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Is the glass of your insert very dirty?

It is true that it gets dirty quickly and quickly becomes quite black!

And this is true for a fireplace as well as for a wood stove.

Result, it spits and we no longer see the flames of the fire ...

But no need to buy a special cleanser! It's expensive and full of toxic products.

Luckily, there's a super-efficient grandma's trick to make the glass transparent again effortlessly.

The natural trick to loosening encrusted dirt is to use ash and water. Look :

What you need

- 1 old sponge

- water bowl

- cold ashes

- Sopalin

How to do

1. Wet the sponge.

2. Dip it in the ash.

3. Rub the glass with the sponge full of ash.

4. Use a piece of paper towel to remove the last traces.

Results

And there you have it, the glass of your fireplace insert or wood stove is now nickel chrome :-)

Easy, fast and efficient, isn't it? No more burnt and blackened glass!

It has regained its transparency without rubbing like crazy.

Your house cleaner dissolves smoke and soot marks within moments. It's still cleaner like that!

You now know how to keep the insert glass clean.

And if you have any ash left, you can always do laundry with it or discover one of these secret uses for ash.

Why does it work?

By mixing water and ash, it creates potash.

Note that potash is used in particular to make soap and laundry.

It is therefore a powerful cleaning agent, ideal for removing soot, hence its formidable effectiveness in cleaning the glass of the insert.

Additional advice

- If you don't have a dirty sponge to use to clean the insert, you can hang up a sheet of newspaper. You just have to make a ball and proceed in the same way as with the sponge. You can then wipe off the last traces on the glass with a microfiber cloth. The result is just as effective. All you have to do is machine wash your rag and use your ball of newspaper to fuel the fire when it is dry.

- Another tip, you can make a cleaning paste by directly mixing the ash with water. Then use this paste to clean the glass with a sponge or newspaper. And finish cleaning the glass of the insert by wiping it with a paper towel or a rag. You can store your magic cleansing paste in a jar.

Your turn...

Have you tried this grandmother's trick for cleaning the glass of the cast iron insert? Tell us in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to hear from you!

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