A Glass Cleaning Question I Was Asked
- oliver power
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OK fellow members (with stokers); How do you clean your glass? On my hand fed stoves, I open the front door, wait for it to cool, and clean. Quite simple......... How does one clean the glass on a stoker? I would think if the door was left open, fumes would be pushed out into the living area. If the fan was shut off, I would think the fire would go out by the time the glass cooled. Maybe cover the door opening with aluminum foil? Oliver
- tsb
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LL provides a sheet metal cover.
- Stoker6268
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Foil is a pain and ends up falling off or getting sucked in. Go to hardware store and get a sturdy but bendable piece of flat tin and a cheap knob. Fabricate a lip or slots depening on yor stove opening to allow it to hang. A hammer and some snips. Doesnt have to be pretty. Put knob in center for easy removal. Wear a glove. Knob gets hot. I used a wooden knob. Ill post pic soon.
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- Stoker6268
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Heres the pics. If your stove doesnt have a "lip" to hang it on you can fabricate slots and kinda fit it into the opening. Sometime that scratches paint though. I had a stove with no lip. I used two bar magnets to hold the tin on. I even used high temp silicone to attach to face of tin so I didnt have to touch the hot magnets.
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- Stoker6268
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Heres the other pic.
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On my Alaska, I would just open the door, and dust it off with a cloth rag while it's hot. It doesn't matter how well you clean it, inevitably it will end up looking the same. So I just got in the habit of dusting it off every now and again with just a regular cloth rag and then closing it up. Doesn't take much longer then removing the ash pan.
It doesn't make it as clear as your front picture window of the house, but it makes it look pretty good. Especially for how simple and quick it happens.
It doesn't make it as clear as your front picture window of the house, but it makes it look pretty good. Especially for how simple and quick it happens.
- Doby
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alaska gives you a sheet metal door that hangs on the stove for cleaning don't much matter it'lleventually etch anyway even with the clean glass system. I would'nt bother and learned not to. Great stove cause all that matters is heat