My Glass Cooktop is Ruined! Scratches on an Electric Smooth Top Cooktop!
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We just bought a new house. The glass cooktop is ruined! It is covered in scratches. We are going to try to clean a glass cooktop using Cerama Bryte glass …
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Hi Amy, Have you tried a rubbing compound that they use on cars for scratches? Also you could call auto body shop and see what they suggest. 🙂
Live with it. If you use a wok to cook you obviously need to move it around to toss ingredients which will inevitably scratch. It looks to me like a cooker which has been used for its purpose not an ornament. Mines the same and not much you can do.
My other remedy is after its all clean polish with a bit of coconut oil and wipe off excess well.
I have a black counter that was ruined by a cutting board rubbing on it. Coconut oil shines and hides the scratched area.
Try a bit of easy off oven cleaner in a small spot and see if that helps. Use a stiff toothbrush to rub it in before you wipe off with vinegar then rinse with water. If the glass is not dirty with build up and just scratched – How about scratch remover that they use on cars but with a soft cloth. I find that a sponge will not create enough friction. I have rubbed Ajax powdered cleanser with a damp paper towel rubbing gently in circles. Then there are the bar keepers or Bon ami. Then there is my best all around grease remover – rubbing alcohol. Of course this will only work to get off shallow imperfections. Deep scratches are probably not safe anyway. The cooktop can crack when heated. Please be careful. Love you guys!
I have tried about everything but what works best for me is Bar Keepers Friend. It made it look brand new.
she can just replace the glass top, not more than a couple hundred plus repair guy, it will only take about 5 mins top to replac.
oh im so sorry Amy thats sooo disappointing here you have a shiny new house and then that. Ive read alot of people have those issues with the glass cooktops, but its even more disappointing when you are just new to this house. Im so sorry, hopefully you wont have any other issues to spoil your fun.. chin up
Im pretty sure i saw a vid with someone using mr. Clean eraser.
I like keeping my stuff as new looking as long as possible.
I have used the scoth brite to buff lite scratches out. I put thick coat on, take wet clean wash cloth and lightly move cloth over stove top, leave it to dry then using the cloth and musle power buffing and i think i repeated. It was several years ago on my whirlpool ceramic stove top like yours.
You can also contact the company that made the stove and ask for the cost to just replace that glass top.
Hope one of my ideas help.
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I had one of those; found it very difficult to keep clean, spills had to be removed right away or were difficult to lift off. Save your money and get gas cooktop. Easier to keep clean and better cooking performance.
Have you tried a rubbing compound that they use on cars for scratches? Also you could call auto body shop and see what they suggest.
I can’t believe anyone could do that to a glass top cooker. I don’t think you can do anything. The top layer has been scraped away and glass is very tough. Might be possible to get the top replaced. Good luck
Ugh. That would bug me seeing it every day. A grand for a new one right this minute? No. The 5000 grit wet sandpaper sounds intriguing, I'd give that a try and maybe it will at least minimize the scratches. I'm a gas stove top person so I'm completely useless on this issue. Put up with it for as long as you can stand it (but start looking at new ones for the future).
I would try Weiman Glass Cooktop Heavy Duty Cleaner and Polish. It goes on much like your Ceramabrite. Weiman also makes a product called Cook Top Max, which uses micro beads for scrubbing.
Look up polishing marks & scratches out of windshields sometime. They'll use sandpaper in finer and finer grits, wet sanding the glass till the marks are gone (like marks from a wiper blade missing the rubber so the metal has been scraping). I did it with my windshield eventually getting up to 5000 grit wet sanding and it did the job, just took perseverance. I assume it'd work the same for ceramic? 🙂 I like taking care of things too.
Sorry to see your stove top so scratched. I had a white one at one time and it was really hard to keep it clean. It bothered me that I couldn't keep it nice and white as it once was. Later we had to get a new stove anyhow. I like to keep my appliances nice too.
My OCD is telling me to go buy a new one asap! LOL
I say don't put car wax on it Amy. I suspect that would give off all kinds of fumes when the burner heats up and you don't want to be breathing that
Hi Amy! Are y’all gonna venture into canning on your homestead? If you decide to get another stove, a gas stove is best. Induction cooktops has some limitations when it comes to canning. The newer electric stoves regulate the heating elements (not good for canning), so if you go that route (if you’re gonna can stuff), look into getting either an older coil or purchasing a coil that you can use for canning on the newer electric stoves. So sorry about your current stove.
U don’t need to use all burners
Just put ur pretty pot on it
It’s a cozy decorative looking kitchen
Oh that's a shame! There are deep scratches, you will not be able to get rid of them, not even with a sanding attachment for the drill; this would abrade too much of the material and the hotplate could tear through during use. It looks like the previous owner had sugar on the plate and burned it in. As long as the stove works, I would ignore it and continue to use it, there are also special cover plates for ceramic stoves that you can put on when the stove is not in use. That would be an alternative not to see the scratches.
Scratches are like cracks in the glass. You can nog get rid of it. Hence just buy a new glass top that should not be a fortune.
Look on the bright side. At least now you don't need to be extra careful not to scratch it.
Working at a kitchen store, I always hear the story of how a family member dragged the pan, cast iron pan rather than carefully lifting it a moving it. It will still function and maybe keep a beautiful Teapot on it when not in use, then just get a new one later. Plus, I would never use a cast iron Lodge on it ever.
LOL it looks a bit like my cooktop
I can't think of anything that would get those scratches out. I've just noticed your left handed like me.
Well you tried. Just live with it for now. I'm sure at some point you will decide what you want to replace it with. Probably an upgrade.