RUTLAND PRODUCTSHearth and Grill Conditioning Glass Cleaner, 8 Fluid Ounce

I'm no chemist, but whatever's in this stuff cuts through the black gunk on the woodstove window instantly. I've been using ash on a damp towel for years, which gets it, but it takes a while and a lot of stroking. This stuff just takes it right off. Pretty impressive.

Glass looks great. Works well

My wood stove's (Pacific Energy Spectrum) glass was abused for a decade (as far as I know) as the window to a trash incinerator. According to my neighbors, the previous owner of the house only ever used it to burn trash. When we moved in, it was full of junk mail and had ash halfway up the walls of the unit. Before them, the house was owned by an elderly person who probably didn't do much with it. Suffice it to say, the glass was coated with chemical residue- thick black tar from the inks and plastic stuff included with junk mail.Enter Rutland Hearth and Grill Conditioning Glass Cleaner. I followed the directions to a T, and at first it only seemed to work on the most recent and lightest layer of residue. I cleaned it about five times over the course of two days. It helped, but didn't magically remove it. I was dismayed and my original review was only three stars. I kept at it. About once or twice a month, I'd let the stove grow cold and work on it. I started using more than recommended and realized every time I made more progress. Every time I got closer to clear glass. The combination of cleaning and burning started to chip away at the hard stuff. Finally after a whole season, I had sparkling clean glass. I really only have to clean it once or twice a season now- once you get a protective layer of this stuff on clean glass, it prevents residue from sticking. I only burn clean, seasoned wood now and this stuff removes wood smoke residue like it's nothing if you follow the directions. With a bit of elbow grease and patience, it will remove 10 years' worth of trash residue! Once I realized the gross residue this stuff overcame wasn't your run-of-the-mill problem and had 10 years to harden over layer after layer, it became "clear" how awesome it really is and I rewrote and bumped this up to five stars. This stuff isn't as harsh to breathe as other options and actually smells quite pleasant. So, if your glass is really dirty and this stuff doesn't magically fix it in one go, just keep at it. Once you get a protective layer down, you'll be "stoked"!If you check my pic, you'll see a little bit of residue in the lower corners- the glass "airwash" system is a little cracked on the sides so air doesn't flow well there to keep the glass clean. Still, that's after five months of 24/7 burning dirty softwoods like shore pine and hemlock (all that's available here), including smoldering big "all-nighter" logs so you don't have to start a cold stove in the morning! If my stove was new, I don't doubt it'd be pristine thanks to this stuff!

I love that this product is so easy to apply to a cold wood stove glass. It wipes off creosote very easily with a paper towel- no scraping needed. The one small issue that I found it mist be wiped off the glass immediately after application and it may take 2-4 wipes to really remove it from the glass. If it isn't thoroughly removed, a silty screen covers the glass, sometimes turning black with creosote, then it does burn off. So perhaps it is my wood, but it doesn't remain clear after application as some other removers I have used - unless it is totally wiped off the glass. For my Jotul, it takes minimum of 3 wipe-downs. But all-in-all, this is very good value for the money.

Our wood stove is about 14 years old and have a clear glass window to view the fire through. Before today I would have said, "had" because the glass was so cloudy you couldn't really see the fire anymore, just glowing clouds. Over the years we've tried a few things to clean the glass and I thought it would need new glass or a significant clean and polish.I had watched a video where a guy soaked the glass in acid then used progressive grit and a random orbit sander to polish the glass. Even in that video the final result wasn't perfect.I ordered this expecting to be able to clean the worst of the haze off the upper portion of glass but not what I thought was hard etching on the lower portion of glass where hot ash and coal would build up over long cold snaps.I followed the directions and felt the top clean very easily but saw the cloudiness starting to clear up on the lower portion. I should have taken a before picture because after 15 minutes or so of minimal effort nearly the entire glass was amazingly clear.I probably need another 15-30 minutes of cleaning but I was rushing to get a fire built before it dropped back into the 20s over night so I'll have to do additional cleaning in a couple of days.As it stands, this small investment has made the fireplace look nearly new again already so even if this is the best it gets, I can't think of a time the glass looked this good in the last 10 years.Edit:I remembered I took a photo of the first fire of the season so I cropped it to have a similar comparison. This is not showing just how good the cleaner worked though. The glass was cleaned with a different cleaner so it was in ok condition, not like how it was before cleaning. But it does illustrate how much better this cleaner worked. The top is crystal clear now and there is a light haze in the corner and bottom center in my “after” photo. Will update with a new after photo after getting a little more cleaning action once it warms up.

I have a wood burning stove. I use this cleaner pretty often because I like my glass to be clear. It only takes one good fire for my glass to have at least some soot on it. If I don't burn too much and clean it right away then cleaning the glass is quick and easy. I find it also heavily depends on what type of wood I burn. When I mostly burn Madrone, it's really effective and easy. For oak, and other woods I find that I get a lot tougher soot that is harder to clean off. When I burn several times before cleaning the glass, I find that I need to scrape with a razor blade first to get the tough stuff off. I can then use this cleaner to clean it all up super nice.You can see in the photos how well the glass cleans up. Stove has been used for a season, and you can see how dirty the inside of the doors are and the glass would be if not for being cleaned with this cleaner.

This stuff didn’t get all the shmutz off the glass of our gas heat stove. Got a lot off but there was some it just wouldn’t remove.

It’s works amazingly ! Expensive but well worth it !

大満足！

I am a one-year log stove owner, and have tried everything for cleaning the glass front of my stove (yes, even the 'spit and newspaper dipped in ashes'). This is the ONLY cleaner, and it not only cleans the glass but leaves a protective film. Expensive to obtain, but well worth it.

電子レンジは綺麗になりました、落としたかったサイフォンのアルコールランプで焼けたガラスは、綺麗になりません。

I use #0000 Steel Wool pad with a little drizzle of this on hot or cold ceramic glass on my wood stove, then polish it up with a big blob of crumpled up newspaper, leaves a perfect clean and very smooth finish with very little effort !! You need very little cleaner with this method and you can buy 2 10 foot rolls of 0000 steel wool for about $14.(last you a couple years at least) I wrap it around a chunk of very stiff sponge. Only problem is that I bought 4 bottles in Apr 2016 for $7.20 CND each ($28.80 for 4) and now for some profound reason 1 bottle is $32.37CND !!!!! Don't get it, it sells for about $6.50 USD on Rutlands web site but they don't ship to Canada. What a rip off and Amazon is the only one selling it in Canada. I can see that Amazon would charge a little more But to up it 350% is total Greed and shows no respect at all to loyal customers. $100.00 difference on 4 bottles will give me gas money to drive the 150 miles to a USA store. VERY ......OFF!!!