What is airwash and will my stoves glass stay clean?

Airwash is on all our Country Kiln Stoves. It is part of the airflow system and assists in keeping the stoves glass clean. The thing that makes the stoves glass go black quicker than anything is using damp fuel, nowadays, there are good oven cleaners which clean stoves glass in the worst case. We use Mr Muscle on our stove. The glass wipes clean. Ace!!

The other common thing which causes the stoves glass to go black is incorrect use of the top air flow controls. To correctly used stoves airwash you half open the top vents once the fire is mature. This then circulates the smoke in the correct manner ,deflecting from the stoves glass. Running the stove very low can also sometimes cause black glass so if glass goes black during the running in period of the stoves life, don`t worry.

Roy Brocklebank emailed with a olde worlde tip which he uses on his stoves glass. "A cheaper, free, method which is also cleaner, quicker and easier is wood ash. Each morning I wet a newspaper, dip it in wood ash, wipe the stoves glass clean in a moment and polish with a Kleenex. Then I put the wet ball of newspaper into the stoves fire base. Job Done. I vacuum the wood ash daily and put the wood ash bag on the compost heap."

At Country Kiln we put our wood ash into chicken hut to strengthen the egg shells Kind Regards Tom and Sue 01560 483966

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