Cleaning Glass Wood Burning Stove Door

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Cleaning glass wood burning stove door.

To clean wood burning stove glass. While warm glass is easier to clean than cold glass you should always wait until the glass is. Though using your airwash system properly can help you to minimise the amount of soot and dirt that settles on the glass with wood or coal being burned at high temperature in such close proximity it is inevitable that some clouding will still happen. Stovax has put together a how to video on how to best clean your wood burning stove s glass.

Wood burning stove glass will always get dirty. Wood stove glass cleaner. For wood burning stoves with printed glass it is advisable to use a less aggressive cleaning agent such as the stovax glass cleaner spray. Before applying any cleaner that isn t made specifically for wood stoves or fireplaces read the instructions to make sure it s heat and fire safe.

Wipe down the inside of the glass with a wet piece of newspaper. Given that darkening of the glass in unavoidable you will need a way to clean it that will. The wet newspaper can also be dipped in wood ash to help remove any tougher. Be sure you are burning dry well seasoned wood and that you have enough wood in the stove to create a hot fire.

If the glass has a lot of build up try burning a couple high temperature fires in the wood stove before attempting to clean the glass. One of the main reminders is to never clean the glass door when a fire is being lit or is already burning. Cleaning the glass door to your wood burning stove could appear quite simple but there are still some things to keep in mind to never do when attempting to clean the glass. Which after all is a big part of why you got a stove in the first place.

If the soot just won t come off your glass we recommend using a wood stove glass cleaner. There are ways to clean wood burning stove glass once it has blackened through use but there are also some things you can do to help keep wood burning stove glass clean. This layer will protect the glass from dirt and soot buildup meaning you won t have to clean the glass as often and cleaning will be easier. Make sure your stove is off and cold when you start this.

Glass on a wood burning stove gets dirty from one of two ways burning wet wood or burning wood with a lot of resin in it.