Having a smouldering fire for hours on end might seem like a dream, but they do produce large quantities of smoke, and this will leave behind a lot of soot on the glass. It could be that some wood stoves have exceptionally dirty glass that requires an actual product like these. At the end of the day, there isn’t really a lot you can do to stop wood stove glass from getting dirty, BUT you can clean it once a week and it will look much better.

Amber is the Digital Content Producer for Popular Mechanics, Runner's World and Bicycling, where she covers a range of tasks for the commerce team. If you do, this could cause the glass to go into thermal shock, resulting in cracked or shattered glass. Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way and cleaning the glass on the stove doesn’t happen as often as it should. I used paper bag because we don’t get the newspaper, and I think that’s true of most people these days. When compared to others on this list, the chemical scent is quite strong, and it needs more scrubbing on tough dirt.

Therefore, it seems using one of the other methods – ash, vinegar, baking soda, or glass cleaner – really does make a big difference compared to just doing it with water.

While the glass on an old fireplace or wood-burning stove will never look brand new again, it can be clear and bright enough to watch the flames again. The included scrubbing pads are non-abrasive, so they'll work on tough stains and residues without leaving streaks and scratches. If you do have an airwash stove but find that your wood burner glass is still getting blackened, it might be that the vents aren’t being used properly.Liquid spray cleaners are often popular choices for stovetops because they’re efficient and easy to use. I rubbed the mixture on the glass, but it didn’t remove the wood-burning stove smoke, resin, and other deposits all that well.

Wet wood produces a significantly higher amount of smoke than dry wood, which translates into more dirt to collect on your stove glass.Here is the glass after giving it a good wipe down, and then I did a final clean using what I think is the best wood stove glass cleaner: ash and newspaper. It doesn't take a professional chef to know that your stovetop can go from squeaky clean to looking like a tomato-based crime scene in minutes. Apply the cleaner directly to the cooktop and use the included cleaning pads to rub it around your entire glass-top. There is an included, non-abrasive cooktop pad that you just dip into the cream and then apply to your cooking surface.