Nice job Chad! I recently bought a used wood stove which didnt look like it was cleaned in 20 years... lol... so I ended combining both your methods, wood ash with vinegar solution instead of water... And it did a great job, with a little bit of elbow grease 😊 Blessings!
I'm cleaning my new glass on my new stove for the first time. The very first burn in the stove fell towards the glass and made it black. I was using expensive glass cleaner and getting pretty much nowhere when I decided to research and found you. I did exactly what you said with the ash and vinegar and it's shiny and new again. Easy. Thank you
I did the ash/water paste I saw on UA-cam on another channel and had the “glass” 80% clean of black soot and some creosote in under five minutes. I started with a nylon brush which was nice because I could wash the brush in the garage sink. I finished with paper towels that cost me about a dozen towels. You do get to discard the paper bowl, paper towels in the fireplace so that’s a plus. I guess if I spent $3 on a Sunday paper I could save on paper towels.
Retired last year and built a small log cabin in the foot hills of North Carolina. Watch this show before we had a fire in our stove. Used both methods, and both worked well. Then I remembered a used car sells man secret to cleaning windshields with just 0000 steal wool. This worked great, and with no water, the vacuum clean up was easy.
Maybe try wood Ash with vinegar, but you don't seem to need to wipe off the vinegar as much as you need more elbow grease to wipe off the water/wood ash mix. Vinegar was the better option in this case.
Awesome. Was just getting ready to sink my teeth into a chemical purchase. Just recently put a new glass door on our 30 year old masonry furnace. Soot built up in spite of it being dry. Vingar didn't work at all. Wood ash cleaned it right up in short order. Thanks for the tip. BTW that's how I like to read also.
Tried both. For hard, baked-on carbon, only East Off oven cleaner worked. Spray the foam on cold glass and let it sit for an hour. Come back with a wet sponge and wipe the carbon away.
What a great tip! We normally use a sponge with just water! But you need to let it soak a bit and it takes long! We are definitely going to try the wood ash tomorrow morning! (we are not fans of the vinegar either). 😊
I wish your glass was black with creosote and smoke like ours gets instead of just 'tinted'. Our stove glass can get black in just one night's burn because we have to bank it down so low (too much stove). Yes, we burn seasoned wood and yes we store it under cover in a shed to keep it dry.
Yeah, I don't let it get that black, sorry. We like to keep it pretty clean. But it would take us quite a while to get the whole thing black for us. We run it relatively hot.
@@TheShmooty More like less stove. My insistence on buying the Defiant model (Vermont Castings) over a smaller size was probably a mistake. It will burn clean if burned hot, but the amount of heat the Defiant puts out is too much for our home when burned hot enough to clean the glass. But it sure holds a lot of wood!
@@HealthAndHomestead I've come to the tested conclusion that burning hot is the answer to minimizing soot buildup, just as the stove manufacturers recommend. And therein lies our problem: too much stove. BTW, we tried the vinegar and yes, it works, but only with a lot of elbow grease. Unfortunately, the sodium hydroxide solution in the Red Devil stove glass cleaner works better. It's a semi-toxic substance, like Easy Off oven cleaner. But it works.
Obviously you don't want to clean the glass while hot..but does it need to be stone cold before cleaning? Does that seem to matter if the glass is still fairly warm? Thanx for the video. God bless! ✝
Wood ash is all so alkaline the complete opposite of vinegar a product like Super Clean is an alkaline based cleaner witch would absolutely decimate creosote or grease like dirty =)
Also you may need to burn wet wood. But its harder to start, and Need HOT COALS TO KEEP IT BURNING. But your staying warm I can see burning un season and season wood> wet or dry, But if you can> burn it season and dry. To get that candle bright white yellow flame 👉👉 A GOLDEN YELLOW FLAME IS OK TO > Like my thumbs 👍👍
Cloth. Wet it. Drain excess water off. Dip the cloth into the ash in your stove. Wipe glass. BINGO it easily takes the stains off and then just wipe clean, then dry. 100% guaranteed to work. Easy.
Well season wood will burn Like a candle light flame, Bright white yellow. not orange, pink, blue, red, green ect ect. BUT BRIGHT WHITE YELLOW > If you see these other colors Purple, Orange, Red ect ect STOP BURNING IT
That's nothing on your 'glass' ( ceramic) If you heat 100% with a wood stove you'll get serious creosote buildup especially mornings after cool overnight fires. The wood ash and maybe vinegar will do for light stuff. Butt, if you use your stove hard for no central furnace heat, the glass buildup needs more serious removal. BTW: DON'T COVER FIREWOOD AS SHOWN WITH TARPS. We use paper towels soaked with cleaning vinegar, and new sharp razor blades to carefully scrape hardened creosote, then paper towels to clean residue. Bill is in the mail. JMNSHO
Do you really have a woodstove sitting directly on the wood floor of the room? How do local building codes feel about that setup I wonder. Seems dangerous.
You don’t want to sit them directly on the floor. Mine has tempered glass under it. That keeps coals from starting a fire on the floor. I have it to the specifications set forth by the manufacturer.
The tempered glass extends I believe 16, or 18 or even more in front of the door. It also extends around the sides and behind the wood stove. I made sure it does above and beyond code. I am a stickler to that. I would not shirk the codes. Plus you will easily burn the floor in front of a wood stove no matter how careful you are if you don’t have floor protection. Blessings.
Here’s a tip- Use that stuff that gets rid of foggy headlights. It goes on like car wax, dries and buffed off. Works awesome and my discovery. Rubbing compound might work as well but have tried.
We used to use paper towel and wood ash, it does work for sure, but over time we noticed light scrathes on the glass... Vinegar did not work for us... We will try just news papers and water, or hob cleaner...
Nice job Chad!
I recently bought a used wood stove which didnt look like it was cleaned in 20 years... lol... so I ended combining both your methods, wood ash with vinegar solution instead of water... And it did a great job, with a little bit of elbow grease 😊
Blessings!
I’m going to try a little dawn dish soap, vinegar, and baking soda. That mix cleans ovens well.
I'm cleaning my new glass on my new stove for the first time. The very first burn in the stove fell towards the glass and made it black. I was using expensive glass cleaner and getting pretty much nowhere when I decided to research and found you. I did exactly what you said with the ash and vinegar and it's shiny and new again. Easy. Thank you
I did the ash/water paste I saw on UA-cam on another channel and had the “glass” 80% clean of black soot and some creosote in under five minutes. I started with a nylon brush which was nice because I could wash the brush in the garage sink. I finished with paper towels that cost me about a dozen towels. You do get to discard the paper bowl, paper towels in the fireplace so that’s a plus. I guess if I spent $3 on a Sunday paper I could save on paper towels.
Retired last year and built a small log cabin in the foot hills of North Carolina. Watch this show before we had a fire in our stove. Used both methods, and both worked well. Then I remembered a used car sells man secret to cleaning windshields with just 0000 steal wool. This worked great, and with no water, the vacuum clean up was easy.
I’ve had a woodstove for years… straight alcohol, and a razor blade. Bam!
Maybe try wood Ash with vinegar, but you don't seem to need to wipe off the vinegar as much as you need more elbow grease to wipe off the water/wood ash mix. Vinegar was the better option in this case.
Thanks for posting this. We just bought a brand new stove. This is an awesome cleaning tip! God Bless!
Ash makes great traction for snow and ice...so this makes absolute sense!
It's all about pH(and a little abrasive with the ash).
Vinegar has a low pH.
Wood ash has a high pH. Just like oven cleaner.
Interesting thought. Thanks for sharing.
Yes. You can make lye for soap from wood ash.
Awesome. Was just getting ready to sink my teeth into a chemical purchase. Just recently put a new glass door on our 30 year old masonry furnace. Soot built up in spite of it being dry. Vingar didn't work at all. Wood ash cleaned it right up in short order. Thanks for the tip. BTW that's how I like to read also.
Glad it worked. It does still take a bit of elbow grease, but it works. Blessings.
Mate that door wasn’t that dirty. Try cleaning a REAL dirty door
We don’t let it get super dirty. We like to see our fire. Blessings.
Try Mr. Clean. I was always putting intensive effort to clean, it's a game changer
Tried both. For hard, baked-on carbon, only East Off oven cleaner worked. Spray the foam on cold glass and let it sit for an hour. Come back with a wet sponge and wipe the carbon away.
What a great tip! We normally use a sponge with just water! But you need to let it soak a bit and it takes long! We are definitely going to try the wood ash tomorrow morning! (we are not fans of the vinegar either). 😊
We only use the vinegar for washing certain things like windows.
I used to mix the vinegar with water and use as surface cleaner, as it disinfects and removes limescale. But my husband really dislikes the smell...
@@eutc7 Sounds like a great Idea, I need to try that.
Lets face it, the most amazing thing in this video is that he has a wife.
What's that supposed to mean? He's a cool guy!
Nicely Done. Thank You.
I wish your glass was black with creosote and smoke like ours gets instead of just 'tinted'. Our stove glass can get black in just one night's burn because we have to bank it down so low (too much stove). Yes, we burn seasoned wood and yes we store it under cover in a shed to keep it dry.
Yeah, I don't let it get that black, sorry. We like to keep it pretty clean. But it would take us quite a while to get the whole thing black for us. We run it relatively hot.
Maybe you need more draft, longer chimney, then less smoke buildup down bottom on your glass
@@TheShmooty More like less stove. My insistence on buying the Defiant model (Vermont Castings) over a smaller size was probably a mistake. It will burn clean if burned hot, but the amount of heat the Defiant puts out is too much for our home when burned hot enough to clean the glass. But it sure holds a lot of wood!
@@HealthAndHomestead I've come to the tested conclusion that burning hot is the answer to minimizing soot buildup, just as the stove manufacturers recommend. And therein lies our problem: too much stove. BTW, we tried the vinegar and yes, it works, but only with a lot of elbow grease. Unfortunately, the sodium hydroxide solution in the Red Devil stove glass cleaner works better. It's a semi-toxic substance, like Easy Off oven cleaner. But it works.
@@mic982 could you burn smaller amount but hot?
Ash is a base. Solvent-like, just like acid, vinegar. Since you have the ash, it's easier then vinegar, and no schmell.
I have been using oven cleaner for years , just spray on let stand for a couple of minutes, I use a toilet brush to clean then paper towels to dry
Thank you for your video by the way what kind of glass did you put on the floor
Don't know if it was just my glass or ash , but it seemed to create more scratches , couldn't live with it , so ended up replacing it !
Obviously you don't want to clean the glass while hot..but does it need to be stone cold before cleaning? Does that seem to matter if the glass is still fairly warm?
Thanx for the video. God bless! ✝
It can be warm or cold. I don’t do it flaming hot. Blessings.
What if you don’t have ash & don’t want to use vinegar?
Best thing to use is Mr. Clean
Wood ash is all so alkaline the complete opposite of vinegar a product like Super Clean is an alkaline based cleaner witch would absolutely decimate creosote or grease like dirty =)
What is the composition of your hearth?
Also you may need to burn wet wood. But its harder to start, and Need HOT COALS TO KEEP IT BURNING. But your staying warm I can see burning un season and season wood> wet or dry, But if you can> burn it season and dry. To get that candle bright white yellow flame 👉👉 A GOLDEN YELLOW FLAME IS OK TO > Like my thumbs 👍👍
Cloth. Wet it. Drain excess water off. Dip the cloth into the ash in your stove. Wipe glass. BINGO it easily takes the stains off and then just wipe clean, then dry. 100% guaranteed to work. Easy.
Well season wood will burn Like a candle light flame, Bright white yellow. not orange, pink, blue, red, green ect ect. BUT BRIGHT WHITE YELLOW > If you see these other colors Purple, Orange, Red ect ect STOP BURNING IT
That's nothing on your 'glass' ( ceramic) If you heat 100% with a wood stove you'll get serious creosote buildup especially mornings after cool overnight fires. The wood ash and maybe vinegar will do for light stuff. Butt, if you use your stove hard for no central furnace heat, the glass buildup needs more serious removal. BTW: DON'T COVER FIREWOOD AS SHOWN WITH TARPS.
We use paper towels soaked with cleaning vinegar, and new sharp razor blades to carefully scrape hardened creosote, then paper towels to clean residue. Bill is in the mail. JMNSHO
Do you really have a woodstove sitting directly on the wood floor of the room? How do local building codes feel about that setup I wonder. Seems dangerous.
You don’t want to sit them directly on the floor. Mine has tempered glass under it. That keeps coals from starting a fire on the floor. I have it to the specifications set forth by the manufacturer.
The tempered glass extends I believe 16, or 18 or even more in front of the door. It also extends around the sides and behind the wood stove. I made sure it does above and beyond code. I am a stickler to that. I would not shirk the codes. Plus you will easily burn the floor in front of a wood stove no matter how careful you are if you don’t have floor protection. Blessings.
Exactly what I was thinking !
You 'woodn't' make a good Canuck because lots of us LOVE vinegar on our french fries!
Here’s a tip-
Use that stuff that gets rid of foggy headlights.
It goes on like car wax, dries and buffed off.
Works awesome and my discovery. Rubbing compound might work as well but have tried.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. All the best.
I'm assuming you're taking about wood ash.
Doesn't take that long to find out.
Dose not work
Amoniak or iron woon
Oven cleaner
Cant see through mine when i clean🤣
Way easier way ,easy off oven cleaner , open door ,let it cool down , spray let it sit 5 min and wipe it down with wet towel ,easy breezy
Should you wear gloves when handling the wood ash? Or just give your hands a good wash afterward...
I don’t and haven’t seen a problem. But it wouldn’t hurt to use gloves.
Wash your hands with ash and u will see. My grandpa generation use ash like alkali.
Good point. My mother in law grew up in the mountains and lived off the land. They used ash for soap.
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Use it scrub the bum fluff off your face this dose not work but will work fine on that bum fluff
We used to use paper towel and wood ash, it does work for sure, but over time we noticed light scrathes on the glass...
Vinegar did not work for us...
We will try just news papers and water, or hob cleaner...