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Ceramic-drinking glass stove tops brand cleaning a lot easier since they have a flat surface, just food can even so fire and get stuck on. If you lot don't have any ceramic cleaners, you can easily lift minor stains with a paste of baking soda and water.[1] For more than persistent stains or large pieces of residual burnt onto the cooktop, attempt using a scraper and ceramic cleaner to remove them. Within the afternoon, you can brand your stove look new!

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    Wipe every bit much off the stove meridian as you lot can with a clammy paper towel. Look until the stove cools off completely and so y'all don't fire yourself. Start in the back corner of the stove elevation and wipe residue toward the front end. Cup your other manus under the edge of the stove to catch the pieces that came loose. Work your style beyond the stove in back-to-front strokes until yous reach the other side.[2]

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    Sprinkle blistering soda over the fire marks. Pour the baking soda straight out of the box onto the stove top. Use enough to completely cover the burnt area and whatever other stains you want to remove. Spread the baking soda flat by manus so it forms an fifty-fifty layer over the surface.[iii]

    • Don't apply other abrasive pulverisation cleaners because they could scratch or damage the ceramic.

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    Soak a microfiber towel in a dish soap solution. Fill up a bowl with 1 teaspoon (4.9 ml) of liquid dish lather and 1 US quart (0.95 Fifty) of warm water. Mix the solution together until it forms suds. Put a microfiber towel that's large enough to cover the burnt area in the bowl and let it soak until it'due south completely saturated.[4]

    • You may need to use multiple towels if yous need to embrace the entire stove peak.

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    Lay the towel over the blistering soda and leave information technology for 15 minutes. Pull the towel out of the soapy solution and wring it out loosely to remove some of the water. Unfold the towel and place information technology flat over the baking soda. Allow the towel to soak the baking soda for at least 15 minutes to help break down the residual.[5]

    • Baking soda breaks downwards clay and oil when information technology reacts with water, so it works keen as a natural cleaner.
    • You may leave the towel on the stove acme for upward to 30 minutes for more than hard stains or remainder.

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    Scrub the surface in a circular pattern a scrubbing pad. Remove the microfiber towel from your stove, doing your best to leave as much of the baking soda on the surface as you can. Start in the center of the burnt surface area with a cloth scrubbing pad, working in circular motions out toward the edges. Utilize slight force per unit area equally you lot scrub to help lift the stains easier.[6]

    • You may besides utilize a microfiber cloth or paper towel if y'all don't have a scrubbing pad.

    Tip: Avoid using steel wool since yous could leave scratches and damage the ceramic.

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    Wipe the baking soda off with a newspaper towel. Start in the back corner and wipe toward the front of the stove with a single straight. Continue working across the surface of the stove, replacing the paper towel whenever it gets too wet or soiled. Clean off any leftover streaks with a dry paper towel.[7]

    • If you weren't able to clean the burnt area completely, you may need to try using baking soda once again. If that doesn't work, you lot may need a stronger cleaner.
    • Spray drinking glass cleaner on the stove and wipe it off with a newspaper towel if it however has a cloudy appearance.

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    Work while the surface is still warm if possible. Turn off the stove every bit presently as you find something burning, and gear up any cookware aside on a heat-prophylactic surface. Permit the stove to absurd slightly until it'due south warm enough to comfortably work on without feeling too hot. Avert letting it cool down completely since stains may set in easier or it could exist more difficult to remove.[8]

    • If the heat is besides warm for you to handle, put on an oven paw before you lot start working.

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    Hold a metal scraper confronting the ceramic at a 45-degree bending. Put the bract of the scraper against the stove so it'southward flush with the ceramic. Keep the handle at a 45-degree bending so you don't scratch the cooktop. Place the edge of the bract against the stain or burned residue.[9]

    • You tin can buy a metal scraper from your local hardware store.

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    Push the scraper through the remainder to lift it off the surface. Employ slight pressure to the scraper as you guide it through the rest. Use curt forward strokes as you move the scraper over the balance. Go over burnt sections multiple times until you tin can't lift up any more than of the burnt section.[10]

    • Ever movement the scraper's bract away from your body so you're less probable to injure yourself.
    • If the bract on the scraper gets dirty, clean it with a paper towel.

    Warning: Be careful non to apply likewise much pressure since you could break or damage the ceramic stove elevation.

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    Wipe off the residue with a newspaper towel. Clean from the back of the stove toward the front and then the residue is easier to control. Cup your hand underneath the edge of your stove and grab the pieces as they fall down. Replace the newspaper towel as it gets dirty then yous don't spread the fire marks around.[eleven]

    • Attempt wetting the paper towel and wringing information technology out earlier wiping the stove to assist lift up more of the fine powder residual.

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    Apply a ceramic cooktop cleaner to the surface with a scrubbing pad. Put a coin-sized corporeality of the cooktop cleaner directly onto the stove. Apply the corner of the scrubbing pad to spread the cleaner in a round motion over the entire surface area you simply scraped. Go on working the cleaner into the surface until it'southward clear.[12]

    • Y'all tin can purchase ceramic cooktop cleaners from apparatus or habitation improvement stores.
    • Don't use oven cleaners or ammonia products since they could damage the cooktop.

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    Let the cleaner dry until it hazes. Get out the cleaner on the surface and avoid using your stove until you're finished cleaning. Permit the cleaner to sit for about 10–15 minutes, or until information technology forms a cloudy appearance.[13]

    • The drying time may vary depending on the cleaner you apply.

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    Buff the surface with a dry microfiber towel. Work beyond the entire surface in circular motions to assist polish the stove top. Employ light pressure as your work over the burnt areas to elevator upward whatsoever balance stains or discoloration. Wipe off all of the cleaner until the stove has a sparkling, clean appearance.[14]

    • If y'all all the same come across marks, you may demand to clean the stove again.

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    How do you clean a ceramic sink with natural cleaners?

    Susan Stocker

    Susan Stocker runs and owns Susan's Green Cleaning, the #1 Green Cleaning Visitor in Seattle. She is well known in the region for outstanding customer service protocols — winning the 2017 Better Business Torch Award for Ethics & Integrity —and her energetic support of green cleaning practices.

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    Expert Answer

    Natural cleaners are actually better at cleaning ceramic than chemical-based cleaners. The easiest mode to make clean a ceramic sink is to mix some baking soda with water to brand a thick paste. Then, scoop the paste around the dirtiest areas in your sink. Use a scrubbing pad or the annoying side of your sponge to scrub the paste into the ceramic. Wipe the paste away when y'all're done.

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  • You lot may need to clean the stove top multiple times to completely elevator the stain.[fifteen]

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  • Be conscientious non to burn yourself on any hot surfaces.

  • Avert using steel wool, abrasive powders, or ammonia cleaners since they could harm the cooktop.[16]

  • Ever push metal scrapers abroad from your body so you don't injure yourself if the blade slips.

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