Hob brite to clean the glass on wood burning stove

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It is a pet hate of mine, having to clean the glass front of the wood burning stove, a friend recommended using hob brite (sp?) or something similar, apparently it works wonders.

Before I go and buy any or potentially cause any damage to the glass does anyone know if he's right in his recommendation?

TIA

Even easier is just to use the ashes! Just dip a damp cloth in some of the (white) ashes, and use that to scour off all of the sticky crud. Then just a quick wipe over with a clean cloth.

But if you do want to use almost any cleaner, I'm sure it would be fine. We used to scour ours with a metal scourer (!) and that was fine - but the ashes work even better than that...

Fairy powerspray works as well.

I used to spray, leave on, come back and just wipe off (it goes kind of jelly after a while)

The ashes work well, as does a damp newspaper.

But if you are regularly getting build-up on the windows of the stove, then you are either using wood which is too damp or you are burning at too low a temperature. All that gunge will also be building up in your flue/chimney. Depending on what flue or chimney you have, you nee to make sure you are not creating a fire hazard.

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So shouldn't there ever be a build up - scared now that I'm creating a fire hazard?!!

Wouldn't say there is loads but I like it completely clean so that I can see the fire perfectly.

If it is just sooty deposits that will come off easily with soapy water/ashes/damp newspaper then you probably alright.

If it is the sticky, tarry stuff then you probably need to be burning different, drier woods or at a hotter burn.