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How do I clean my stove top?

Asked by mowens (8403points) February 21st, 2010
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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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faye's avatar

Leave a wet cloth on it for a few hours and it will probably just wipe off.

faye (17857points)“Great Answer” (3points)
Captain_Fantasy's avatar

Use a toothbrush if the crust is hard to get to.

Captain_Fantasy (11447points)“Great Answer” (2points)
lillycoyote's avatar

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.

lillycoyote (24865points)“Great Answer” (3points)
Dr_Lawrence's avatar

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!

Dr_Lawrence (20014points)“Great Answer” (3points)
La_chica_gomela's avatar

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.

La_chica_gomela (12574points)“Great Answer” (2points)
YARNLADY's avatar

Follow the instruction of the manufacturer. If you don’t have an instruction book, look online.

YARNLADY (46384points)“Great Answer” (1points)
RocketSquid's avatar

WITH FIRE.

RocketSquid (3483points)“Great Answer” (0points)
susanc's avatar

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).

susanc (16144points)“Great Answer” (1points)
ccrow's avatar

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.:-)

ccrow (8097points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Cupcake's avatar

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.

Cupcake (16280points)“Great Answer” (1points)
susanc's avatar

@ccrow: exactly my experience. But in annoys me that the cleanness isn’t obvious to my huge audiences.

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