Best door glass??
- deepwoods
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Gents, My Hitzer started the heating season with new door glass direct from Hitzer. It is still decent but is starting to get that "frosty look". High heat glass is a total mystery to me as to it's chemical makeup. What glass suppliers have a superior quality product in your opinion? Might be the makers of the stoves really do have the most frost resistant glass, after all they should know? For me, I love seeing the coal fire in all it's phases from dancing blue ladies to the subtle glow from the firebox. By it's nature coal attacks glass so if new glass every so often is needed I will do it.
- Lightning
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What have you tried cleaning it with? I got a piece of neoceram for my furnace's load door. The piece of neoceram I had on the door before that for 5 years never developed any frosting. I replaced it because it cracked during the summer plus I wanted a bigger window.
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The "glass" is not glass.....it is clear ceramic. That's why it's so darn expensive! Yup....after a while the heat & acid from the ash get to it.
- Seagrave1963
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my first thought was what were you using to clean the "glass". We had the same issue our first year with a Harman stove and after searching through here realized it was my fault for using an ammonia based window cleaner. This caused the "frosty" look and resulted in an expensive lesson learned. Since replacing the "glass", I've been using a cleaner that is for gas fireplace glass and it looks as good as the first day it was installed. May not be what caused the frosting of yours, but sounds very similar.
- freetown fred
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Over the years I've tried every type cleaner out here--including an orbital sander--LOL it just is what it is D. Any good glass shop should have the ceramic that you'd need.
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Any info on using white vinegar to clean glass when it cools down a bit
- freetown fred
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Yep, tried it--might work for you. Nothin ventured, nothing gained!
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It is the stove not the glass. My old Buderus hand fed with a hopper, had the same glass for over 20 years and when cleaned looked like day one. The Keystoker 90 not so much.
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Seems like an endless battle. I just installed new mica in mine a month and a half ago, and it's already trashed. I think the only way to keep glass clean in any solid fuel stove, is to not put a fire to it.deepwoods wrote: ↑Fri. Feb. 09, 2018 7:38 pmGents, My Hitzer started the heating season with new door glass direct from Hitzer. It is still decent but is starting to get that "frosty look". High heat glass is a total mystery to me as to it's chemical makeup. What glass suppliers have a superior quality product in your opinion? Might be the makers of the stoves really do have the most frost resistant glass, after all they should know? For me, I love seeing the coal fire in all it's phases from dancing blue ladies to the subtle glow from the firebox. By it's nature coal attacks glass so if new glass every so often is needed I will do it.
- CRAZYBOBDS
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I use glass stove top cleaner and looks great to me.
- lsayre
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Make a paste of optical grade cerium oxide powder and water and work the glass/ceramic with it. That's how telescope makers polish their mirrors and lenses. It is also how jewelers polish precious gems.
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No problem cleaning it up when cold. Personally I use 150 grit sandpaper, lay the door on newspaper, and sand lightly until I can easily read the paper through the glass.
BUT: IS THERE A WAY TO CLEAN IT WHILE HOT, WITHOUT REMOVING FROM THE STOVE? Doesn't need to be perfect, but a partial cleanup would be nice. I hate using a damp cloth -- even though I "know" it won't crack the glass I don't quite believe it. I tried sanding but the sandpaper smoked and charred.
BUT: IS THERE A WAY TO CLEAN IT WHILE HOT, WITHOUT REMOVING FROM THE STOVE? Doesn't need to be perfect, but a partial cleanup would be nice. I hate using a damp cloth -- even though I "know" it won't crack the glass I don't quite believe it. I tried sanding but the sandpaper smoked and charred.