I have to on occasion spend time looking into large wood boilers through side ports and generally prior to doing this we inevitably have to change out the glass that is in place on the ports. The local maintenance staff usually send out for new glass and I suspect that it some grade of glass far lower than pyroceram. Usually after a couple of hours the inner glass surface is hazed out and no matter what we try to do to clean it, I expect the glass is pitted. As my home wood boiler and stove do not have glass I wanted to get collective feedback from those who use pyroceram or equivalent in their stoves.
What I am particularly interested in if the surface of the pyroceram pits and gets rough over use or does it just get some sort of solids build up? I can usually find something to dissolve the build up or scrape it off with a razor blade but once it get pitted, there is no way of cleaning it.
If there is another type of "glass" that has worked better for others , I am all ears.
Thanks in advance!
What I am particularly interested in if the surface of the pyroceram pits and gets rough over use or does it just get some sort of solids build up? I can usually find something to dissolve the build up or scrape it off with a razor blade but once it get pitted, there is no way of cleaning it.
If there is another type of "glass" that has worked better for others , I am all ears.
Thanks in advance!