Cleaning and Maintenance
Cleaning - Cooktop
Daily Cleaning
Cleaning Guidelines
Avoid these Cleaners
Table 10: Cooktop Cleaning Chart
Cooktop Part/Material
Burner Base / Matte Finish
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Caution:
Do not use any cleaner on the cooktop while the surface is hot; The
resulting fumes can be hazardous to your health. Heated cleaner can
chemically attack and damage surface.
Caution: All ignitors spark when any single burner is turned on. Do
not touch any of the burners when the cooktop is in use.
Wipe with a warm soapy water; Rinse and dry. After a spill or boilover, turn off
the burner and allow the cooktop to cool. Clean around the burner and burner
ports. Reassemble burner(s) and check for proper operation.
Additional Steps for Glass Ceramic Models:
Apply glass ceramic cooktop cleaner.
•
Glass cleaners which contain ammonia or chlorine bleach. These ingredi-
ents may permanently etch or stain the cooktop.
•
Caustic Cleaners
•
Oven cleaners such as Easy Off® may etch the cooktop surface.
•
Abrasive Cleaners
•
Metal scouring pads and scrub sponges such as Scotch Brite® can scratch
and/ or leave metal marks.
•
Soap-filled scouring pads such as SOS
•
Powdery cleaners containing chlorine bleach can permanently stain cooktop
•
Flammable cleaners such as lighter fluid or WD-40.
.
Suggested Technique(s)
•
Detergent and hot water; rinse
and dry.
•
detergent-filled steel wool pads
®
such as Brillo
or S.O.S.
and dry.
®
can scratch the surface.
Important Reminders
•
Clean ports with a stiff nylon bristle
toothbrush to clean port openings.
•
Do not scratch or gouge the port
®
openings
. Rinse