouldn't. Afraid of thermal shock. Maybe someone can verify or maybe I'm wrong?

No worries . . . been doing this for years.

 

[Maple man]

do all new epa stoves have Pyroceram glass?

 

[HollowHill]

Use warm/hot water. Tip from Woodstock.

 

[jatoxico]

Sorry mods replied to the wrong post. This can go.

 

[jatoxico]

No worries . . . been doing this for years.

Huh...I read some stories (here I think) about people splashing water to watch it sizzle and the glass broke. I guess theres a difference between warm glass and glass thats at full temperature or maybe it was one of those friend of a friend stories that never happened. Thanks for the info.

 

[BrotherBart]

Huh...I read some stories (here I think) about people splashing water to watch it sizzle and the glass broke. I guess theres a difference between warm glass and glass thats at full temperature or maybe it was one of those friend of a friend stories that never happened. Thanks for the info.

Been here six years and haven't seen that posted. Of course I missed reading eight posts I think.

As to the "do all stoves" question. They all use either Pyroceram or Neoceram. Pretty much the same stuff developed for the space program.

 

[jeff_t]

Could have been fireplace doors, since they are actually glass. At least mine were.

 

[clemsonfor]

I wouldn't. Afraid of thermal shock. Maybe someone can verify or maybe I'm wrong?

its like the glass top stoves you can wipe them spill water out of a pot you just put on it and nothing will happen.

 

[jatoxico]

its like the glass top stoves you can wipe them spill water out of a pot you just put on it and nothing will happen.

Good point.