Wood Heater Glass Cleaning

[user 12139]

whats your best way to clean the glass on your wood heater?

Myself, scrunch up news paper, dip in water & shake off excess, then dip wet paper in the fine cold ash from the heater before scrubbing the glass. Use a dry piece of paper for a final wipe clean. Spotlessly clean in under a minute.

Can do this before lighting the fire or as I do use hot water and do it after the glass goes through its condensation phase after lighting, which is usually about 3 mins after lighting the fire. Works a treat

 

[byronbinalong]

glass cleaner and scouring pad ...plastic one or spray and wipe with same or 0000 steel wool
Cheers

 

[Nightjar]

Never close the flue when hitting the hay, leave it wide open and the glass remains clean.

 

[grubstake]

There's no need for hard rubbing, abrasives or special cleaners - household ammonia dissolves the carbon deposits easily.

 

[Smoky bandit]

I never close it mate and the glass always goes a copper colour after a few fires.
Same as you BL ,
The ash works well :Y:

 

[Teemore]

Amount of build up on the glass often depends on quality of wood, if crap timber then flue needs to be open wider to keep good airflow up .... harder to get good dry aged redgum.

Newspaper, water, ash then dry newspaper seems to work best, even use it on oven glass.
Hard to reach/corners use scraper blade after getting buildup damp.

 

[Mackka]

If you have a Barbecue's Galore in your area they have a special soft sponge that works like a charm. Made for cleaning glass on heaters.
Mackka