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Question about glass-ceramic cooktops - New Question

UnderdogUnderdog Registered User regular
edited September 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I am currently occupying a condo that my mom owns. An offer to buy the condo from my mom has been made and confirmed and now we're just waiting for the closing date which is at the end of October. In the meantime, I essentially live at the unit and do my very best to keep everything clean and as new looking as possible. One concern my mom has raised today is about the cooktop. It is a glass-ceramic cooktop and she believes that with repeated use, a "ring" will form on the heating area. Is this true?

I already know that it is extremely easy to scratch the surface of the cooktop so I'm taking extra care not to ever shuffle anything around but now it sounds like she wants me to quit using it altogether and that'll make living here tough if I can't even boil water. I have no experience with glass-ceramic cooktops and what information I can find on the Internet makes them out to be very finicky. Since the buyer has stated they want an "all-new", never lived in before unit, it really is imperative that I don't leave behind any signs of my stay.

If the cooktop really is prone to marks and developing this ring then I might just pick up a hot plate for the duration of my stay.

Edit: Ok so I picked up a cooktop cleaner and it has done a wonderful job. There were a few white spots here and there and they came right out. So how often do I have to do the cleaning? Everytime I use the stove or just once a day, at night before I turn in?

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  • SkyCaptainSkyCaptain IndianaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Yes, it can get a ring on it if you don't take proper care of it with that cream. My girlfriend has mis-used my stove a few times and hasn't helped take care of it and now I have a permanent ring on the top.

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  • Captain VashCaptain Vash Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    A stove is one of those things thats easy enought to keep clean, but after a few uses will never look super super new again. I'd go with the hot plate.

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  • AnarchiaAnarchia Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    As Sky Captain said, you need some special stuff to keep it clean. It's usually labeled clearly enough, something along the lines of ceramic cooktop cleaner. If you use it whenever you burn a little bit of food on, you're pretty much good to go. If not, you can eventually burn a permanent black spot into the cooktop. And it's not always a ring.

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  • UnderdogUnderdog Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    All right, cool. I'm going to go pick up some cleaner to go over the stove once or twice and also pick up a cheap hot plate from Canadian Tire. Thanks guys.

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  • NODeNODe Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I'm not sure what you'd have to do to make the ring permanent. Our oven top is around 6 years old and cleans up fine with the right products. Walmart (Canadian Walmart) sells a cheap cleaning kit that we've found works well.

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  • UnderdogUnderdog Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I picked up a cleaner from Weiman and I just went over the surface with a paper towel and it's worked fine.

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  • BlindZenDriverBlindZenDriver Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    NODe wrote: »
    I'm not sure what you'd have to do to make the ring permanent.

    Sugar will do the trick!

    If needed you can use a razor blade to remove whatever my stick to the surface of a glass ceramic cook surface and over all they can take most things but as I understand sugary stuff will somehow bond to it. So spill anything with sugar in it instant cleaning is called for!

    I think some of the cleaning products you can buy will put on a protective skin so sugary spills will be less of a problem but other than that I would speculate any fine polish will do good for cleaning. Toothpaste should work (I think) :mrgreen:

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  • zorrittazorritta Registered User new member
    Schott (manufacturer) makes a glass-ceramic cooktop called Ceran, and their website recommends a bunch of different cleaners and how to take care of the stovetop. Cerama-Bryte is supposed to work well. I've also seen somewhere that uses a chrome polish for those awful deep sugar stains?

    Either way, definitely make sure not to let anything sugary hit the surface. There's explicit warnings about it on the product website...plus I've had a few oops-moments myself! I eventually ended up buying a conditioner to put on the stovetop before I begin anything that might be sugar-filled, and it seems to do the trick.

    More recs for cleaning products and glass ceramic cooktop care (works generally for all glass ceramic cooktops, not sure which one you have)

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