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Cleaning and Maintenance
Any piece of equipment works better and lasts longer when
maintained properly and kept clean. Cooking equipment is not
exception. Your appliance must be kept clean and maintained
properly.
Porcelain Parts
Wash with warm soapy water. Do not use steel wool, abrasive
cleansers, ammonia, or acids which may damage the finish.
Glass Ceramic (If Applicable)
Cleaning of glass ceramic tops is different from cleaning a standard
porcelain finish. To maintain and protect the surface of your glass
ceramic top, follow these basic steps:
For normal light soil:
Rub a few drops of a glass ceramic creame to the cool soiled area
using a damp paper towel. Wipe until all soil and cream are removed.
Frequent cleaning leaves a protective coating which is essential in
preventing scratches and abrasions.
For heavy, burned soil:
1. Apply a few drops of glass ceramic cleaning creame to the cool
soiled area.
2. Using a damp paper towel, rub creame into burned on area.
3. Carefully scrape remaining soil with a razor scraper. Hold the
scraper at a 30
0
angle against the ceramic surface.
4. If any soil remains, repeat the steps listed above. For additional
protection, after all soil has been removed, polish the entire surface
with the cleaning creame.
5. Buff with a dry paper towel. As the cleaning creame cleans, it
leaves a protective coating on the glass surface. This coating helps
to prevent build-up of mineral deposits (water spots) and will make
future cleaning easier. Dishwashing detergents remove this
protective coating and therefore make the glass ceramic top more
susceptible to staining.
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rown streaks Cleaning with sponge Use cleaning creame Use a light application of
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nd specks or cloth containing with clean damp cleaning creame with a clean
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oil-laden detergent paper towel damp paper towel
water
Blackened burned Spatters or spillovers Wipe all spillovers as Clean area with cleaning creame
on spots onto a hot cooking soon as it is safe and and a damp paper towel, non-
area or accidental to not put plastic abrasive nylon pad or scouring
melting of a plastic items on a warm brush. If burn-on is not removed,
film, such as a bread cooking area cool unit, and carefully scrape
area with a single edged razor
blade held at a 30
o
angle.
Fine brown/gray Coarse particles (salt Wipe the bottom of Fine scratches are not removable
lines or fine scratches sugar) can get caught cookware before but can be minimized by daily
or abrasions which on the bottom of cooking. Clean top use of cleaning creame.
have collected soil cookware and daily with cleaning
become embedded creame. Do not use
into top. Using ceramic or ceramic
abrasive cleaning coated cookware.
materials. Scratches
from rough ceramic
glass, or ceramic
coated cookware.
Smearing or Use of too much Use a small amount Dampen paper towel with a
streaking cleaning creame of creame. Rinse mixture of vinegar and water
or use of a soiled throughly before and wipe surface. Wipe area
dishcloth drying. Use only with damp paper towel and dry
paper towels or nylon with a paper towel or lint free
scrub pad or brush. cloth.
Metal markings Sliding or scraping Do not slide metal Remove metal marks before the
silver/gray marks metal utensils on objects across top glasstop is used again. Apply
glasstop cleaning creame with a damp
paper towel and scrub with a
nylon scrub pad or brush. Rinse
thoroughly and dry.
Hard water spots Condensation from Make sure the bottom Mix cleaning creame with water
cooking may cause of utensils are dry and apply a thick paste to
minerals found in before cooking. stained area. Scrub vigorously.
water and acids to Daily use of cleaning If stain is not removed, reapply
to drip on glasstop creame will help keep cleaner and repeat process.
and cause gray top free from hard Also try cleaning procedure for
deposts. The spots water mineral smearing and streaking.
are often so thin they deposits and food
appear to be in or discoloration
the glasstop.
Pitting or flaking Boil over of sugar Watch sugar and Turn element to LO; using
syrup on glasstop. syrups carefully to several paper towels to wipe the
This can cause avoid boilovers. spill immediately. Let glasstop
pitting if not cool and carefully scrape off
removed remainder of burn-off with a
immediately single edged razor held at a 30
0
angle.
Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top