They are NOT scratches, but aluminium marks from sliding the base of the pots on the ceramic and are purely on the surface. Simple to remove with metal polish ( Autosol) - A scratch is actual "scored" damage to the surface of the ceramic and cannot be rubbed out. Appliance service engineer of 52 years experience .
Please can u tell me what I can do. I sprayed oven cleaner on my glass cook top and now it has a cloudy ring around the burners. How can I get this off
I share your view. I too have shiny rings on my cooktop, most definitely from my espresso stovetop pots (aluminum-chrome-something alloy? apparently a softer metal mix, hence the abrasion?) So the metal polish tip is something I'd like to try. Anything else won't help with that. The company you recommended does have quite a few different products though. My question: liquid or a paste? or what can you recommend specifically? Thx
Cerama Bryte, ceramic stovetop cleaner is what I use. It’s designed for stovetops. Just put on stovetop. Using a wet paper towel, spread around and rub. Carefully use a razor blade to remove caked on spills. Wipe clean and see the amazing difference. Being using it for 20 years. Available in Canada.
@@Itsme-vo4fx I’ve used it here in the USA. When I ran out I bought a “new and improved” version of a major brand, and I do not like it nearly as much as Cerama Bryte.
Personally I think that ceramic stove tops will scratch no matter what you do. I have a KitchenAid pro series and it is a mess. I do not slide my pans around. I put it on the burner and lift it off when I am finished. Im not a chef so I am just boiling hard-boiled eggs, water for tea, etc. It's a hot mess. Then I bought a new cheap stove for a cottage and after one time boiling water for noodles, it is scratched and discolored. I am convinced they are just cheaply made and they will scratch and discolor no matter what you do. Funny how we have pyrex baking dishes that are not scratched at all after years of baking, scrubbing, clanging them around in the sink, etc. This video was good to show us that polishing does offer some hope.
The expensive stove tops like Kitchen Aid and JennAir scratch the easiest. I can scrub the living daylights out of my GE stove top, even with a stainless steal scrubber and I get my stove top clean, not scratched. It kind of amazes me that the less expensive stoves are best.
I treated our cooker which was in really bad shape with the polish and drill as you showed. The result was amazing, it is like new again. Thank you so much for sharing.
I use a very sharp blade to gently scrape off any burnt residue, then use Fairy liquid with a non-scratch scourer; Cif for any stubborn bits. To finish, I buff with a microfibre cloth.
Fixing scratches is all about sanding down damages on the surface to either be even or polished, both work well on things like wood, plastics, or metal. However to be honest it's never going to work well on glass or ceramic surfaces since both molecular structures are not the kinds of things you can easily sand down to make an even surface or polish it. If u have minor scratching the final method is worth it but if u have major damage just leave it alone and be careful with your stove.
HELP IS HERE! There is something that is made expressly for this purpose. It is only $4.15 at Walmart. It is this: "Weiman Glass Cooktop Cleaner & Polish - 15 Ounce." It is a special polish for these kind of cooktops. One came with my stove years ago and it works like a charm. My stove top still looks like new. Use it over the entire top before using the stove as it cleans and also puts up a protective barrier on the surface. Reapply every few months to keep it looking good. Note 1: Do not use paper products like paper towels on the cooktop to clean as they can make microscopic scratches. Always use a soft sponge or cloth or vinyl scrubby. Note 2: If you use a scraper like a razor blade to scrape off burnt-on food, always wet the surface with water or Windex before using the blade to prevent scratching the top.
I have used several Weiman products, including ceramic cleaner/polish, stainless steel cleaner, and leather cleaner/conditioner. They all have worked very well. As a nice bonus, they always seem to be very reasonably priced too.
@@Sephiroth0232 yes, paper is abrasive. Sometimes that is a good thing. For example, newspaper is the best thing to use when cleaning windows with commercial sprays. The slight abrasive speeds up cleaning.
Try baking soda and vinegar; that will clean good; I still haven’t found a good method to remove scratches. Always clean after use. You can use various cleaners to prevent buildup. If you brew your tea, make a tea with used bags and it will remove the acid and a lot of grease. Scratches are like cuts in the glass; that’s what makes them so difficult to remove. I think you would have to buff down past the scratch and I think that is difficult. Norwex makes a cleaner; it’s called cleaning paste and it’s good for removing a lot of stains, oils, and some of the white marks. Biggest issue is to clean right after burners cool down; don’t let things build up on burners. As far as scratches go just be careful to place cookware directly on burner and remove without any scraping motion. Glass tops aren’t made to handle moving cookware on the glass surface. Be sure to hold handles when stirring to prevent movement. There’s nothing I’ve found to remove scratches; it’s just like windshields; very hard to get scratches out because scratches are cuts and have removed part of the surface which can’t be restored to my knowledge. If anyone finds a method please post. I think manufacturers need to study this issue and come up with better stovetop surfaces as the glass tops are difficult to keep in good shape over time. Also it’s hard to remove grease from surfaces even with the best of cleaners; they still tend to streak. There has to be a better way to build stove tops that can stand up over time and retain good surface looks; glass ain’t it.
When I was a projectionist using carbon arc rods for the light source, we used Bon Ami to remove the debris from the mirrors. Dry first, then mixed with a little water to make a paste. Bon Ami will not scratch glass and will remove anything from the glass with enough rubbing. Even burned on sugar can be removed this way.
I used a single edge razor blade and got as much as possible off gently. Then I took glass cleaner from a professional cleaning service and cleaned the top. I used a fiber type cloth like they said to do and it look so much better.
Just clean stovetop after each use and you won’t have this problem. I’m on my second one (different residences) and I’ve never had these type of issues by cleaning the stove after each use! I find it hard to believe people don’t clean up spills/splatters after each use and just cook again and burn it in.
1st method: you mix the baking soda with water in a paper cup, making a thick liquid similar to Elmer’s glue. Pour the thick liquid onto the stove burners. Scrap stove top with a racer blade. Scrap in one direction so as not to scratch stove top. 2nd method: .use liquid purchased for stove top. 3rd: use aluminum foil 4th: baking Sodexo and vinegar 5th: use glass stove top cleaner with electric polisher buffer in your drill Di several times until scratches are removed. My method: use a glass stove top liquid cleaner purchased at the grocery store or wherever appliances are sold (call to see if they have it) and a razor.
Normally a car polish is a micro filler, it masks the scratches but doesn't remove them ,, but the result is fab, I have to do mine before I leave my rental thanks.
No, polish doesn't fill scratches on cars. It removes a bit of the surrounding area to the same level as the scratch. Not sure if it works the same way on ceramic.
That's correct. It doesn't fill the scratch in. The polish flattens the high edges of the scratches so when light reflects off the glass the scratches are not visible.
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For baked oven residue that refuses to budge I use a blade from a Stanley knife and gently remove the carbon food stains. Hold it at an angle so it is pretty flat against the surface and it removes the baked on remains. Polish off with some cif cleaner…job done.
Dude! Scratches are not like dirt! You can't "clean" them off. You basically need to sand away (that's what the polish does) the top layers of the glass until you wear it out to the same level as the scratch.
Are you sure the outside of your glass oven door is what needs to be cleaned? I have a glass window in my oven door and I know it is a double glass and what is soiled is the inside of these windows. To clean it I need to remove the screws that keeps the oven door together and I just don't want to do that. There are youtubes online to show you how to do it if you decide to.
I always use either baking soda paste or Bartender’s Friend and gently taking my time, scrape with a razor. If it is just cooked on grease like it usually is, I can make them look new. I recently had a lady come by that had either bought a stove or some kind of appliance from me sometime in the past stop by and ask me how I got them so clean as she knew I had good luck cleaning stove tops. I did not recognize her, but it made me feel good that she stopped and asked me. Water seems to work about as good as vinegar for the baking soda paste to me. I just let it sit a good while longer than this video shows.
not if you clean it properly after polishing. Polish compound is not a coating like wax, it's the mechanical action of its abrasive particles what smooths the surface, you have to remove it after polishing the surface.
according to comments here the polish is abraisive which will sand off the top most imperfections in the glass. so used correctly, its not actually leaving any residue
I'm a housekeeper for a holiday property and use The Pink Stuff too. Other than using a hob scraper it's the only thing that gets all the burnt stuff off. TPS cleans so many things, would hate to be without it!
I am a cleaner and we pretty much do the same for floors once a year at work, we scrub the surface layer down a tiny bit and polish the floor to look like brand new. Deeper scratches will never go away with some easy fix or whatever, you can make it cleaner to hide the scratch a little bit but the scratch is still there. Very deep scratches need to be repaired.
If u put soda with water and then scratch it off u re going to make more scratches, not to remove existing ones. Soda with water is for removing lime scale from sink
Interesting to see the comparisons, but not like for like. If you used the drill and buffing pad on all options (except aluminium foil!), you may get better results
I use 180 grit sand paper wet with any type of degreaser to remove allot of burnt grime and scratch marks and it normally gets it all unless they are deep scratch’s and then your looking at removing layers of glass to get that smooth again and different levels of sand paper. I lightly press on the sandpaper and stick with a clockwise swirl pattern. I sell used appliances and this has been the best method for me.
@Pinovski I now have the spray version. I just wait for stove top to cool, then as I wipe up counters after a meal I use it. I scrub it in with one of those no scratch pads. Wipe with dish cloth and then buff with dish towel. Takes a couple of minutes!
The best way I've found is to use and old style razor blade to remove burnt on things from my ceramic top. It isn't actually scratched but rather looks scratched. It doesn't hurt to put some vinegar on a paper towel first and lay that on the ceramic surface to soften the burnt on stuff. The use your razor blade carefully to scrape off the carbonized stuff. In the end your ceramic top will look new again.
Won't the razor itself cause scratches?? I've recently bought a ceramic top and managed to burn some stuff on it. I'm mostly seeing people recommend using blade to scrape it off but I'm too hesitant to do that :/
what I use is a random copper sheet thingy, that I flattened on one side and sort of sharpened on some sandpaper, the copper being softer than glas, made me think I could just simply scrape the glass clean and I was right.
How did it look after using the element? I would be concerned the "Polish" that remains in the scratched areas would burn when stove was used. I am trying to decide if I should buy a flat top stove rather than the coil burner. I am still 90% convinced I don't want a smooth top.
It looked new. I washed the polish off after i had used it so it wouldn't affect the stove when it was turned on. Flat top stoves are good. The only down side is you can't really throw your pans around like you can on a gas hob. Cleaning a flat ceramic top stove is very easy because it's flat, all it needs is a quick wipe.
@@diyr6894 in the end, I went with a coil burner for precisely that reason. I am used to a coil and was really afraid I would break the flat top. I am not a fan of the new safety coils though. If your pan isn't heavy, or has the very least little warp in the bottom, it wont depress the spring properly and the burner turns itself off.
Depends on what polish you use. Some have fillers (to fill the scratches) along with some abrasive. Some are just pure abrasive and thats what you'd want for that. If you REALLY wanna go to town, there are also "compounds" that are more aggressive
To completely remove the scratches, you'll have to basically grind down the entire surface to the level of the bottom of the scratches. Other than that, the only option is to polish off the sharp edges of the scratches to make them less visible ( like when polishing surface scratches on a cars clearcoat).
yea , thst polishing cream is just "lubricant," which gives the "illusion" of the scratches going away . Once it dries off, the scratches will still be there.
The burns, spill overs under a hot pan, scorches & scratches remove whatever black coating is on the stove top. I dont think anything will put back that black coating. I'm going to have to replace my top.
My best method is using a single edge razor and very gentle scrape the surface. You can add a few drops of water the grime will come off and keep wiping off the grime from the razor. It works just be gentle
Lemon juice concetrate is better than vinegar and also a brand new razor blade. I've just done it on my dad's. I did take a lot of time and elbow grease since it wasn't badly streaked BUT it had not been properly cleaned for a year
In my experience with polishing glass, is that you need an abrasive polishing. Shoe polishing is usually just an oil/wax/pigment blend, so it won't help.
I was cringing when you used a wodded piece of tin foil on your top. The top is a glass/ceramic blend and requires special care. I just got a new all black glass top stove. It is beautiful, but requires a lot more attention than my white one and scratches very easily. Even a dish with a rough bottom will scratch it. Remember, that if you clean then wax after each use and cook on it carefully, you can keep the top looking almost new. I cook all the time (1-2 times every day) and after 6 months, my top still looks really shiny and almost new (I have 1 small deep scratch, but I am the only one who seems to notice it, according to my husband). FYI, I invested a good deal of time and used this method on a friend's old cooktop and it also made a huge difference. Anyway, for anyone interested, here is my routine: 1. Once the top is cool, I use a straight edge blade at a 45 degree angle to carefully loosen burnt spillage areas before cleaning. It even seems to work on minor scratches somehow. Unfortunately, deep scratches are likely there to stay, so be careful. 2. I then use a soft wet sponge with dish soap to clean the top and dry with a paper towel. 3. I then use a few drops of cooktop wax with a damp paper towl then quickly and gently rub as it dries to remove most of the residue. 3. Finally, if any streaks, fingerprints or swirl marks remain, I then apply a fine spray of cool tap water then gently dry with a new paper towel until it sparkles. Keep in mind that deep scratches are often there to stay, so if it matters to you, be careful not to drag metal across the top and NEVER use an abrasive pad, brillo or comet.....you will only get more scratches. Good luck to all
For mine I do almost the same thing but I finish with cheesecloth. It's seems to get rid of the streaks. When it's clean I lay a black drying pad on top of it. When I wash stuff by hand I use that area to dry. If I need counter space I put a huge cutting board on top of the drying pad. Sounds obsessive but it's a system that seems to work lol.
Very thorough method. I honestly didn't think the tin foil would scratch the glass so badly. As you say, if you keep on top of cleaning it often (or preferably after each use), the glass top can look almost new, most of the time.
Polish specifically made for glass cooktops, and sold in every grocery store, supermarket or hypermarket, works much better, and you don't waste as much time.
You should never move pans around on a ceramic burner. The pan itself will scratch the glass. You should use a foam cutting pad on your drill, because you have to remove material. The pad you were using is for final finishing.
can you provide a little more info on "foam cutting pad? Are you saying he should be sanding the ceramic top to solve his problem?? Please provide a link of an appropriate pad if you dont mind
I use fast orange mixed with rubbing compound 1:4 ratio orange to compound. Use it on my windshield too. And high-speed buffer. Beats buying a new ceramic top or new stove.
@@diyr6894 it is a hand cleanser and has pumoc in it if you use a small amount mixed with a buffing compound it can restore the surface just keep the pad moving or damage can occur. That is after using the suggested method of razor blade and surface cleanser.
Our ceramic cook top is over twenty eight years old and the only marks on it is a few from the base of the saucepans. I followed the directions for cleaning and have also looked after it. Maybe all of you need to do the same! No scratches, as such.
Perhaps that many scratching is from moving the pots/pans around while cooking and also not cleaning up immediately after a spill? I've no problems with my stove either, then again I try not to do those mistakes and clean in each and every time after use. A good deep cleaning goes a long way if you want to have an immaculate stove!
I think the main cause was when I burnt some food on the bottom of the pan and moved it around on the glass. Since then, I've been cleaning the glass every time i cook. It has stayed clean but there are some scratches. I think another deep clean is due.
I'm curious as to why you'd read the title of the video and decide to watch it, since you've no need for the information... perhaps only so you could make a condescending comment to people that haven't done as well as you have in preserving their cooktops?
Question for maker of this video....I have the prob as you did. I'm trying to find product but the link sez it's not available. So I searched and found the same brand but need to know if the pad they're selling with it will do same job like yours. I cleaned using all your steps. And I still have the same look as your video. I wish I could send pic of the Amazon product set so you could say YAY or NAY. 😊
I'm a professional house cleaner and I've got something that I use and most people have no clue what it is. I use it on Windows and hard water stains too. It's magic!
@@charlotter8276 it's called: CRL. NOT CLR. You will need to order it and same company that makes "Sprayway". Blue and White bottle. It's the "water and stain remover" bio clean! I saw a window cleaning company with the same stuff. So, you can use it on glass doors, Windows, stove top! I found this is the strongest stuff on the market and you can touch it. Feels like a semi paste and smells like mint or toothpaste with a tiny tiny tiny grit inside and will NOT scratch! I've cleaned big homes 6,000-9,000 sf and billionaires for my own clients. Trust me... You don't want to make any mistakes... So, I promise this product is the miracle product! My clients were amazed!!!! It surpases cook top cleaner by far! Learn to use it sparingly and you'll get use to it. Will not stain and is okay to touch! Any other questions... I've had my business for just over 20 years and I love it! Most people aren't aware of this product so... There you go!
It's not the kind of polish you're thinking of. It's an abrasive, like sanding scratches out of wood but very fine. It's completely removed after polishing.
What happens when you cook on it now tho? has it left some residue inside the scratches or has it just polished off the corners of the scratches to make them less visible so there's no residue?
Doesn’t car polish have wax in it? I’m thinking the wax fills the scratches so it looks smooth. The first time the stove is used the wax would burn off and the scratches would return. Someone try it and reply if that is the case.
The polish doesn't wax the surface. The polish flattens the high edges of the scratches so when light reflects off the glass the scratches are not visible. After polishing, you wash the glass thoroughly and remove all the polish before using the cooker again.
I'm not sure why anyone would think that methods 1 to 5 would do anything to help get rid of the scratches. Even number 6 will only work for the most shallow of scratches. For deep scratches you would need something that would fill them in such a way that after polishing you won't see them anymore.
You cant use a ceramic or glass cooktop as you would a gas burner. The manuals all say to not slide pans around on them. Use a spatula to move the food in the pan. When food, grease or oil burns onto the burner, use a ceramic/glass cooktop cleaning kit to remove the burnt on gunk. The kit will have a non scratch scrubber, polish and a razor blade. They also come with instructions. It takes me maybe 5 minutes to
Once you scratch it you can’t repair it. All the methods used were for cleaning not for filling the cracks !!!! Think before you act, buddy. The car polish removes the superficial layer off the car coats to even the surfaces out. One idea is if there a ceramic repair kit where you actually fill in the cracks with ceramic powder with transparent glue, this might work
Is it permanent fix ? Look like to me the oil from polishing compound just mask the scratches. Could you remove the oil on the surface completely to see if it work ?
Yes it's permanent until you scratch it again. After I polished it, I washed all the polish off and it stayed looking like new. Best advice I can give you is use this method, then clean and wipe the glass top after each use. That way it will stay looking like new.
They are NOT scratches, but aluminium marks from sliding the base of the pots on the ceramic and are purely on the surface. Simple to remove with metal polish ( Autosol) - A scratch is actual "scored" damage to the surface of the ceramic and cannot be rubbed out. Appliance service engineer of 52 years experience .
Please can u tell me what I can do. I sprayed oven cleaner on my glass cook top and now it has a cloudy ring around the burners. How can I get this off
Will brasso work?
Hi Mr. Walton, I have scorch marks on my white stove! HELP!
You're right, all I needed was a soft scouring sponge and a metric tonne of elbow grease. (I'll get autosol before the next house inspection)
I share your view. I too have shiny rings on my cooktop, most definitely from my espresso stovetop pots (aluminum-chrome-something alloy? apparently a softer metal mix, hence the abrasion?) So the metal polish tip is something I'd like to try. Anything else won't help with that. The company you recommended does have quite a few different products though. My question: liquid or a paste? or what can you recommend specifically? Thx
Wow, the car polish trick is great. Thanks for speaking clearly and deliberately. Plus, you're a cool guy!
Yep, just been at our new stovetop with cutting compound and a DA, worked really well.
Cerama Bryte, ceramic stovetop cleaner is what I use. It’s designed for stovetops. Just put on stovetop. Using a wet paper towel, spread around and rub. Carefully use a razor blade to remove caked on spills. Wipe clean and see the amazing difference. Being using it for 20 years. Available in Canada.
Works great for cleaning but not for scratches. Too late for me:(
@@gradgirl2030I agree, I use it often for cleaning, but it does nothing for the scratches.
@@TopoGigio555 Cleans wonderfully, but one little slip with that blade and that's where scratches come from.
@@dad7130 Agree! I don’t use the blade for that reason.
@@Itsme-vo4fx I’ve used it here in the USA. When I ran out I bought a “new and improved” version of a major brand, and I do not like it nearly as much as Cerama Bryte.
Personally I think that ceramic stove tops will scratch no matter what you do. I have a KitchenAid pro series and it is a mess. I do not slide my pans around. I put it on the burner and lift it off when I am finished. Im not a chef so I am just boiling hard-boiled eggs, water for tea, etc. It's a hot mess. Then I bought a new cheap stove for a cottage and after one time boiling water for noodles, it is scratched and discolored. I am convinced they are just cheaply made and they will scratch and discolor no matter what you do. Funny how we have pyrex baking dishes that are not scratched at all after years of baking, scrubbing, clanging them around in the sink, etc. This video was good to show us that polishing does offer some hope.
The expensive stove tops like Kitchen Aid and JennAir scratch the easiest. I can scrub the living daylights out of my GE stove top, even with a stainless steal scrubber and I get my stove top clean, not scratched. It kind of amazes me that the less expensive stoves are best.
WHO ever pushed selling these stove tops DID NOT DO ANY RESEARCH ON ACUTALLY COOKING ON THESE STOVE TOPS - WARN OTHERS NOT TO GET THESE STOVE TOPS!!
It's just cosmetic damage...they still function perfectly with these scratches
I treated our cooker which was in really bad shape with the polish and drill as you showed.
The result was amazing, it is like new again. Thank you so much for sharing.
What is the type of polish you used?
Chrome polish is good for cleaning things like light switch covers, plug socket covers as it removes/hides scratches.
I use a very sharp blade to gently scrape off any burnt residue, then use Fairy liquid with a non-scratch scourer; Cif for any stubborn bits. To finish, I buff with a microfibre cloth.
I can Only Assume, you don't have a scratched glass stove top . . . .
Fixing scratches is all about sanding down damages on the surface to either be even or polished, both work well on things like wood, plastics, or metal. However to be honest it's never going to work well on glass or ceramic surfaces since both molecular structures are not the kinds of things you can easily sand down to make an even surface or polish it. If u have minor scratching the final method is worth it but if u have major damage just leave it alone and be careful with your stove.
HELP IS HERE! There is something that is made expressly for this purpose. It is only $4.15 at Walmart. It is this: "Weiman Glass Cooktop Cleaner & Polish - 15 Ounce."
It is a special polish for these kind of cooktops. One came with my stove years ago and it works like a charm. My stove top still looks like new. Use it over the entire top before using the stove as it cleans and also puts up a protective barrier on the surface. Reapply every few months to keep it looking good.
Note 1: Do not use paper products like paper towels on the cooktop to clean as they can make microscopic scratches. Always use a soft sponge or cloth or vinyl scrubby.
Note 2: If you use a scraper like a razor blade to scrape off burnt-on food, always wet the surface with water or Windex before using the blade to prevent scratching the top.
Paper can scratch these things? what the hell?!
Yes! I have found that it takes several weeks to get most of it back to normal. Patience!
I have used several Weiman products, including ceramic cleaner/polish, stainless steel cleaner, and leather cleaner/conditioner. They all have worked very well. As a nice bonus, they always seem to be very reasonably priced too.
@@Sephiroth0232 yes, paper is abrasive. Sometimes that is a good thing. For example, newspaper is the best thing to use when cleaning windows with commercial sprays. The slight abrasive speeds up cleaning.
We use a product here in the UK called Hob Bright does the job perfectly!
Try baking soda and vinegar; that will clean good; I still haven’t found a good method to remove scratches. Always clean after use. You can use various cleaners to prevent buildup. If you brew your tea, make a tea with used bags and it will remove the acid and a lot of grease. Scratches are like cuts in the glass; that’s what makes them so difficult to remove. I think you would have to buff down past the scratch and I think that is difficult. Norwex makes a cleaner; it’s called cleaning paste and it’s good for removing a lot of stains, oils, and some of the white marks. Biggest issue is to clean right after burners cool down; don’t let things build up on burners. As far as scratches go just be careful to place cookware directly on burner and remove without any scraping motion. Glass tops aren’t made to handle moving cookware on the glass surface. Be sure to hold handles when stirring to prevent movement. There’s nothing I’ve found to remove scratches; it’s just like windshields; very hard to get scratches out because scratches are cuts and have removed part of the surface which can’t be restored to my knowledge. If anyone finds a method please post. I think manufacturers need to study this issue and come up with better stovetop surfaces as the glass tops are difficult to keep in good shape over time. Also it’s hard to remove grease from surfaces even with the best of cleaners; they still tend to streak. There has to be a better way to build stove tops that can stand up over time and retain good surface looks; glass ain’t it.
When I was a projectionist using carbon arc rods for the light source, we used Bon Ami to remove the debris from the mirrors. Dry first, then mixed with a little water to make a paste. Bon Ami will not scratch glass and will remove anything from the glass with enough rubbing. Even burned on sugar can be removed this way.
I used a single edge razor blade and got as much as possible off gently. Then I took glass cleaner from a professional cleaning service and cleaned the top. I used a fiber type cloth like they said to do and it look so much better.
Note to self: Don't go ballistic on your glass top. I'm in the process of buying a glass top range, so this has really helped. Thank you!
Just clean stovetop after each use and you won’t have this problem. I’m on my second one (different residences) and I’ve never had these type of issues by cleaning the stove after each use! I find it hard to believe people don’t clean up spills/splatters after each use and just cook again and burn it in.
Buying a glass-top stove is one of my wife's and my biggest regrets. Never again. Going back to coils when this one dies.
Note to self, don’t let husband use glass stove top either.
@@lovecats2668 bs,, just sliding pans can make these scatches
@@theoriginallacey my bf moved a heavy stewing pot and scratched it so yep 🤣 brand new hob as well
this worked so well for me using metal polish with a drill & buffer attachment thanks
1st method: you mix the baking soda with water in a paper cup, making a thick liquid similar to Elmer’s glue. Pour the thick liquid onto the stove burners. Scrap stove top with a racer blade. Scrap in one direction so as not to scratch stove top.
2nd method: .use liquid purchased for stove top.
3rd: use aluminum foil
4th: baking Sodexo and vinegar
5th: use glass stove top cleaner with electric polisher buffer in your drill Di several times until scratches are removed.
My method: use a glass stove top liquid cleaner purchased at the grocery store or wherever appliances are sold (call to see if they have it) and a razor.
Normally a car polish is a micro filler, it masks the scratches but doesn't remove them ,, but the result is fab, I have to do mine before I leave my rental thanks.
No, polish doesn't fill scratches on cars. It removes a bit of the surrounding area to the same level as the scratch. Not sure if it works the same way on ceramic.
That's correct.
It doesn't fill the scratch in.
The polish flattens the high edges of the scratches so when light reflects off the glass the scratches are not visible.
@@ByteFilm thank you but keep in mind, the top laer is glass. the ceramic is under that glass
My man worked and my wife is now happy and calm. No more screaming 😂😇
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For baked oven residue that refuses to budge I use a blade from a Stanley knife and gently remove the carbon food stains. Hold it at an angle so it is pretty flat against the surface and it removes the baked on remains. Polish off with some cif cleaner…job done.
Yep, fully agree. Anything burnt on gets the Stanley blade treatment.
hatmanphilly,
What about S C R A T C H E S ?
NOT Burnt on oven residue . . . .
Yes a blade and regular cheap scouring, ( comet, bar keepers friend, powder, put it on, a little water to make a paste and a scouring sponge, 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Again, doesn't get scratches out.
Dude! Scratches are not like dirt! You can't "clean" them off. You basically need to sand away (that's what the polish does) the top layers of the glass until you wear it out to the same level as the scratch.
Well, I have this same problem on my cooktop, so I thank him for the polish method.
Could I do polishing to the glass oven door? Thank you.
Great question! I have same problem!
Are you sure the outside of your glass oven door is what needs to be cleaned? I have a glass window in my oven door and I know it is a double glass and what is soiled is the inside of these windows. To clean it I need to remove the screws that keeps the oven door together and I just don't want to do that. There are youtubes online to show you how to do it if you decide to.
Did scratches return after a few weeks? I am thinking the polish only serves to 'fill-in' the scratches as it does on a car paint finish
Another guy was explaining that ceramic is harder than aluminum (or steel) and the marks are more akin to chalk on a board than scratches.
Fill in like car? If u polish a car u remove som clearpaint =remove scrathes
Polish has abrasives in it to clear the clear coat back out. Nothing is filled in, unless you are using car wax
I always use either baking soda paste or Bartender’s Friend and gently taking my time, scrape with a razor.
If it is just cooked on grease like it usually is, I can make them look new.
I recently had a lady come by that had either bought a stove or some kind of appliance from me sometime in the past stop by and ask me how I got them so clean as she knew I had good luck cleaning stove tops.
I did not recognize her, but it made me feel good that she stopped and asked me.
Water seems to work about as good as vinegar for the baking soda paste to me. I just let it sit a good while longer than this video shows.
Thank you. My son kinda destroyed the one burner. Now I’m going out to buy the car polish and a buffer for my electric circular sander. Awesome ! 🥰❤️💕
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yup me to!!!! Who knew car polish🤔🤨
Why did you NOT test ceramic cook top cleaner/polish? Available everywhere, often shipped with a new cook top.
I noticed it today my cooktop got crack..is there any way to replace it..if yes please suggest
What happens when you turn on the heat after adding the polish? Does it smoke?
not if you clean it properly after polishing. Polish compound is not a coating like wax, it's the mechanical action of its abrasive particles what smooths the surface, you have to remove it after polishing the surface.
That's correct.
I thoroughly washed the cooker top before i used it again.
@@clorox1676 okay so its actually sanding off the top of the glass to restore the glass finish
I would think that as soon as you start using the burner the heat would reverse your polish. How did it do after use?
Ya, next thing you know... His pans go up in flames!
I've got a cleaner that works!
@@brendafaithful8267 which one?
@@Agnes125 not: CLR. But: CRL
according to comments here the polish is abraisive which will sand off the top most imperfections in the glass. so used correctly, its not actually leaving any residue
Thanks for the video. I was inspired to tackle my job and used The Pink Stuff and a soft damp cloth. Took seconds,band the hop look like new!
I'm a housekeeper for a holiday property and use The Pink Stuff too. Other than using a hob scraper it's the only thing that gets all the burnt stuff off. TPS cleans so many things, would hate to be without it!
I am a cleaner and we pretty much do the same for floors once a year at work, we scrub the surface layer down a tiny bit and polish the floor to look like brand new. Deeper scratches will never go away with some easy fix or whatever, you can make it cleaner to hide the scratch a little bit but the scratch is still there. Very deep scratches need to be repaired.
I watched this video 3 months ago but the awkward thumbs up still manages to make me and my husband like laugh 😂
If u put soda with water and then scratch it off u re going to make more scratches, not to remove existing ones. Soda with water is for removing lime scale from sink
Just bought a new frying pan and it scratched the hell out of my hob. Thanks for the tips, saved me time.
That's the only down side to a ceramic hob, you can't throw your pans around like you can on a gas hob.
What the hell is a hob? English term for stove?
@@shawnmartin95358 Yes it what you use to cook stuff in pans
@@shawnmartin95358 the hob is the top part of the cooker where you cook your pasta rice beans etc.
@@bobbyboy4496 thank you. enjoy learning the difference between our 'English' y'all's proper English
Interesting to see the comparisons, but not like for like. If you used the drill and buffing pad on all options (except aluminium foil!), you may get better results
I use 180 grit sand paper wet with any type of degreaser to remove allot of burnt grime and scratch marks and it normally gets it all unless they are deep scratch’s and then your looking at removing layers of glass to get that smooth again and different levels of sand paper. I lightly press on the sandpaper and stick with a clockwise swirl pattern.
I sell used appliances and this has been the best method for me.
I use the Weiman cleaner and find it works better and faster than anything for me.
I bought it, the spry version, some recommendation of usage? thank you for your method!
@Pinovski I now have the spray version. I just wait for stove top to cool, then as I wipe up counters after a meal I use it. I scrub it in with one of those no scratch pads. Wipe with dish cloth and then buff with dish towel. Takes a couple of minutes!
Thank you so much! This was very helpful! You are so appreciated 🌹👍🏾Wishing you a great day!
The best way I've found is to use and old style razor blade to remove burnt on things from my ceramic top. It isn't actually scratched but rather looks scratched. It doesn't hurt to put some vinegar on a paper towel first and lay that on the ceramic surface to soften the burnt on stuff. The use your razor blade carefully to scrape off the carbonized stuff. In the end your ceramic top will look new again.
It is scratched… not just burnt stuff
@@smhcareal scratches can't be repaired, if they are actual cuts in the ceramic....better get a gas hob.
Won't the razor itself cause scratches?? I've recently bought a ceramic top and managed to burn some stuff on it. I'm mostly seeing people recommend using blade to scrape it off but I'm too hesitant to do that :/
@@Faraz_khan0 No, the razor blade won't scratch the glass.
what I use is a random copper sheet thingy, that I flattened on one side and sort of sharpened on some sandpaper,
the copper being softer than glas, made me think I could just simply scrape the glass clean
and I was right.
it ssounds scary but razor blades are used to scrape paint of off windows and hardened tempered steel is definitely harder than copper.
How did it look after using the element? I would be concerned the "Polish" that remains in the scratched areas would burn when stove was used. I am trying to decide if I should buy a flat top stove rather than the coil burner. I am still 90% convinced I don't want a smooth top.
The smooth surface looks nice until you get that damn film and can't get it out. Sometimes new isn't better.
It looked new. I washed the polish off after i had used it so it wouldn't affect the stove when it was turned on.
Flat top stoves are good. The only down side is you can't really throw your pans around like you can on a gas hob.
Cleaning a flat ceramic top stove is very easy because it's flat, all it needs is a quick wipe.
@@diyr6894 in the end, I went with a coil burner for precisely that reason. I am used to a coil and was really afraid I would break the flat top. I am not a fan of the new safety coils though. If your pan isn't heavy, or has the very least little warp in the bottom, it wont depress the spring properly and the burner turns itself off.
Depends on what polish you use. Some have fillers (to fill the scratches) along with some abrasive. Some are just pure abrasive and thats what you'd want for that. If you REALLY wanna go to town, there are also "compounds" that are more aggressive
I wish we could have another type of cooktop. This is my third glasstop. I am sooo careful but with time it gets ruined. Don't like them at all.
You should try using the baking soda water mix as an abrasive to scrub/sand the surface.
Finally a nice informative video about the subject that is not bullshit, thank you!
What to use if there are actual scratches and it's white, under finger can man feel it's textured a bit?
Oven pride oven cleaner works perfectly just leave on for half an hour try it for yourself
interesting, but this also works with vitro???
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To completely remove the scratches, you'll have to basically grind down the entire surface to the level of the bottom of the scratches. Other than that, the only option is to polish off the sharp edges of the scratches to make them less visible ( like when polishing surface scratches on a cars clearcoat).
Using what?
They aren’t really scratches, they are scuffs.
yea , thst polishing cream is just "lubricant," which gives the "illusion" of the scratches going away . Once it dries off, the scratches will still be there.
You are absolutely correct . Metal polish and a damn buffer ❤
All depends if these are actually scratches on the glass u cannot get rid, but if it’s water marks jiff works with a non abrasive sponge
The burns, spill overs under a hot pan, scorches & scratches remove whatever black coating is on the stove top. I dont think anything will put back that black coating. I'm going to have to replace my top.
ua-cam.com/video/MnvBrMehn_k/v-deo.html Try this here first
I believe the black colour is on the underside of the ceramic glass.
DO NOT use Oven Pride on a ceramic hob. It is caustic and discolours the hob leaving a Rainbow effect that is permanent
Thx I was searching for that video coz I got a tiny scratch on my stove n I want to remove it . But from where can I get the polish ??
any auto zone, or O'Reillys its just car polish Sarah;)
I used the left-over polish I had from my Meguiar's car headlight restoration kit.
Other polishes may work? But this what i had laying around.
T cut
eguer5 ok thank you ☺️
@@diyr6894 Thank you very much! Worked extremely well!!!
I had one of these...pain in the arse...we just bought a new gas stove! We love it!!
I’ve learned to live with the scratches until now. I may try the polish. TY
The car polish actually worked !! Thank you
Thank you for testing it. I'm glad it worked for you too!
I heard set a couple of wet dryer sheets for about a half hour or longer.
Interesting on using car polish. Had did it smell and look after the next cooking?
Will this work for auto windshield ??? What brand works best ???
If you have markings it will work, if you have scratches (grooves) you have to exchange the complete field
My best method is using a single edge razor and very gentle scrape the surface. You can add a few drops of water the grime will come off and keep wiping off the grime from the razor. It works just be gentle
Well the polish filled the scratches, but what's it going to do when you switch the stove back on?
Pity you didn't take the drill and buffer to the top with the bicarb and lemon, or vinegar. You might have got the same result.
Maybe T-cut for cars migh also work ?
Crema bright does it good too. Can get the "kit" with all you need.
Does the polished surface react to heat differently?!
Next time just use white tooth paste
@@florencemcghee2064 I tried but it didn't work...
If your pots and pans have Burt on grease on the bottom, I wonder if this could be scratching the cook top?
Lemon juice concetrate is better than vinegar and also a brand new razor blade. I've just done it on my dad's. I did take a lot of time and elbow grease since it wasn't badly streaked BUT it had not been properly cleaned for a year
Where do I buy the polish and buffer can I get it from bunning
Title should be 'I tried all these methods and failed to remove scratches.'
Agree with you
😂
I just got a new cooker and only used the hob twice and its already looking scratched
same problem here, could you manage to find some method? thanks!
It was very interesting. What kind of polish. Shoe polish does it help also ;
In my experience with polishing glass, is that you need an abrasive polishing. Shoe polishing is usually just an oil/wax/pigment blend, so it won't help.
Thank you so much! I spilled hot chocolate and it looked tragic. With your system the whole thing disappeared.
I was cringing when you used a wodded piece of tin foil on your top. The top is a glass/ceramic blend and requires special care.
I just got a new all black glass top stove. It is beautiful, but requires a lot more attention than my white one and scratches very easily. Even a dish with a rough bottom will scratch it.
Remember, that if you clean then wax after each use and cook on it carefully, you can keep the top looking almost new. I cook all the time (1-2 times every day) and after 6 months, my top still looks really shiny and almost new (I have 1 small deep scratch, but I am the only one who seems to notice it, according to my husband).
FYI, I invested a good deal of time and used this method on a friend's old cooktop and it also made a huge difference.
Anyway, for anyone interested, here is my routine:
1. Once the top is cool, I use a straight edge blade at a 45 degree angle to carefully loosen burnt spillage areas before cleaning. It even seems to work on minor scratches somehow. Unfortunately, deep scratches are likely there to stay, so be careful.
2. I then use a soft wet sponge with dish soap to clean the top and dry with a paper towel.
3. I then use a few drops of cooktop wax with a damp paper towl then quickly and gently rub as it dries to remove most of the residue.
3. Finally, if any streaks, fingerprints or swirl marks remain, I then apply a fine spray of cool tap water then gently dry with a new paper towel until it sparkles.
Keep in mind that deep scratches are often there to stay, so if it matters to you, be careful not to drag metal across the top and NEVER use an abrasive pad, brillo or comet.....you will only get more scratches.
Good luck to all
For mine I do almost the same thing but I finish with cheesecloth. It's seems to get rid of the streaks. When it's clean I lay a black drying pad on top of it. When I wash stuff by hand I use that area to dry. If I need counter space I put a huge cutting board on top of the drying pad. Sounds obsessive but it's a system that seems to work lol.
@@meboyotube
Great ideas. Nice to see I'm not the only one who is super protective of my cooktop. I plan to use your ideas. Thanks
Very thorough method.
I honestly didn't think the tin foil would scratch the glass so badly.
As you say, if you keep on top of cleaning it often (or preferably after each use), the glass top can look almost new, most of the time.
Would T-Cut also work I wonder?
Polish specifically made for glass cooktops, and sold in every grocery store, supermarket or hypermarket, works much better, and you don't waste as much time.
Waste of time and money. Nothing works.
No, that is just for daily cleaning. It does nothing to remove scratches.
Auto scratch remover polish works perfectly
@@marysmith4811 you're right Mary, Hob Bright works to clean but not for scratches.
I have never used something from the supermarket so i can't compare.
But this method work really well for me, and it only took 5 minutes.
You should never move pans around on a ceramic burner. The pan itself will scratch the glass. You should use a foam cutting pad on your drill, because you have to remove material. The pad you were using is for final finishing.
can you provide a little more info on "foam cutting pad? Are you saying he should be sanding the ceramic top to solve his problem?? Please provide a link of an appropriate pad if you dont mind
@@lionintu Always funny how folks comment, then disappear when asked for evidence for their assertion.
@@ayokay123 yep it sucks
@@ayokay123 polishing and sanding are essentially the same thing, so of course he's right. It's no different than automotive paint polishing.
Any ceramic hob cleaner with a scouring pad, not a soft sponge as you used, would have tackled that.
I use fast orange mixed with rubbing compound 1:4 ratio orange to compound. Use it on my windshield too. And high-speed buffer. Beats buying a new ceramic top or new stove.
Is Fast Orange is a hand cleaner?
@@diyr6894 it is a hand cleanser and has pumoc in it if you use a small amount mixed with a buffing compound it can restore the surface just keep the pad moving or damage can occur. That is after using the suggested method of razor blade and surface cleanser.
I wonder about head light restoration kits?
What are you wondering?
If you look at it in its basic form, it's just an abrasive polish.
DIYr A bit more agressive I think, for the deeper scratches
chrshammer could you try it and then comment back here and let us know?
Anyone tried toothpaste. It’s supposed to work on car headlights.
It surely does. I've never seen any car headlights with cavities.
Those scratches are at level 8 with deeper grooves at level 9 😂
lol
Our ceramic cook top is over twenty eight years old and the only marks on it is a few from the base of the saucepans. I followed the directions for cleaning and have also looked after it. Maybe all of you need to do the same! No scratches, as such.
Perhaps that many scratching is from moving the pots/pans around while cooking and also not cleaning up immediately after a spill? I've no problems with my stove either, then again I try not to do those mistakes and clean in each and every time after use. A good deep cleaning goes a long way if you want to have an immaculate stove!
I think the main cause was when I burnt some food on the bottom of the pan and moved it around on the glass.
Since then, I've been cleaning the glass every time i cook. It has stayed clean but there are some scratches.
I think another deep clean is due.
Sadly in my case I have rude house guests who scratch the hob surface!
@@arabicempress 💯
I'm curious as to why you'd read the title of the video and decide to watch it, since you've no need for the information... perhaps only so you could make a condescending comment to people that haven't done as well as you have in preserving their cooktops?
Limescale remover works as does a wet dishwasher tablet rubbed across it (not the liquid style ones)
Best scratch remover is Cerium Oxide and water to make a paste. And high speed pad.
Trying this before guests arrive for thanksgiving love it thanks
Question for maker of this video....I have the prob as you did. I'm trying to find product but the link sez it's not available. So I searched and found the same brand but need to know if the pad they're selling with it will do same job like yours. I cleaned using all your steps. And I still have the same look as your video. I wish I could send pic of the Amazon product set so you could say YAY or NAY. 😊
hello, finally did you find something? thank you!
I'm a professional house cleaner and I've got something that I use and most people have no clue what it is. I use it on Windows and hard water stains too. It's magic!
What is it?
@@charlotter8276 it's called: CRL. NOT CLR.
You will need to order it and same company that makes "Sprayway". Blue and White bottle. It's the "water and stain remover" bio clean!
I saw a window cleaning company with the same stuff.
So, you can use it on glass doors, Windows, stove top! I found this is the strongest stuff on the market and you can touch it. Feels like a semi paste and smells like mint or toothpaste with a tiny tiny tiny grit inside and will NOT scratch! I've cleaned big homes 6,000-9,000 sf and billionaires for my own clients. Trust me... You don't want to make any mistakes... So, I promise this product is the miracle product! My clients were amazed!!!!
It surpases cook top cleaner by far! Learn to use it sparingly and you'll get use to it. Will not stain and is okay to touch! Any other questions... I've had my business for just over 20 years and I love it!
Most people aren't aware of this product so... There you go!
@@brendafaithful8267 thank you! My aunt has one and needs something that really works! Thank you again.
Hey guys, my ceramic is broken. Is there a putty to fix it?
So when you used it the next time, did the heat from the burner do anything to the polish?
thats what I want to know
I guess no answer means yes...
It's not the kind of polish you're thinking of. It's an abrasive, like sanding scratches out of wood but very fine.
It's completely removed after polishing.
‘The pink stuff’ paste …works a treat
What happens when you cook on it now tho?
has it left some residue inside the scratches or has it just polished off the corners of the scratches to make them less visible so there's no residue?
Thanks for the video, very helpful. And such a pleasant voice)
Will the heat melt the polish away quickly when you use the stove?
Doesn’t car polish have wax in it? I’m thinking the wax fills the scratches so it looks smooth. The first time the stove is used the wax would burn off and the scratches would return. Someone try it and reply if that is the case.
You can wash the Wax off just like a car and it shines without the burn.
The polish doesn't wax the surface.
The polish flattens the high edges of the scratches so when light reflects off the glass the scratches are not visible.
After polishing, you wash the glass thoroughly and remove all the polish before using the cooker again.
I'm not sure why anyone would think that methods 1 to 5 would do anything to help get rid of the scratches. Even number 6 will only work for the most shallow of scratches. For deep scratches you would need something that would fill them in such a way that after polishing you won't see them anymore.
Well, a lot of people believe all of these methods work.
I was trying to show people that not all of them do and to save them time.
@@diyr6894
Thank you, I found it informative and very useful. 😊
Por favor lo pueden traducir en Español me interesa mucho ya que yo la tengo muy rallada gracias🇪🇸
You cant use a ceramic or glass cooktop as you would a gas burner. The manuals all say to not slide pans around on them. Use a spatula to move the food in the pan.
When food, grease or oil burns onto the burner, use a ceramic/glass cooktop cleaning kit to remove the burnt on gunk. The kit will have a non scratch scrubber, polish and a razor blade. They also come with instructions.
It takes me maybe 5 minutes to
On an induction cooker, it is possible to have a sheet of paper between pans and cooktop.
You mix the soda and water in a small bowl to make the past the apply to the hob
Once you scratch it you can’t repair it. All the methods used were for cleaning not for filling the cracks !!!! Think before you act, buddy.
The car polish removes the superficial layer off the car coats to even the surfaces out.
One idea is if there a ceramic repair kit where you actually fill in the cracks with ceramic powder with transparent glue, this might work
I agree but is the glue heat resistant?
@@Osmone_Everony must be
Is it special polish or car polish. For the polisher is it car polisher or it’s special one ? Thanks
I used the left-over polish I had from my Meguiar's car headlight restoration kit.
Other polishes may work? But this what i had laying around.
What happens when you use the stove top? Do you have toxic fumes from the polish?
Pam Watson I thought the same thing
No. I thoroughly washed the cooked top before i used it again.
We can buy Ceran field cleaner everywhere in German supermarkets. Is this stuff unknown in your Country?
Same in the USA. So not sure where this video was created.
Is it permanent fix ? Look like to me the oil from polishing compound just mask the scratches. Could you remove the oil on the surface completely to see if it work ?
This is what I wanna know
Yes it's permanent until you scratch it again.
After I polished it, I washed all the polish off and it stayed looking like new.
Best advice I can give you is use this method, then clean and wipe the glass top after each use. That way it will stay looking like new.