It is always beneficial to keep your stove door nice and clean, there’s nothing better than seeing your fire roaring away through a lovely clear door, we’ve detailed a guide below that shows best practice for cleaning your stoves glass door, protective gloves at the ready!
Firstly Wait for your wood burning stove to cool, we’d recommend first thing in the morning. It is very important the glass is cool.
Use a damp cloth before applying a cleaning agent to your wood burning stove. Soot can often contain acidic particles that can cause corrosive damage to printed glass. Therefore, before applying the cleaning agent, remove any dust and loose soot with a moist cloth and buff dry.
Use the right cleaning product for your wood burning stove, For wood burning stoves with printed glass, it is advisable to use a less aggressive cleaning agent Otherwise, if you have a heavily stained, clear glass wood burning appliance a gel cleaner, or glass cleaner, would be more appropriate. There are a range of cleaners available from brands such as Stovax, AGA and Morso.
Apply the cleaning fluid to a cloth. Once you have decided which is the appropriate glass cleaner to use for your wood burning stove, apply a little to a soft cloth and rub it over the surface of the glass.
Apply cleaning fluid carefully and not excessively as it is important that it does not come into contact with the rope seal around the edge of the glass.
Make sure the wood burning stove is dry before relighting, your door may mist slightly and then become clean once lit.
This is a guide and each stove is different, if you want to have a chat about cleaning your stove or where to source your products please call Three Shires Stoves