How Often and How Do You Clean Stove Glass

2001Sierra · Post by **2001Sierra** » Wed. Jul. 01, 2015 10:41 pm

This is my Buderus hopper fed stove with 20 plus year old glass. I ran a wood fire for display purposes to sell it on Craigslist. My Keystoker 90 etches glass for breakfast, a hand fed is a whole other animal. A wood fire starting the coal trashes the glass with soot, a charcoal fire spares this. Over time ashes collect but are cleaned pretty easily.

the-bone · Post by **the-bone** » Thu. Jul. 02, 2015 6:13 am

2001Sierra wrote:This is my Buderus hopper fed stove with 20 plus year old glass. I ran a wood fire for display purposes to sell it on Craigslist. My Keystoker 90 etches glass for breakfast, a hand fed is a whole other animal. A wood fire starting the coal trashes the glass with soot, a charcoal fire spares this. Over time ashes collect but are cleaned pretty easily.

why is it the stokers etch glass and handfireds do not?

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Jul. 02, 2015 7:13 am

Trust me TB, hand fired do also unless you clean them every couple days & even then it's real iffy--glass quality???? maybe!

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » Thu. Jul. 02, 2015 12:32 pm

I kept the glass in my 50-93's door nice & clean most of the first season. Used either a wet microfiber cloth or some of the woodstove glass cleaner if it was really bad. Just before the first heating season ended the little cracks started appearing & quickly spread across the entire surface. This past (second) season I said screw it & just wiped it down once in a while. When it's dirty I can't see all the crazing/etching & I don't spend much time staring at my coal fire anyways.