Fighting soot produced by the fireplace, it is not a simple task at all. When cleaning, we may have to do more disorder than planned.
But before any washing done seriously damaging our fireplace, it is important to know these home methods for cleaning a brick fireplace. With these tips, you will forget the hard work that keeps you scrubbing for hours.
Tartar and water
This cream is perfect to remove accumulated plaque around the fireplace. To do it, you just need to mix in a bowl about 2 tablespoons cream of tartar and a little water to make a thin paste.
If you do not get the cream of tartar, you can replace it with baking soda and with this solution also clean the inside of the chimney.
Apply a layer of this paste where the soot and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water the pasta and then repeat the steps if necessary.
Mix baking soda and detergent
To this mixture, you only need to add 2 or 3 tablespoons of soap for washing dishes and about 1/2 cup of baking soda. Create a paste consistency and ensures that not too thick to remove from the walls of the fireplace easily.
Take a brush with some of the mixture and scrub it on the walls of the fireplace with small circular movements, from the bottom to the top. Let the mixture act for a few minutes and rinse with warm water ends.
Mix water with vinegar
You need to combine both ingredients and then cleaned with this solution. Use a dry brush or sponge, to remove as much soot possible.
Spread the solution on all the bricks and set aside. If you have a very old fireplace, you may need to choose a less aggressive cleaning method, since vinegar can damage the surface.
Those were the homemade methods to clean a brick fireplace do you like clean your chimney? Do you think that these methods are effective? What will you use in your fireplace?
