Charles - again, thank you for sharing.  How did you get so smart?

Thank you so much for this info, Charles!  I've seen these "cloudy" fireplace glass enclosures in many homes, including my own!  I'll have to get some of that polish you are recommending.  Do you know if there is a way to permanently eliminate this "cloudy" problem?  Any advice you could give would be appreciated!

Melissa, I don't find it hard to impress people with what I know----what amazes me every day is how little I  know!

Diana, as long as there is moisture in the gas you are going to have this condition---no way to prevent it as far as I know.  One of the bi-products of the combustion of gas is water.

Good information Charlie. Now if you could just come up here and polish the glass on my barbecue, it looks worse than that. I can no longer see my hotdogs burning.

HHHmmm, that is interesting. I know when i was in Kentucky we had gas fireplaces, but I never built a fire in them .... too lazy I guess.

Sean Allen

Hi Charlie,

Good Post.  This will definitly help with a current listing I have.  I was showing property this weekend and every home we viewed had at least one gas fireplace.

I will remember this as it is a good tip to know and you are right with fireplaces being a focal feature one would like to see the fire instead of a foggy glass fire where the fire should be.

Charles I have one of those fireplaces in my home and after using it for the past 3 years it did develop a foggy appearance. I went to my local fireplace store and bought some cleaner (fairly inexpensive) I think it costs about $15.00. I was so impressed with the results. It looks fabulous!! I was informed to use this product by the after sales person, (we purchased a new home) at our pre closing inspection. Thank goodness she explained that using traditional glass cleaners can further damage the glass in gas fireplaces and recommended that we use the fireplace glass cleaner. It is very easy to do. They should be cleaned out regularly and you can even remove the logs and either blow the dust off them outdoors or vacuum it off. Great tip!

Sean, believe it or not sometimes people do take out the glass and fake logs and think they can use it like a regular fireplace------very very dangerous, needless to say.

Leslie, glad to help

Sandra, you are right---they are so often the focal point---you even see them on the listing pictures----fog and all!

Kathy, trying to clean the glass with regular cleaners and a Brillo pad will result in scratches on the glass that will lead to cracking of the glass when it is heated.  Definitely want to use the polish.