Glass so clean....

Whew. Now I know the mix I need to produce this clear glass.

 

I use a piece of heavy paper towel...dip it in water....dip it in a bit of ash...rub the glass with the wet ash....take a clean paper towel with clean water, and wipe off the smeared ash. Comes out looking like brand new every time.

 

I've heard of this method, but never have tried it. Will need to give it a go.

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I do the same thing but this fire was hot enough, took care of it for me.

 

I have a fence going around the stove, I just opened the gate and took a pic. Daughter had already gone to bed too.

 

Missed a couple spots in the bottom corners.
It's pretty cool how that happens isn't it, FatBoy85 ?

 

It is, Ive only had fires like this maybe2-3 times since having it. One of the bigger things to realize is how much dry wood does impose on this. Last week, I had a fire that turned the glass corners about 30 percent a golden brown. But I had been burning short low temps fires with soft woods then.

 

I had a Pine fire this morning that cleaned the glass up pretty good.

 

I only burn tinder dry pine and spruce. I still get that whitish dusting after a couple of weeks that doesnt self clean. Do you get the same thing ?

 

I get that at times. Doesn't wipe off with a dry paper towel very easily as well; nor does it seem to want to burn off.

 

The damp towel/dry ash method is all I have ever used when cleaning is necessary. Not choking the fire down so far the the glass gets sooty helps also....along with the obvious...dry wood.

 

I do get some of that residue, but I'm able to clean anything that builds up w/o much effort.
Ash on a damp paper towel or rag and everything comes off.
I don't make a career out of keeping the glass perfectly clean, but I do like to see the fire. Morning fire cleans it pretty good most days.

 

I choke it down but this stove allows it to go high regardless. the air makes this really efficient but its still a hot burner. It doesn’t allow itself to really choke it self off but the temperatures come up slower. But they last well and hardly anything on the glass to speak of. I have yet to really see the “non removable “ white ash but i know i see it more on the non epa stove than the one i have here but maybe i need to wait on that as it is likely to show up later?

 

It is removable, just not with a dry cloth. I often just wipe a bit with a dry cloth and even the dark stuff will wipe off or reduce down and burn off. The white deposit requires a real cleaning to remove.

 

Right. The real cleaning agents are more fuel, mixed with more oxygen.

The other thing that I find make a huge difference on wood stove glass is the calendar: Sept. is spotty but not too bad. Cool nights, a fairly hot but small fire that does not make a big mess. Oct. is the 'black glass' month because it is cooler yet and so I tend to burn longer but very slowly, making black, sticky creosote all over the firebox. Nov. has some magic, 'auto clean' days in it. Dec. through Feb. are the 'what do you mean, how do you clean the glass?' months, and Mar. through June are the same as Sep. thru Nov.

But when I do clean the glass by hand, I use a single edge razor blade to scrape off all of the thick stuff, then Rutland's stove glass cleaner to clean the glass as well as leaving something behind, making the next cleaning about 20 times easier (I think it is silicone because it feels slick).

Brian

 

When I have gotten the white haze, it is the glass being etched. Not really any kind of dirty but actually damaged glass. It can be buffed but that is too much work and takes too long IMO. What I find is to not let a very hot fire 'lick' at dirty glass (yep, there is a joke in there somewhere) and it will not etch the glass in the first place. But if it does etch, a new piece of glass is the easy cure and not terribly expensive, depending on the stove (square or rectangular, thin glass is much less expensive than curved, thick stove glass usually).

Brian

 

No, this is not etched glass that I am talking about. Maybe I can see if I can get a photo to show.

 

I'm the anti-clean glass guy after being the super clean glass everyday guy. I think I even started a post about it some time back.

 

I would say the months comparison is consistent however, my aunt had a epa stove (i believe she did simce she went from fisher to that) among the things I remember is her glass was dirty. Always. Also I dont believe she ran her stove hard for that matter. Or rather that high. Now I also believe her wood was subpar. It burned half green ish so she had to have had ok wood and not so good but her habits haven’t changed at all. She will let wood dry but if it’s something to keep her warm, “it’ll do” is the answer. Well now shes back to a house that has an archaic one cannot remember which but old habits will die hard and shes not quite the talker about it for some reason. Ive had friendlier conversations here about it...