Glass top ranges

[Lucania]

I have a Whirlpool glass-top stove. We bought it in 2004 & I love it! It came with a bottle of Ceramabrite, which I used & thought it worked fine. Like most of those cleaners, it leaves a film, you just have to buff & rub it all out! Then it looks shiny & new. Now I use Weiman Cook Top Glass/ Cook Top Cleaner. It’s similar to Ceramabrite, I just buy it at Wal-Mart. My stove top is easy to clean, but if you make a mess, you should clean it up right after the stove cools down. If you continue to cook on a stained stove top, the harder it will be to clean. I purchased a box cutter/ razor knife as recommended by the guy at Lowe’s to scrape off any crusty, baked on stains. It works good, but I haven’t used it all that much. I guess I’m a neat cook ! Anyway, after 4 years, I would definately recommend my Glass-Top Stove!

 

[BlestOne]

Wow…I was actually thinking of trying one of these… think I will stick with gas… I love cooking with gas anyway, but I thought these would be easier to clean… go figure huh???

 

[mizznicole]

Do any of you see filmy residue after you clean?

 

[lizaanne]

I went from using a ceramic top range at my parents house to having one of the ranges with drip pans when I bought my own place and I almost hope my range dies so I can justify getting one of the ceramic top ones! I hate having to try to keep the drip pans clean on my current range.

I totally agree!!! My stove is only 8 years old - it is white with light gray enameled drip pans, and the burner grids are a darker shade of light gray. It really is a beautiful thing - when it’s perfect, which is just about never.

NEVER EVER EVER BUY A STOVE LIKE THIS!! It is nearly impossible to keep clean. Even when it was just me, every single little bit of anything, even water when cooking pasta, that gets on those light gray pans leaves a mess. I absolutely HATE my stove. Problem is, I love gas, and don’t think I could ever switch to electric, even though I like the concept of a cook top. If I ever replace it I would have to get a black stove which would look horrible in my white kitchen.

There is a cook top out there that is supposed to be just as responsive as gas, can’t recall what it’s called, but I’m not sure I would trust it. When I want my cooking temperature to change, I want it to change NOW. Now then the stove decides it wants to. That is what I’ve experienced with electric and it makes me crazy.

~Liza

 

[Lucania]

Do any of you see filmy residue after you clean?

I have used Cerama-brite, but I use a similar product now(Weiman brand cleaner). After I squirt the cleaner over the stove-top, I just start rubbing it in with a clean, dry rag, concentrating on the brown areas. As the cleanser dries, it gets that ghosty, filmy look, but I keep rubbing & buffing, again with a clean, dry rag and it comes right out. Is that the filmy residue you mean? Before I posted this, I cleaned my stove-top. It had a few brown areas, granted it wasn’t bad, but it took me a total of 3 minutes start to finish to clean it until shiny. Even though it only took 3 minutes, you have to put the elbow-grease to it .

 

[blessedtoo]

Believe it or not, the Scotch Brite linked in the above post really does work. Like another posted said, I too hate to buy separate cleaners for appliances but this bad boy has a special mildly abrasive sponge that really does the trick. It also comes with 20 replacement sponges. I bought mine about 4 months ago and I still have 5 sponges left. It costs around $5.00. I do find with the glass tops that you have to wipe them with a cotton cloth or paper towels to buff up the shine.

 

[Gwyn]

… it cleans it off just fine…
We’ve had ours for almost 9 years now… and the top still looks practically new…

Wow…Have had ours just 3 months and it has some marks from spillovers…will try the soapy water soak…however I did pick up Ceramalite last weekend but found it did not help

 

[Lucania]

the razor blades…they don’t leave scratches? I have always been wary to use those.

When the appliance clerk at Lowe’s told me to get a razor knife to remove certain stains, I thought, WHAAAAT? Iv’e used it several times with no scratches whatsoever! I don’t use it that often because I clean the stove top after every spill, which only takes minutes & cleans easily.

 

[Brenda_V]

Depending on the kind of spill and how long it has had a chance to cook on just soaking it is a great idea.

When I had a really bad cooked on spill I would take one of my terry cloth kitchen towels and soak it (just short of dripping wet) and put it on top of the spill, let it soak for 1/2 an hour, then wipe up. If this didn’t work then I would resort to the blade immediately while the spill was still wet and I never had a problem getting it up.

No, to answer our OP’s question, I never got a white film on my black top ceramic topped stove.

Brenda V.

 

[mary_bobo]

If you use the razor blade at the right angle, almost flat as you scrape, it does not scratch. It was recommended by the manufacturer of my stove.