Comments on: An Amazing Natural Wood Stove Cleaner and Polisher

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:43:48 +0000

I used to watch a TV show called the Furniture Guys or something like that. It was a show based in Philly with 2 cute guys who did all kinds of things to furniture. They were marvelous! And did I mention cute?

Well, one of the episodes talked about polishing wood. They both were smoking big stogies, big fat cigars, and as they polished, they would flick the ashes onto the surface they were polishing. It worked slicker than pig grease.

I have used their method to polish my chrome sinks with my husbands cigar ashes. It really works! It is the finest of fine abrasives.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:30:43 +0000

Now if you can just tell me an efficient, non-toxic way to clean my rings…..

…thanks for the tips!!!

By: JoanneG.

JoanneG. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:57:51 +0000

I’ve also used the ashes from our woodstove to clean the glass in the stove doors; first I spritz a 1:1 white vinegar and water solution onto the glass and onto the cleaning cloth. I dip the cloth into the cold ashes and scrub the glass. Works a treat!

I’ve never tried to polish nickel trim as we don’t have a wood cookstove (I’m so jealous–I want one!), but I’ve used ketchup to polish the copper bottoms of my pans after washing them in soapy water.

I love non-toxic cleaners.