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Cleaning Coal
« on: 02 April 2011, 16:02:43 »
Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #1 on: 02 April 2011, 16:07:08 »
Ideas so far...

Water
Hoover
Airline
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #2 on: 02 April 2011, 16:34:37 »
Airline, worked with a dry brush to get into the nooks and crannies, then olive oil wiped sparingly to bring up a shine.
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #3 on: 02 April 2011, 16:45:29 »
I`ve got one here at the new "Deb`s Towers".......It has real-anthracite as the coal "effect":
I tipped the coals into a washing up bowl with a hot solution of 'Stardrops', then rinsed and dried them off on a clean tea-towel....afterwards, they shone like new (well, as well as any 50,000 year old item could!)  ;D
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #4 on: 02 April 2011, 16:58:34 »
Cheers all, Airlines done the trick nicely  :D
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #5 on: 02 April 2011, 17:01:37 »
My brother would know, he used to be in the army.
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #6 on: 02 April 2011, 17:07:52 »
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My brother would know, he used to be in the army.


wouldnt that be a tiny paint brush and white paint  ;D
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #7 on: 02 April 2011, 21:44:17 »
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Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

 :y
Are you one sad bugger or what? not only do you have the bad taste to have an electric fire with a pile of coal in front of it for 'decoration' you havent got the wit to rinse the dust off it under the tap like any 5 year old would do faced with the same situation.  If that were not bad enough, you also feel the need to broadcast your ineptitude and seek advice on how to remove the dust of coal from a bunch of car enthuisasts ::) Please tell me this is some sort of April fool joke, or if it isnt please delete my account or ban me or whatever :y
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #8 on: 02 April 2011, 21:59:31 »
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Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

 :y
Are you one sad bugger or what? not only do you have the bad taste to have an electric fire with a pile of coal in front of it for 'decoration' you havent got the wit to rinse the dust off it under the tap like any 5 year old would do faced with the same situation.  If that were not bad enough, you also feel the need to broadcast your ineptitude and seek advice on how to remove the dust of coal from a bunch of car enthuisasts ::) Please tell me this is some sort of April fool joke, or if it isnt please delete my account or ban me or whatever :y


And breathe ....  wrong time of the month ??? or just had a bad day ??

or just inherently rude and obnoxious ?? (as thats how that rant comes across)
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #9 on: 02 April 2011, 22:01:21 »
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Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

 :y
Are you one sad bugger or what? not only do you have the bad taste to have an electric fire with a pile of coal in front of it for 'decoration' you havent got the wit to rinse the dust off it under the tap like any 5 year old would do faced with the same situation.  If that were not bad enough, you also feel the need to broadcast your ineptitude and seek advice on how to remove the dust of coal from a bunch of car enthuisasts ::) Please tell me this is some sort of April fool joke, or if it isnt please delete my account or ban me or whatever :y

And the same to you with knobs on!
Hope someone helps you someday! :y
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #10 on: 02 April 2011, 22:01:34 »
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Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

 :y
Are you one sad bugger or what? not only do you have the bad taste to have an electric fire with a pile of coal in front of it for 'decoration' you havent got the wit to rinse the dust off it under the tap like any 5 year old would do faced with the same situation.  If that were not bad enough, you also feel the need to broadcast your ineptitude and seek advice on how to remove the dust of coal from a bunch of car enthuisasts ::) Please tell me this is some sort of April fool joke, or if it isnt please delete my account or ban me or whatever :y


Take this as your one and only public warning, future abusive rants like that WILL get you a ban.
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #11 on: 02 April 2011, 22:06:12 »
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Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

 :y
Are you one sad bugger or what? not only do you have the bad taste to have an electric fire with a pile of coal in front of it for 'decoration' you havent got the wit to rinse the dust off it under the tap like any 5 year old would do faced with the same situation.  If that were not bad enough, you also feel the need to broadcast your ineptitude and seek advice on how to remove the dust of coal from a bunch of car enthuisasts ::) Please tell me this is some sort of April fool joke, or if it isnt please delete my account or ban me or whatever :y

Jesus h corbett, pig ignorant or what. Apart from anything else, Jimbob happens to be someone who works tirelessly in the background making a big contribution to this forum. If he,s posh enough to want clean coal - ::) ;D - dont get on your high horse about it, just read something that you find more interesting - or leave. ::)
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #12 on: 02 April 2011, 23:35:28 »
How about baby oil  ;D I read about it on here being used to shine up all of the black plastic bits under the bonnet so I tried it and it works  :y
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« Reply #13 on: 03 April 2011, 07:44:47 »
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Having a bit of a tidy, and want to clean some coal  ;D ;D ;D as daft as that sounds..

We have one of these electric fire, with a pile of real coal for decoration in front of it, which is dusty as hell.

Anyone ever cleaned it up before?

Is water gonna leave it looking grey :-/

Any hints and tips?  Anyone?

 :y
Are you one sad bugger or what? not only do you have the bad taste to have an electric fire with a pile of coal in front of it for 'decoration' you havent got the wit to rinse the dust off it under the tap like any 5 year old would do faced with the same situation.  If that were not bad enough, you also feel the need to broadcast your ineptitude and seek advice on how to remove the dust of coal from a bunch of car enthuisasts ::) Please tell me this is some sort of April fool joke, or if it isnt please delete my account or ban me or whatever :y


Take this as your one and only public warning, future abusive rants like that WILL get you a ban.
Sorry mate :-[ in the cold, sober light of day it does seem a bit over the top{understatement}I'm sure your fire looks very nice really. I do apologise :-[ :-[ :-[
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Re: Cleaning Coal
« Reply #14 on: 03 April 2011, 08:43:06 »
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Sorry mate :-[ in the cold, sober light of day it does seem a bit over the top{understatement}I'm sure your fire looks very nice really. I do apologise :-[ :-[ :-[


Well said Valve. :y
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