By eHow Home & Garden Editor
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Few things are cozier than a roaring fire in the hearth. To make sure your brick or stone fireplace is ready for hot action at a moment's notice, surface-clean it in early fall, before the chill sets in, and in late spring, to buff away a season's worth of soot and creosote buildup.
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ntsph777 said
on 11/12/2007 Zep oven and grill cleaner available in the cleaner aisle at Home Depot takes the soot and creasote off fireplace glass better than any thing I have ever tried. I guess any non self cleaning oven cleaner would work just as well. It takes less than five minutes to clean what would have taken over twenty scrubbing with any thing else.
cpeay said
on 1/13/2007 The best way to get ashes out of the fireplace is to use a hard plastic dust pan, scoop toward the back of the fireplace and dump in the garbage. DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner - In fact our high-priced shop vac says not to use on fine dust and ash from fireplaces.
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 The absolutely best product, and easiest to use, is Dawn Power Dissolver (approximately $2.50). It comes in a blue trigger container. The glass must be cool of course. Put lots of newspapers down, because it will drip. Spray it on the glass. Wait 15 minutes, and wash off. That's it.
You may want to repeat particularly hard spots or use a single edged razor blade, but it's not usually necessary. No fuss, no bother, no elbow grease. The creosote and baked on gook just melts away.
Anonymous said
on 4/3/2006 The very best product is Rutland Hearth and fireplace conditioning cleaner. It go's on like a paste and wipes off clean every time. Don't waste your money on anything else.
Anonymous said
on 2/6/2006 To clean fireplace glass doors of black soot and grime, dip a wet paper towel or newspaper into some of the old fireplace ashes. Wipe the ashes onto the glass and all soot easily wipes away. After the black soot is removed, give the glass a final shine with a standard glass cleaner, such as Windex. This method works great!