How do I clean my stove top?
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February 21st, 2010
I have a stove, it has a glass top. Today, I accidentally had something boil over. It caked onto the glass. I let the stuff on the burners burn off, but there is a crust around the burner. How do I clean that?
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Leave a wet cloth on it for a few hours and it will probably just wipe off.
Use a toothbrush if the crust is hard to get to.
Yeah, I would go with something like @faye suggested. You might want to get some hot water, possibly mixed with a small amount of some kind of mild detergent like dishwashing liquid and soak a dishtowel in it then leave the dishtowel on the crusty part, maybe even over night. I wouldn’t go trying to get it off with anything until it’s softened up a bit.
My daughter uses a razor blade scraper like they sell at hardware stores for getting paint of a window. It works really well. Then use the white scouring cream for glass stove tops that manufacturers recommend.
I know that will work!
Pull the coil out if you have electric, or take off the grate if it’s gas, and take a sponge and dish detergent to the glass.
Follow the instruction of the manufacturer. If you don’t have an instruction book, look online.
I have one of those too and I don’t like it, because no matter how clean it actually is, even when you clean it with that bogus special cleaner that comes with the stove, it’s always streaky.
But yes, @Dr Lawrence’s daughter’s approach works (and is what the GE stove people
recommend).
Baking soda & elbow grease can work wonders; if you try a razor blade, use it w/a little soapy water to help prevent scratching.
@susanc- I finally gave up trying to get rid of the streaks on mine, it just took too much effort. I know it’s clean.:-)
Disclaimer: I have a gas stove, not a glass top.
I have a steam cleaner that I have begun to use to clean the kitchen and bathroom. I just steam anything (including the stove top and inside of the fridge) and wipe it with a dishcloth. Sometimes it takes a little elbow grease… but it leaves no streaks.
I can’t imagine that steam would be contraindicated with a glass top… but I don’t have experience with one. It took the gunk off my stove top and grease off of the fan like nobody’s business. The kitchen looks cleaner than ever.
@ccrow: exactly my experience. But in annoys me that the cleanness isn’t obvious to my huge audiences.
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