The Easiest Way To Clean Wood Stove Glass 

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Haha well better now than never! I’m happy to help :)

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Oh yeah I bet that works great too!

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You're exactly right....once you start using a torch you'll never light another fire without one!

Firewood For Life it’s been years for me, couldn’t agree more!

Great idea!

You’re welcome. This works great!

Glad it helped! It's definitely one of the fastest and easiest ways to clean the glass.

The chemical spray made for this will eat the inside of your nose

It's a Northstar fireplace made by Heat-N-Glow. It's their high efficiency unit that does an amazing job with heating my home. I love it!

Great tip. Thank you!

The scotch-brite pad doesn't scratch the glass? How long have you been doing this?

@@mic982 Since last September. It's teflon coated I think. Does not scratch.

Thanks. I'll have to try the scotch Brite

Very good points about the color of glass. When I clean out my firebox I'lll typically let it burn down to just coals then I'll move all of the coals to one side and clean out the ash. Once that side is done I'll move the coals again and clean out the other side. That leaves me with enough hot coals to restart the fire. My airflow comes from the top of the stove and uses an airwash down the front of the glass which causes a front to back burn.

@@firewoodforlife Well, there is a great topic for a future video as nearly all of the Wood Burning Stoves made here in Bulgaria have a bottom grill in the firebricks and a airflow regulator in the removable ash can catcher door plus of course, the airflow regulator where the exhaust fumes go into the chimney stack. I have another stove where the airflow is controlled above the glass door by two circular regulators albeit, I always assumed that they were there to allow more heat into the room and I don't open them until the fire is well lit otherwise it smokes. It might be that I have missed something important in the usage of that particular stove. .

Wow that's great information thanks! If you're ever interested in doing a guest post on my website regarding the stoves you use please let me know. I'm sure our visitors would love to read and learn about them and you're very knowledgeable.

This is my first year with a stove and I'm getting the black soot on the glass in the morning. I damper it down before I go to bed so I still have some ashes in the morning to get it going again. The ash and paper towel method works when the glass is only a little dirty like in this video but doesn't get through the thick black caked on stuff. What's the best way to get the black soot off

@@DTWCT Elbow grease!. I use a wet worn kitchen sponge, dip the scouring side in wood ash and work it in the most stubborn stains. The scourer is not metal and shouldn't scratch the glass or, it hasn't mine in over 10 years of doing it this way, but I only get stubborn black burned on smoke in the corners of the glass mostly. Other than that, I guess commercial window cleaners, but I don't personally see it working any better than the ash method. Might be easier too if the glass is hot, but not that hot that you're going to burn yourself and be careful applying cold wet sponges to hot glass, it might crack.

The fine ash is somewhat abrasive but I've used it for years and have never noticed any negative effects. Some people say not to use Windex because they're concerned the ammonia will etch the glass but I've never had any issues with it.

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@@firewoodforlife I've used straight ammonia and ash for 10 years, and surprised water cleans it too. It takes a bit longer when buildup is thick, but I'm not in a hurry. I won't have to wear gloves using water and ash. THANK YOU for a good video. I also see no negative effects of using slightly abrasive ash on the glass.

If your glass is getting that dirty overnight I'd say you should burn it a little hotter. That will stop the buildup on the glass from happening. As for removing the really thick buildup, I use a razor blade myself. However, with dry firewood and not dampering the stove completely down at night, I rarely have an issue.

@@firewoodforlife thank you very much for the info. Stupid question but how do I burn it hotter? The flue is all the way open

You should have a damper on the stove where it allows you to add more air to the firebox which would allow the fire to burn hotter.

@@firewoodforlife this is a wood burning fireplace insert. Not a stove.

Thank you for the comment and that's true, especially for the stuff that builds up around the outer edge. Once in a great while I'll use a razor blade to remove that really thick stuff, but I've found that 99 percent of the time the ash method will work if I'm burning the fire hot enough.

@@firewoodforlife We haven't had to resort to razor blade - yet. The spray on stuff from Red Devil works if you leave it on for a few minutes before scrubbing. But it's toxic. Same ingredient as Easy Off oven cleaner. Vinegar works pretty well too. Using ashes is great if it works - lot less expensive!

Yes mine has the same thing. It's normal and supposed to be there.

Excellent tip!

Thanks for the tip!

A hot morning fire should burn off a lot of overnight residue, that way you don't have to clean the glass everyday. Dry, seasoned firewood will also make a huge difference. I've found if I damper my stove down too much at night, it makes the glass dirtier than normal.

@@firewoodforlife damper my stove down too much at night?

Correct. In a lot of stoves (especially my stove), reducing the airflow to achieve a longer, overnight burn will cause the fire to leave a lot of dark soot on the glass. So I just stuff it full of wood keep a decent amount of air to achieve a cleaner burn.

@@firewoodforlife seems a good way to get reverse smoke flow and CO into your house

Thanks for the tip! I have never burned coal so I appreciate the info.

This will work on the really dark creosote too. It just takes a little more scrubbing. My stove likes to get the dark buildup around the edge of the glass and this works every time!