I found the solution for cleaning ceramic glass cooktops of hard to remove cooked on spots and gunk. Read about the solution in this short article with pictures.
How was I to get this glass cook top cleaned and looking like new again? I wanted to keep it shiny.
At right is evidence of my problem. Green scratch pads and vinegar was not helping. Washing with a cloth and Ajax did not help, either.
Below I give my solution for removing cooked-on spots from any glass, ceramic stove top or induction cooktop. It took me a few weeks but I hit on the game changer.
Going back to the appliance book and reading every page I found the suggestion to use a razor blade to get stubborn spots off.
Well, to me that made some sense. The razor blade is what to use for hard water stains on porcelain and also on ceramic tile with the glazed surface.
I found my husband's window scraper blade holder, exactly like the one at right, and carefully scraped at the spot. An angle of about 30% is good for this because anything straighter might scratch the surface.
Leary at first but I soon found that it does not scratch. If your spot is of substantial size it will take about 20 minutes to remove it all.
The next time the cooktop needed cleaning I added the cleaner under the kitchen sink.
Since the middle of 2010, when this recommendation was written, sellers are now including the razor and scraper with the cleaning product! The brown builds fast if you use your induction cooktop everyday.
Below is a photo of my process of cleaning the big spots.
A bottle of Barkeeper's Friend and the scrapper is the fastest way to get the top back to looking new.
The very slightly raised surface of the stove with the small valleys traps cooked on particles. The Barkeeper's liquid (Bar Keeper's Powder Cleanser and Polish works well too) gets into the valleys and rubs them out with the soft grit in the product. Circular motion with the scraper going clock and counterclockwise works the best.
Any good cleaner with the help of the scraper will be the easiest method to restore your cooktop to gleaming new looks in the shortest time.
Using the Barkeepers Friend and circular motion with the scraper will clean the induction cooktop the fastest. At right is an example of cleaning at very soiled cooktop.
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BarKeeper's Friend for Cooktops is a new product and not available for my first gunk problem.
Get a good cleaner and use it in conjunction with the scrapper for a total and fast clean up.
Possibly, the textured surface on the induction cook top made the solution a bit more problematic.
Cleaning grease and everyday spots using hot water and soap works wonders, but the more drastic measure for cooked sugar and brown build up is an extra problem and the solution is solved.
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