I bought a new glass top range, it's not an induction type, just regular hot coils under a glass type surface.

Some spilled food has gotten onto the surface, and some unnamed cooks have used the dirty surface for regular pan frying and general cooking with regular cooking pans, and somehow the contamination has been "cooked into" the glass top. I THINK it more or less started with boilovers stewing soups and pastas and stuff like that.

Is there an known way to clean this mess off, before it becomes a permanent feature ?

I have all sorts of nasty chemicals I use in the garage and on cars like acetone and worse, acid cleaners, alkaline cleaners etc. but I can't experiment, so i need to know what works for this specific problem.

How you guys successfully fixed this problem yourself ? I would imagine this is not an uncommon problem.

Baking soda and a damp rag or sponge.

Scraping with a good razor blade might work. Leaving a wet towel laying on the crusty spot for hours might work.

Barkeepers friend and magic eraser pads. I’m OCD about my glass top. Never should’ve done it, but I liked my old white topped one - I’m constantly cleaning this black one, and it’s obsessive.

A sharp razor blade at a correct angle with careful scraping will work perfectly
Be sure to follow up with light abrasive cleaner approved glass tops.

I’ve also been very impressed with magic erasers.

We use "Cerama Bryte" on ours. It works as advertised and is safe for the surface. it is recommended by the manufacturer and can be found in Walmart, Ace, Home Depot, and Lowes.

I've been using a razor which came with the Weiman's creme cleaner I bought. The creme works well by itself but if there's a boil-over or spill which gets baked on, using a fresh razor on it first ensures good results.

This might help.
Link

I used the same stuff as 556 fan. It worked for me.

Call the experts you purchased it from, don't void the warranty.

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Originally posted by irreverent:
Barkeepers friend

That's my go-to.
Sprinkle some on the cooktop, then add a bit of water to make a paste of it. Scrub, using a damp paper towel. Once the gunk is off, then just use water on a cloth (or paper towel) to continue wiping the BKF remnants away. Then, if you want, go over it with a clean microfiber cloth and some elbow grease.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by irreverent:
Barkeepers friend

That's my go-to.
Sprinkle some on the cooktop, then add a bit of water to make a paste of it. Scrub, using a damp paper towel. Once the gunk is off, then just use water on a cloth (or paper towel) to continue wiping the BKF remnants away. Then, if you want, go over it with a clean microfiber cloth and some elbow grease.

Mine too!

I use Comet regularly, and glass top cleaner occasionally.

We use Weiman cleaner with a green Scotch-Bite pad as needed.

Barkeepers friend or lemishine, both are an acid and mixing up a paste of it, applying on the baked in glop and then covering it with Saran Wrap to keep it wet will work.

I dit it to mine and let it sit for an afternoon, the glop wiped up when I removed the plastic wrap.

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Originally posted by FiveFiveSixFan:
I've been using a razor which came with the Weiman's creme cleaner I bought. The creme works well by itself but if there's a boil-over or spill which gets baked on, using a fresh razor on it first ensures good results.

This might help.
Link

I second this product. used it for several years and no appreciable wear to cook top.

Isopropyl alcohol 92% works wonders on getting fats and grease off of glass.

Razor blade for baked on, burnt stuff, and cerama bryte to clean all of it after. The cerama bryte you smear on, use a scratch/ scrubber pad to smear it all over the surface, and then let it dry till it turns white, then use paper towels to clean that off. Been working for me, many years now.

Bon Ami works well

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Originally posted by 6guns:

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by irreverent:
Barkeepers friend

That's my go-to.
Sprinkle some on the cooktop, then add a bit of water to make a paste of it. Scrub, using a damp paper towel. Once the gunk is off, then just use water on a cloth (or paper towel) to continue wiping the BKF remnants away. Then, if you want, go over it with a clean microfiber cloth and some elbow grease.

Mine too!

Me too. Was at Lowes yesterday and they had a huge can of it for something like $2.28. Told my wife that was too good of a price to pass up.