Now that all of the cold weather is behind us, I decided to clean the glass on the fireplace. I used an ash method, but there are a couple of different ways to do it. You can use ammonia and water. Fill a spray bottle with slightly diluted ammonia. Spray it on a cooled glass only. Wipe with paper towels. Repeat until clean. Resist the urge to use any sort of scouring pad or scrub pad. It will scratch the grass. You can also get commercial sprays to do the job, but since I don’t really know what’s in them, I wasn’t super excited about that method.
To clean the glass with ash {I liked this idea, because I already had the ash from having a fire in the fireplace}, lay down a good amount of paper on the hearth. It will prevent everything from getting coated in a any loose ash. Dunk some newspaper in a little water and then coat it in ash. Scrub the glass until it’s sparkly clean.
I will admit, it took a bit of elbow grease, but it did the job, and I didn’t really need any supplies I didn’t already have.
So pretty. Isn’t it satisfying when you complete a job that you know you won’t have to do again for an entire year?
~Mavis
Marie says
Any ideas about cleaning the bricks above a fireplace? I’ve tried using the magic erasers ( they do work!) but it’s going to take lots of ’em!
Cecily says
I clean the glass on my wood stove with method cleaner and a magic eraser. I build a small fire and let the glass get warm (not hot), spray on the cleaner and wipe. I repeat and the glass is sparkly clean, no scrubbing required.
Jen F says
One day I noticed that the window in our fireplace was exceptionally clean & shiny. Hubby had used a baby wipe to clean it! Huggies brand!
marcy says
My husband used Goop orange hand cleaner on the glass …spread with a paper towel and wipe off…sooo easy and super clean.
Mary Ann White says
I read that if you sprinkle used coffee grounds on your fireplace ashes, it reduces the dust when you clean up the ashes in the fireplace. I haven’t tried it but I plan to soon and will report on the results.
Cathy says
The bricks in the fireplace, can be painted with high heat black paint. Found in paint stores . I touched up my fire place with the black paint and looks so much better. You can’t use just any paint .