Fireplace door (glass)- best way to clean?

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April 6th, 2011, 05:42 PM
krystals

Fireplace door (glass)- best way to clean?

Does anyone have a surefire (haha, puntastic! :dance:) way to clean a glass door on a coonara?

I haven't started yet- it's pretty thick- someone suggested using the ash from the fire- has anyone heard that tip before?

Thanks!!!
April 6th, 2011, 05:42 PM
Little Chicken

My mum used to get a paint scraper and scrape most off the clean the rest with oven cleaner
April 6th, 2011, 05:48 PM
Teeki

Haha, putastic :lol: Same as LC here, Dad would scrape off the yuck and then get at it with an oven cleaner. It smelt horrible though!
April 6th, 2011, 05:50 PM
Kazbah

no to the oven cleaner! Get some newspaper, dampen it, dip it in the ash and start scrubbing. It's a bit of elbow grease, but it shines up nicely and is easy to maintain with just newspaper & water!
April 6th, 2011, 05:51 PM
Party-of-five

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no to the oven cleaner! Get some newspaper, dampen it, dip it in the ash and start scrubbing. It's a bit of elbow grease, but it shines up nicely and is easy to maintain with just newspaper & water!

this is exzactly what we do :D
April 6th, 2011, 05:53 PM
Teeki

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no to the oven cleaner! Get some newspaper, dampen it, dip it in the ash and start scrubbing. It's a bit of elbow grease, but it shines up nicely and is easy to maintain with just newspaper & water!

Yeah?? I am so telling that to my Dad, our lounge room stank of oven cleaner! Unnecessarily!
April 6th, 2011, 06:08 PM
Danielle_NZ

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no to the oven cleaner! Get some newspaper, dampen it, dip it in the ash and start scrubbing. It's a bit of elbow grease, but it shines up nicely and is easy to maintain with just newspaper & water!

Yeah that one. Use to do it in NZ all the time
April 6th, 2011, 06:11 PM
Rouge

Was going to say ash removes ash ;)
April 6th, 2011, 06:14 PM
krystals

Thanks Ladies!!! Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll never have any oven cleaner here, so it's good to know 'how' to use the ash!!!

Incidently, if you ever have your hair dyed and it runs onto your skin, the ash will remove it! Woohoo!
April 6th, 2011, 06:41 PM
KimB

I use to use wet newspaper dipped in the ashes and scrub with that. It does work :)
April 6th, 2011, 06:46 PM
Tinks

We do the newspaper and ash here too.
April 7th, 2011, 09:06 AM
Charlotte91

Yep, newspaper and ash!! Best thing ever!
April 7th, 2011, 09:09 AM
Tinks

If you've been burning green or wet wood the door will be dirtier than usual, you might need to scrape that off.
April 7th, 2011, 04:24 PM
krystals

You ladies are the best! Dip the newspaper in a little water, then into some ash and scrub. Came off SO easily, I can't believe it! Do you think I can wash my windows like that? I can't see why not??! LOL Fantastic!!!!

Can't wait for a nice cool night, and a glass of wine with the man in front of our roaring fire (and being able to SEE it!)
April 7th, 2011, 05:10 PM
Kazbah

krystals - to clean windows, use tea leaves after you make a pot with the newspaper instead :)
April 7th, 2011, 06:11 PM
krystals

is there anything I can't learn on this forum? :)

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