I feel about 103 but I need to know how to clean SOOT off my hearth

[Pruni]

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hmmm no idea either

not very helpful but shall ask my father he was a chimney sweeep!!

Do you have a wire brush, if you do, cover the surrounding floor if carpet and give it a good scrub, then hoover, wire wool is also good, what sort of hearth is it, I am presuming it's brick?

sorry reread your post and now I KNOW it's brick