The methods of cleaning stone fireplace are so many, but you must consider the material of stone fireplace, the age of the fireplace, the condition of fireplace, cleaning tools etc. Forewarn, not every solutions have been fully demonstrated, because its own situation and existed damage phenomenon may damage your stone fireplace. You can use your experiment methods to undertake cleanness Cleaning method of winter Reduce the dust in the process is helpful to your future work. You can put a piece of aluminum under the stone fireplace. Take the aluminum away unitl you don't use it. So that you can easily clean dust. Of course, you can also use the broom. There is a good solution that thrown salt into the fire can remove the ugly black stain to deal with ash.