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General Cleaning
DO NOT use a cooktop
cleaner on a hot cooktop, The fumes
can be hazardous to your health, and
can chemically damage the ceramic-
g ass surface.
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Before cleaning the
cooktop, be sure the controls are
turned to OFF and the cooktop is
COOL.
Ceramic-Glass
Cooktop Cleaning
Correct and consistent cleaning is essential to maintaining your ceramic-glass
cooktop, If food spills, grease spatters and metal rub-off from aluminum
cookware are not removed, they may be burned onto the surface of the
cooktop and cause permanent discoloration.
Daily Cleaning
For normal soil:
1, Allow cooktop surface to cool,
2.
Wipe up spills and spatters using a clean paper towel. Always use a new,
clean paper towel when cleaning the ceramic-glass cooktop.
3.
Rub a few drops of a recommended ceramic-glase cooktop cleaning
cream onto soiled area using a clean, damp paper towel. Buff with a dry
paper towel until all soil and cream are removed. Frequent cleaning
leaves a protective coating of siliconewhich helps in preventing scratches
and abrasions. Clean surface with the cooktop cleaning cream after each
use,
4.
Rinse with another clean damp. paper towel. Buff dry with a dry paper
towel.
For heavy, burned-on soil:
1.
Allow cooktop surface to cool.
2,
Carefully scrape soil with a metal razor blade scraper. Hold razor blade
scraper at a 30° angle to the cooktop.
3,
Remove loosened soilwith a clean paper towel.
4,
Apply cooktop cleaning cream as described for normal soil,
5.
If any soil remains, repeat the steps listed above, After all soil has been
removed, polish the entire surface with the cooktop cleaning cream.
For sugary apillovers:
Sugary spills can cause pitting of your cooktop surface. Therefore, you must
begin cleaning the spills while the cooktop is stillhot. Use caution when
followingthe steps below.
1. Turn off all surface units and remove all pans immediately,
2.
Wearing an oven mitt, use a razor blade scraper to scrape the hot spill out
of the cooking zone to a cooler area on the cooktop.
3.
Allow the cooktop to cool.
4.
Follow the instructions above for heavy, burned-on soil.
DO NOT use the following on the ceramic-glass cooktop:
•
Abrasive plastic, nylon, metal scouring or cloth pads. They may scratch
the cooktop and make it more difficult to clean later.
•
Sponges, cloths or dish towels. Lint or soil remaining on the cooktop from
a cloth or sponge can burn and cause discoloration.
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Anything that may melt (plastics, aluminum foil).
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Cleansers other than a recommended ceramic-glass cooktop c_eaning
cream.
•
Chlorine bleach, ammonia, hydrofluoric acid, chemical oven cleaners or
any other kind of chemical cleaner. They may etch or discolor the
cooktop.
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