Carbon_Liberator said:
I pride myself on burning cleanly (in that stove anyway) and recently did a thorough cleaning of the stove and glass, so I found the site of that blackened glass particularly offensive, but she left for work early that day and I don't think she even noticed. She did get a lesson on clean burning practices when she got home though.
I've all but given up on trying to coach her on stove operation. I've gotten pretty good at keeping the glass clean in this mild weather burning... bringing back a fire from the brink repeatedly by raking forward the coals and choosing and arranging the splits carefully. I will sometimes crack open the window to let in some cool air so that I can burn a little hotter.
I don't mind letting the fire go out and restarting it since I switched to Super Cedars. It sure beats the old crumpled newspapers and carefully built lattice of kin'lin and then trying not to soil the glass on startup. I would really get PO'd when I dirtied up the glass on startup having just cleaned it. Taking out ashes from a hot stove is easy but I've yet to find a way to clean the glass thoroughly when it's hot. I've done some light touchup with dry paper towel in circular motions, trying not to leave a pattern, but for a thorough cleaning it has to be cold.
I'm really grateful for this site having taught me how to clean the cold glass with nothing but plain water and a bit ashes. It still amazes me how well that works!
If only someone would come up with a way to clean the glass while hot. I've thought of making an emergency door out of steel plate that I could have on hand in case I ever broke the glass with a raging fire going. It could also serve to allow the real door with the glass to cool enough to clean while the "emergency door" contained the fire.