ACS Anti-Creo-Soot Liquid 32 Ounce

Let me start off by saying, I don't think I've ever written an Amazon review. However, this product really surprised me and worked so well that I want to share my experience to hopefully help and save someone else money. I am incredibly pleased by this spray and highly recommend to anyone who burns firewood. I had a "third-degree" creosote problem where the creosote was not sweep able - it was thin tar like layer (first picture). I figured I was going to have to get professionals to take care of it, but decided to give this product a try. Following the instructions, I sprayed this product on almost every fire I had from January 2023- March 2023. I used the entire spray bottle in this time period. When I checked my chimney in the Spring, I couldn't believe how well this stuff worked. It caused the creosote to harden and start to crumble off of the terracotta. I can't tell you how soon it started to work, but my build up was pretty bad so I assume it took at least 20-30 fires to get it to a sweepable condition. I finally got around to sweeping it this October 2023 (the chimney sat all summer unused and unswept). It swept pretty darn well for the condition it was in last January. It's not perfect, there is still some areas of a creosote coating at the top ~8' of my chimney, which is what the 2nd picture shows. I am going to get a second bottle of this and will continue to spray on every fire and try to sweep in a month after burning fires. Even once I get my chimney completely clean, I most certainly plan to continue to use this spray as a preventative. I can't recommend this stuff enough. I think it will really help keeping the chimney clean and safe.

It really works!

I have used this for a couple of years. Worth the price

I'd used the creosote "sticks", "logs", and Rutland creosote remover in the past with fair success. I've always cleaned the woodstove flue monthly as minimum during heating season; but some areas of the flue tend to build up faster than others. Mainly on the MagicHeat tubes and the last few inches at top of the flue. I'd noticed that at least some of the chemical products usually fell through the grate and into the ash which made me wonder if I was wasting the product. So, when saw this liquid product that I simply sprayed into the fire, I figured it was worth a shot. Gallon jug arrived in simple box with strip of tape over the cap to ensure it didn't loosen during shipment. Good idea. I used a typical cleaning spray bottle and filled with the anti creo soot product. I usually spray 6-10 times after loading in fresh wood. I had noticed a fairly heavy build up of creosote on the stove doors so treated them pretty heavily for first 2-3 weeks. I have seen much of that creosote has flaked away now and the buildup at top of the flue scrapes away with less effort than before. I'm still not sure off the improvement with the MagicHeat as best technique with it is a quick fire with newspaper or cereal box cardboard that flames around the tubes. So, I do believe it has helped reduce the creosote buildup and does appear to be helping with routine flue cleanings. The gallon jug lasts me through about half the heating season so it's not as economical a treatment as I'd like; but I'll continue using it for the personal satisfaction that the flue is safer.

We have a wood-burning fireplace that heats the house and we burn through a lot of wood in the winter. And Wisconsin winters are no joke! We were about 6 weeks into winter when we started noticing a lot of smoke pouring into the house every time we would open the glass fireplace door to put more wood in. After our carbon monoxide detector went off at 1 in the morning and a nice chat with our local firemen (thank you for your service!), we determined the cause of the issue was due to a creosol buildup in our chimney causing all sorts of dangerous gases to escape into the house. They advised we needed to get a fireplace inspection and hopefully the simple solution was the chimney needed a good sweep! Oh, and it did! We apparently weren't getting a good hot burn to help reduce creosol buildup and it might have been because our wood wasn't seasoned enough. Enter the Anti-Creo-Soot Liquid. A couple sprays from this bad boy every time we have a fire, and our fireplace glass is finally clear so we can SEE the fire burning. I'm amazed how this has actually helped reduce the creosol bulidup. I'm also very interested to hear from the fireplace technician during our next inspection if he notices a difference. I'm told you should always be using good, dry wood in your fireplace, BUT this will help reduce creosol buildup as a general maintenance or if you aren't using quality wood. I've only been using it for half the season, but I'm already impressed by what I'm seeing. It's definitely something I want to keep on hand. I bought 2 bottles and would recommend this product to anyone who has a fireplace.

This stuff works great. I use it religiously in my wood furnace. Makes the creosote just crumble.

It works well,will reorder it again

Worked well at getting rid of the Creosote