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Posted: 5/9/2017 5:26:31 PM EDT
Have some ceramic fireplace logs that got full of soot from propane gas. I now have natural gas and want to get most of the soot off the logs. I do not have a pressure washer. Give me some ideas about how to do this.
Link Posted: 5/9/2017 7:57:22 PM EDT
[#1]
Put them in the dishwasher
Link Posted: 5/10/2017 7:55:54 AM EDT
[#2]
Just did the same thing...  Pick up a gallon of Purple Power cleaner, tub of water and a good 3 count pour (I never measure shit and tend to run my blends a bit heavy!  ) scrub brush and get after it.  lay them out to dry.  I had success!
Link Posted: 5/10/2017 9:15:01 AM EDT
[#3]
Thanks
Link Posted: 5/10/2017 9:58:47 AM EDT
[#4]
Build a big fire using wood and throw them in. Soot is just a product of poor combustion, it will burn off.
Link Posted: 5/10/2017 11:28:21 AM EDT
[#5]
Most of it should brush off.  You'll get some soot with natural gas, too, so I wouldn't spend too much time cleaning them.
Link Posted: 5/10/2017 11:10:12 PM EDT
[#6]
Is the soot built up like cauliflower? Be careful with that crap, it stains everything. Wear gloves and lay out newspaper and have a container to put them in. If that stuff falls on your carpet you won't get it out.
Take them outside and rinse them off with a garden hose, most will fall right off.
Link Posted: 5/11/2017 6:50:35 PM EDT
[#7]
Yea, it's pretty nasty stuff. Hard to wash it off your hands.
Link Posted: 5/11/2017 7:13:41 PM EDT
[#8]
Run fireplace, get logs hot as they get.

Spray with fake log cleaner, soot disappears like magic.
Link Posted: 5/12/2017 10:01:25 PM EDT
[#9]
Whatever you do, do NOT  use your wife's brand new white Shark vacuum cleaner with HEPA filter.  It will never work right again.
Link Posted: 5/21/2017 10:13:54 AM EDT
[#10]
Go to auto parts store, get a can of carb and choke cleaner, designed to clean off soot from car parts.
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