What would you use to clean this fire surround?

[flummingbird]

Hi. I inherited this fireplace in my new house, and it looks like the highlights should shine up when I've found them for sale online, but its really dull. I don't want to damage the rest of it though, any suggestions what to use please?

This is the one I've found online... thank you!!!

Your golden Iris tiles are stunning!

How beautiful! You lucky thing.

I would ask the company (as it appears to have come from there).

Thank you, both! It seems to be available all over the Internet, I don't think it's particularly theirs 😬 I've tried to find a booket on some of the websites but no joy!

Is it an original cast iron fire or a modern reproduction?

If it's cast iron, don't use water on it. It was on one of those TV cleaning programmes - I think it was something about the iron absorbing the water and cracking. It needs a paste or polish that isn't water-based.

Someone will be along soon with better advice!

It's modern, it's called a "Gallery Collection Tulip Tiled Cast Iron Fire Insert". I've emailed one of the companies that sells it but can't find the manufacturer and not holding out much hope of a helpful answer!

We have something similar. Dust it and very occasionally give it a wipe down with WD40.

Bumping for the evening crowd, anyone got any suggestions for which product I need to get this shiny but not damage it please?

Black grate polish / fire polish is the traditional way. Used to be lead based, not so these days

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270642270136

Ooh lovely, thanks!!

Oh... is that just for the black? I'm wanting to make the highlight bits shiny again without damaging the black. It looks like it should shine up...

I used to use it on my wood burner and you could buff it to a shine. I think my Mum used to use it on the open fire grate but it wasn't as fancy as yours (and it was a very long time ago).

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I honestly think in the pic they’ve just shone a bright light on it and/or edited the photo.
Your shiny bits look about as shiny as they get IME. However if you want to try buffing it more then WD40 and elbow grease. No water!!

I think the shine will depend on how the surround was originally finished. When we got ours there were three finishes available - plain cast iron, highlighted (where some of the raised features had been polished) and polished (where the whole thing was shiny). I'm not sure you can achieve a true shine if that wasn't the original finish when installed.
Your first photo looks like ours which was plain cast iron. I don't think it's ever going to shine.

It’s a beautiful fireplace. It would be very easy to ruin it so I would leave it as it is.

Aah OK thanks. I don't want to ruin it. It just looks dirty 🙈 I'll leave it alone.

If you use the stove blacking then you do sort of polish it, it’s a sort of shiny black. Used to love doing the fireplaces in our family home as a child