RESTORE a stove top glass top (what works might SURPRISE you)
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2024
- These glass tops can get pretty dirty...so dirty you’re not sure if you’ll EVER be able to restore it back to the way it looked when you bought it. The special cleaners you buy which are supposed to clean it don’t. We ran some experiments to see if we could restore the surface back to what it used to be. We tried toothpaste, we tried rubbing compound... none of these would even touch the baked-on grime. I even went out to the garage and got the automotive buffer for making cars shine, but even this did not work! When I can’t get paint to shine, I use 1200-grit sandpaper. I was a little concerned that it might scratch the glass but what did I have to lose? Sure enough, it worked! Then I used the rubbing compound to continue to make it shine, and in the end I completely restored my glass top stove. (I have had a big crack on one corner of my glass stove top for years so, like I said, I had nothing to lose.)
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I don’t understand why this technology has not improved with the years. It is very frustrating to have a stained glass top on a very new stove.
It has indeed improved. Induction cooktops never get badly marked because the surface itself is never really hot.
We have a 10 year-old induction cooktop, and it still wipes sparkling clean with just a micro fiber cloth and a bit of dish soap.
@@Thomas-lk5cu that's true I switched from regular vitro to induction and oh boi it's like night and day but they aren´t still klutz proof so beware not to slide the metal across it or drop heavy pots either.
I had a ceramic top stove by GE back in 2001. It was a speckled black and gray but it was so easy to clean and stayed looking new. These black glass tops are the worst. I’ve had 2 different ones and they only get worse.
Glass is glass
@@Thomas-lk5cu What brand of stove do you have?
Some water + 1500 grits: Worked as a charm. Thank you!
9% vinegar and 5-10 minutes.
I have these types of stains, not sure why there is so little information available on how to prevent and or treat this. i'll try the sand paper since cleaners dont work.
You can't prevent it when things spill, but you are supposed to use a razor blade scraper tool, and then use a glass cook top cleaner to clean /polish it.
I do this on the one where we rent and it looks great even after 3 years. I don't recommend eating anything that spills out of a pan, or putting it back into the pan,
because I don't know if anything in the Weiman cleaner would be toxic if ingested, but it does a great job keeping the stove top clean. You need to clean it every
time you cook, and never cook on a dirty burner surface. Some people say aluminum pans can cause stains too, because they bond with stuff on the surface
from the heat. I don't know because I don't use aluminum pans. I use stainless steel , and I even use a cast iron, though you have to be super careful you don't
set it down too hard so you don't damage the surface. Some people say you shouldn't use cast iron on them, but I never had any issues, and even Maytag says it's safe
to use them.
I wet sanded with a 2000 grit 3M sandpaper and removed fine scratches. If I look close I can see super fine swirl marks from the sandpaper. Thinking maybe 3000 grit might clear those up.
Thanks would you go 3000 first or last?
First or last with 3000grt? 😆
@@crickittorres8077 the lower the number, the more coarse the grit, so you'd want to start with 800 and work your way higher. The 800 will remove more material, and the finer grits will remove the scratches/swirl marks from the lower grit. Be sure to wet sand in order to lubricate the sanding process.
I agree. Innovators should have come up with something easier by now. Why are we creating ways to clean a type of cooktop that's been in existence for years.
Use polishing compound instead ;)
I hate these stoves.
they require constant cleaning and I cant use my whirly pop any more. We actually bought a second, used stovetop with the old elements just so we could use it for canning and popcorn in our utility room. The real benefit has been the fine temp control and the convection oven, which is much more energy efficient. At the time we bought this, we were considering going all solar, and was concerned about total energy usage. Looking back, it probably wasn't the best decision but i've just adapted. It does look very nice and it bakes way better, so I'm not displeased.
We were so excited to get this bcs we’ve always dreamed of one bcs they look so cool, but it’s a pain in the ass
I absolutely prefer the older electric coil stoves, sadly they are either discontinuing or have been "improved" on with heat sensor knobs that only mess up your temp control! so frustrating!
you probabalbly hate glass top radient stoves which get super hot, induction stoves don't get hot and therefore no heat marks. many people confuse the 2 or don't even know the difference.
WE WERE SOLD JUNK!
I have had 3 glass tops over 30 years. The white ones looked cleaner longer. I always use the Weiman cleaner the stove company recommended and the razor that comes with a kit. Never would need this amount of scrubbing. Edit to say after reading comments I will buy induction next time. Sounds better and I had an induction burner once I really liked.
To avoid this in the first place just keep your stove clean from oils and residues, otherwise the oils will burn in and bond really hard to the glas, its the same thing that happens when you season cast iron cookware.
I hate cleaning but the stove is basically the one thing that I make sure to clean between each use just because it's so much easier to wipe it down in a minute compared to letting it get burned in and then have to scrub for an eternity.
If you use more than a single unit at a time cooking juices will migrate from your pans and get cooked into the other burners while you are still preparing the meal, unfortunately.
I have to use multiple cleaners and every couple of days a razor blade to make sure there is no residue. Even cleaning agent residue makes new marks.
The best solution is to avoid glass stove tops, except for the newer induction ones which are supposed to be easier to maintain.
@@amy-pag never found that to be a huge issue even with things that splatter a lot since I just make sure to wipe of the area before using an other unit, and avoid moving things around to much, but yes it can happen.
We had glass tops when they were pretty new and had a few before induction came and then we changed to that, induction is easier especially if something boils over it takes longer for anything to burn in
I agree I’m a single male parent ,I own glass top for ten yrs still looking amazing 😁
nah its moving the pans around and scratching. unfortuntaly its 2023 and we havent figured out scratchproof lol. whats needed is a once a month ceramic cleaning and coating
What do you mean the same thing happens when you season cast irons? Do you mean that causes burnt on oils on cooktop?
I have a cloudy center to each burner from former renter. I’ve tried vinegar, baking soda, lemon, razor scraping and stove top polish. It’s clean except for the cloudiness. I assume it’s scratched. I’ll try some sandpaper as it couldn’t be harsher than the taste blade scraping. Thanks!
I have this too from the previous tenants. I made a baking soda paste and a moist paper towel to remove anything baked on and still do this about once a month to get anything that's built up. I've heard citric acid powder will get rid of the cloudiness so I'm going to try that next.
Wish it would fix the scratches but my landlord will be happy
Do NOT use sandpaper. Do NOT follow advice on this video. I used it and scratched the surface.
At first, it will look like it has cleaned it, but once it dries, you will see the same spots there +++ scratches.
Damn i almost gave that a go. Thank u for letting me know
What grit did you use?
@@22busy43 so true prob used 80 grit with water lol
You have to treat the surface like you would treat the paint surface on a car. After you use the Sand paper, you have to keep using a finer grit and work your way to polishing compound. You can't just use one grit of sandpaper and make it like new.
Thanks for the warning. I was pretty wary about the idea of it!
These stoves really suck if you like to cook a lot. Overpriced, . breaks easily and impossible to clean . All shiny looking and nice when new but wait a few months and it looks like shit not to mention uneven heat when cooking.
Vitroceramic doesn't respond well to heavy stuff being dropped on top, besides it´s an outdated technology since smart people buy induction hubs these days as they don´t have these types of problems.
Does this remove cloudiness too ? What grit you recommend ? I’ve used 3000 and it removed some stuff, but cloudiness stayed , would you say 800?
You'd probably need some sort of super fine polishing compound to get that cloudiness out.
These stoves are the worst. The old school stoves where you spark it up with a lighter are way better and they last for years.
Those burner pan stains are being caused by using cheap aluminum or copper infused pans that melt off the bottom of the pan and cement to the glass cooktop when heated. Always use stainless steel or titanium pans and that won't happen. My personal favorite is Gotham Steel or Thyme & Table titanium pans.
Gotham steel I’m Batman
I have those stains and I only use cast iron, and occasionally stainless.
Why am I just marveling at that antlers chandelier?
For stove top just use razor blade safely scrape off any baked residue use white vinegar and baking soda and a "NEW" SCOTCH sponge with abrasive side scrub in every direction..clean/rinse repeat until desired results. Also new Scotch scrub will take out scratches in stainless steel sinks direction matters how you scrub with new sinks with metal grains. Works for me!
This razor blade trick saved me, thank you!
scotch is not abrasive enough for some cases thats why the person in the video used as low as wet sand 800 grit + polisher
I use a fine small scraper that I made sure to deburr first. Before anything, I'll dry scrape very carefully. That will lift 99-percent of anything stuck to the surface (very little will chemically 'bond' to the surface of a glass cooktop).
Its recommended everywhere not to use a simple scrubbing pad. Cant believe sandpaper makes a whole lot of sense on a glass surface. It will definitely put small surface scratches, even if you can't see them, that will only cling to dirt, oils, food, etc causing more staining down the road.
Not with a very fine sandpaper. The way you think one can never use sandpaper on any surface at all. Are your walls dirty because the builders used sandpaper? What about your granite countertops? The way you think one can never use sandpaper on any surface at all.
@@24June91 I think ill stick to the manufacturer's instruction. No sandpaper or sandpaper like materials. I dont get what walls painted after being sandpapered has to do with this or granite counters, neither are similar to a stove or are a glass surface
It's a MICROSCOPIC! Who cares...
I have cleaned several stove tops. I would NEVER use sandpaper.
I use baking soda paste or Bartender’s Friend and a razor blade to carefully scrape them clean taking my time. I then wash it really good and give it a good buffing with paper towel.
The razor blade alone should remove all the burned on residue. I use that and sometimes I use the Weiman cook top cleaner, because it says it helps protect the surface, but I can
almost always just wipe it down after using the scraper, which is the recommended method. I imagine over time Baking soda will put micro scratches on the surface that though you can't see them, will cause it to look bad eventually.
I have a black glass stovetop, it's going on 3 years old and still looks pretty much new. I clean it every night with Weismans glass stovetop cleaner and it works fantastic. They have teo different types, one is in a bottle and feels like soft scrub, the other is in a little jar and is similar in texture to a car wax and is the one more for buffing, however I dont need that because my stove too gets no build up since I clean it nightly. It takes less than one minute to clean it and it's always shiny and beautiful
Not everyone is as fastidious as you are. This video is for them.
I get that, all I'm trying to explain is that it literally takes me one minute or less to clean it, it's easy and totally worth it. It keeps me from coming to forums like this and trying to figure out how to clean weeks or mo this worth of burnt on food (:
@@kellyc4144 But yet you’re still on here. Why?
I clean mine with Weismans EVERY day. However, my husband put an old pizza pan on top of it & scratched it all up while trying to cut the pizza. Now I have to figure out how to get all of these damn scratches off my 3 month old stove!! 😭
This would be my stove top also, if I never let my husband cook. He doesn’t take care of anything and he never ever cleans it.
I use a razor blade/craft knife blade at a low angle with some light washing up liquid/detergent to help the blade slide... something like this stove top would take about 5 mins...then just wipe clean with a cloth.. remember you just want to scrape the surface stain not scratch the glass..works everytime and doesn't need any special tool other than the blade...
A film of solid residue stuck on top of the glass is not the same thing as etched glass, which is what he was trying to take out in this video
I've used a razor blade on mine since 2006 with good results for stuck on food.
The problem I have now is same as stove in video. It's not stuck on food and can run hand across it's smooth. My pans are worn out and weren't expensive to start with.
Clean pan bottom whatever causes this. My good cast iron doesn't cause it, just worn out ones.
great result but some hobs (mine) have a marker ring to indicate the area of the individual heater element and this method would undoubtedly remove it or make a mess of it...
This is why humanity is doomed, changing the glass costs as much as buying a new one.... Companies encouraging this practice should be the ones paying the carbon tax and other sci-fi taxes.....
Can't wait to use my spare buffer
😂😂😂 right
Start using parchment paper underneath your pots and pans while cooking. It won't burn the cos. say
Can I ask why the cost of replacing the glass top is as much as the cost of a new stove? Why do they not make products that can be replaced without costing an arm and a leg. It’s the same thing with washers. My dad gave me a washer that just needed a piece replaced within the electrical panel but the cost to replace the part was as much as a brand new washer!🤬 Maybe there is a good reason but I don’t know it. 🤔
Planned obsolescence by manufacturer. That's why first washing machine lasted 24 yrs, 2nd one 3yrs (and a lot more expensive).
My glass top is now clean except for a ring of whitish haze on the burner that actually looks like it's inside the glass, not on the surface, if that's even possible. Nothing touches it. What is this cloudiness from and how to get rid of it???
I clean mine with any wet cleaning liquid and a stanley knife blade .,fantastic result.
Scraping the crud off of a glass top is best done with a flat, one sided razor blade - carefully using it to scrape those places around each burner that get burnt on, spilled liquids, etc. It is really fast - then the polishing of the stove top goes much quicker as well.
Thanks so much for sharing this info--my stove looks like new again. I was almost at the point of buying a new stove as I hated the look.
You’d have to buff out the scratches. 800 grit is more aggressive than 3,000. Just like body work, you have to move up in the grits and abrasives prior to buffing with a compound for a smooth finish.
Wow!!! I'm so happy that finally these really works! I used a send and my stove looks clean now! Thanks to share this video!!! 😅🎉🎉
Food has minerals in it (especially green vegetables) that will form a hard white deposit on your pans and glasstop. If you let it build up, it becomes difficult to remove. Barman's Friend (being acidic) removes them quite easily when they are fresh. Dealing with scratches on the glass is a whole different thing. There is a similar problem with marine fishtanks and pumps.
Thanks I’ll look for it.👍 That cloudiness looks horrible!
Try taking a cloth soaked in a solution of Peroxide and a touch of dish soap. Lay the cloth on the Stove Top, wet with solution, keep wet overnight or longer. Should lift almost all stains.
This was not a stain though. The glass was etched/frosted, ie eaten away.
@@alfredoprime5495 No choice for scratches. Sand Paper and Glass Polish. Glass Polish is Amazing. I've done windshields on cars and they come crystal clear (outside only, inside sometimes has a film, definitely DO NOT sand or glass polish after market tint. Although I've heard that you can carefully polish light scratches out of aftermarket tint with a plastic polish).
What if you don't have a buffer? I'll try tomorrow to see what works but thanks for sharing.
Can anyone confirm that there is a 'coating' on the surface of a glass stovetop? That would be some pretty hi tech stuff since the surface regularly gets red hot. My recommendation is to just try the sandpaper, the finest grit, or use cerium oxide.... but just on a tiny area, maybe an inch wide. Look at the results after it dries completely.
I saw a video where 800 grit sandpaper made those circular marks disappear.
Trouble is new marks reappear within weeks. Only makes sense if you are moving and need to show the house has a nice shiny stove. I didn't sign up to sand my stove once a week.
Checkout cerium oxide
Glass top surface does not get red hot, that is why they are safer for burns. The heat is in/on the pan.
I can get the burned on stuff off. My problem is the stove top on my glass top looks greasy and smeared no matter what I clean it with. Any answers for that?
Can hardly wait to try it.
This man will try anything to fix anything.
Had rainbow stains on the induction top.can anyone suggest a product that could resolve this
Those marks look like aluminum deposits from aluminum based pots on high heat. Switch to induction rates steel bases to avoid this build up
The glass stove top in my apartment has been ruined by using aluminium pots and pans, do you know is there any way to get rid of the grayness? I've tried _everything_.
My solution to cooked in grease was acetone. It cleaned the grease out very well. Took a few minutes to get it all out but looked brand new when finished. Might want to run your vent fan while doing this.
Is the white cast usually from cooked in grease? Did the acetone get it back to look brand new?
Just get a plastic holder for a blade and SCRAPE IT .. first loosen the burns with bkngsoda and Vinegar! It works!
Wow really inspired to do this now at almost 1030 at night thanks
Mine wasn't quite this bad but I used a powerball on a drill and some metal polish. Took about 45 minutes and looks great. Nice video.
Dan Kresan
What is a power ball? I assume it’s a gentle sanding thing to mostly buff out scratches on glassware.
@@ivanobar1 it looks like a big red sponge on a drill bit. Meant for polishing glass and metal. I'm in Canada but I bought mine at Canadian Tire. About 30 bucks. Can be reused many times.
razor blade tool scrapes off burnt crusted stuff in a minute, it wont damage the glass, polish after with cloth
I guess I'm not really surprised that sandpaper would remove tiny bits of glass. Polishing compounds might work okay on hard finishes but glass is a lot harder than those so... sandpaper in increasing grades like 1200, 1500, 2000 would prob work if you either took the time or had a flat sander that rotated so you didn't take all day. interesting. If the surface is JUSt glass, I don't see why this wouldn't work.
Kk
Sandpaper does NOT remove tiny bits of glass at all. Only the softer impurities on the surface.
@@FastEddy5 quartz is harder than glass. Sand is tiny bit of quartz. Aluminum oxide and other sandpaper bits WILL cut glass. You ARE on the internet. Do a search and educate yourself. Or maybe test it on your phone and rub some sand paper back and forth on the screen of your phone and see how well that works. 😁
@TruthSurge Look, man, I'm not stupid. You're not talking to some kid here.The Sand paper he was using was not quartz. And not all sandpaper will cut glass. Using the proper sandpaper is what I'm talking about. You just throw any old sand paper on there. Yeah, it probably will scratch it to h***. Doing the procedure properly, you won't scratch anything. Aluminum oxide and most silicon carbide papers are used for steel and some for wood. Won't you educate yourself on a few things and not just say yes it will no matter what
There is a scrapper you can buy for.ceramic stoves
BAKING SODA AND PEROXIDE! 1) clear stove heat up 2) turn off wait for it to still be warm but not too hot to touch 3) sprinkle baking soda over stains 4) spray peroxide over baking soda 5) either using Emery cloth (finer than sandpaper or a razor clear off stains
Those marks on the glass (stains) are the result of the heat, that overtime produces this nasty look to the hub, there´s no magic solution to remove them without creating another problem, for example, the sanding solution on this video traded the stains for some nasty looking scratchy swirls, so it´s just a matter of you knowing what´s worse, but since the price on the induction hubs dropped a bit in the past years and considering they don't have these issues unless you drop a heavy pot on top on the edges (they are not potato proof) then I would very much prefer to buy a new induction one instead of going through the pain and stress of trying all several hypothetical solutions online.
If you´re a klutz, then stay away from them and go for the old electric/gas ones.
FYI: Why not buy a second broken one similar to yours (same brand ofc) for cheap and replace the glass?
Or baking soda and vinegar. Let sit and buff. Repeat of needed. Use special buffing paste after.
@@m000Theevilcow
Agreed but can’t hurt to try or baking soda and vinegar. Worked for me w/special buffing paste/cleaner after. Glass tops look good new but need more care.
@@jmc8076 Those "recipes" only work with light to medium food stain burns but you cannot (I've tried) remove those glass burn stains as they are deep into the glass structure well below the surface. I have tried glass buffing, using a professional glass paste on an orbital polisher with a glass polishing pad on with zero to none results (maybe my hub was way too ruined to recover) but hey if you are a DIY freak like me you will try it regardless, the reason for my earlier response is to prevent loss of time, money and energy to others, not like me.
Wouldn’t a orbital sander or a random orbital sander at the lowest speed with the “smoothest sandpaper or buffing lad be easier? Again, low speed, little pressure, Highest grit (smoothest) sandpaper. Do they make 1500 or 2000 grit?
It would work. I'd never go under 800 grit. And no reason to go above 2000 grit. Do not forget to ''wet sand'' - you need to have some lubrication for best results.
If you knew what you were doing, you could have saved yourself a lot of fooling around . START WITH 0000 STEEL WOOL - which is about 400 grit. Then the 800 grit followed by 1200 grit and finally with 1500 or 2000 grit paper. The finer grit starts taking out the heavier grit scratches. Don't go in circles. Start with forward and backward strokes. When you move up to the higher grit alternate to left-right and then back as you go up in grit again. That way you're cross-graining the scratches and taking them out easier. Also MeGuires a;uto polish makes a MIRROR SHINE that gets out 1200 grit scratches....so I'd finalize with that and your buffer.
Polishing is always a series of steps starting with ROUGH and going up to finer and finer grit. NOT the other way around as you did. That is how we get the Airstream Travel Trailers to go down the road looking like a Mirror.
Using any abrasives on the glass will cause it to stain much more readily, and makes it harder to clean, looks good at first though
First use 2000 grit then 2500 make sure to wet sand then polish after not the other way around
Using small pans on the big burner( archaic), makes more of a mess because of splatter. Use the stove properly, and avoid a lot of trouble. Polymerized oils are horrible to clean off. I ended up carefully using a very sharp blade. And who slides their pans on and off a glass stove top, especially anything with cast iron. His stove looked abused
I used cast iron on my glass . Bad idea!
Thank you!
In your video, you stated that the glass top was cracked. How did it get cracked? Did some object accidentally drop onto the cook top?
We dropped a heavy lid onto the stove top and it cracked it. When I looked at the replacement cost of the glass top it was almost as much as we paid for the stove. Everything functions fine so will wait until we really need to have a new stove.
Some of these glass cooktops have a very long warranty. Be sure that yours is out of the warranty period before assuming that it is. As cracked glass cooktops are heated up and cooled down repeatedly, there is a danger of the cooktop suddenly breaking, or "exploding", with predictable disastrous results. This is why many manufacturers have longer warranties on these glass cooktops.
II had a cracked glass top explode!!! I had a crack in my glass stove top for about 6 months. The stove was about 10 years old so I didn't bother replacing the glass as I intended to get a new stove in a year or two. Wish I hadn't waited though. One day I had a pot overflow and some of the water must have gone into the crack and onto the element because the stove exploded with a huge bang and flash of light and my whole house lost power. I had to pay a fortune for the barge fuse for the whole house to be replaced.
Decent video but clearly an amateur on polishing. Yes 800 works but don’t stop there. Treat it like a hard smooth surface and follow up 800 with 1000/1200, 1500, 2000, and higher wet-or-dry high grade sandpaper like 3M or Miyadi. Then Follow up with buffing compounds also from coarse to fine, to polishing compounds. Check out the Drexel Versa for this project. Use a glass/ceramic cleaner after cooking when stove is cool.
Keep that way wetter ! It's called wet sanding too avoid scratches..
Me too is so difficult to clean,really I don’t know to clean.
You were not removing scratches. But rather you were removing chemical burn into the glass top.
I am suspecting that is what I have…. It’s smooth as silk but There’s an imperfection/blotch or cloudy looking material there (or lack of material). Think it can be buffed out? Razor does nothing…… vinegar nothing. Weimans wax-nothing…. I think it’s permanent….. but maybe buffing could help?
Oven cleaner works like a charm, and is non-abrasive. May need to apply a couple of coats. Get a nice lemon scent and have a glass of wine while it breaks down the residue.
What about using automobile polishing compound with a buffer wheel?
Just did that, it works great. I thought the stains were permanent. I first cleaned it with an oven cleaner, warmed it up for a few seconds after spraying it. It’s not perfect, but the matte center section is no longer.
@@Biochemechanic I wish it could be easier. I wish I would have just bought (for a fraction of the price) an old ugly burner-type range. It would be easier to clean and not look any uglier than the glass range that has burns and stains on it. Progress f'd us again.
@ This was in the house I bought. Wouldn’t be so bad but my girlfriend is a sloppy cook and drags the pans across stuff thus onto the burner and it bakes in. I gave up on trying to correct her, that never goes well. But the DA buffer and polishing compound brought back the shine. Oven cleaner gets most of the gunk off.
@@Biochemechanic Thanks for the info, I haven't tried the Oven cleaner yet, but I will. In defense of your girlfriend, I have tried everything I can to avoid spills and stains during cooking - even a few drops of water on this super-hot surface leave residue. Its just a poorly designed cooktop and the manufacturer (I have LG) and/or salespeople will never tell you about this. WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE: if they could somehow separate/isolate the individual burners from the entire glass cooktop, it would help. But...."progress" is not always improvement - ask anyone who bought a refrigerator 40 years ago and it's still running fine.........
Sandpaper...well, that's fine if your intent is to show off the stove to its new owner and never have to worry about it again. I can assure you that all of the micro scratches that you just put into the glass surface will cause the surface to collect debris and stain a lot quicker from here on out, and depending on the depth of the scratches, may even create weak points that will cause the glass to crack upon heating.
1966johnnywayne so what is ur advice for scratches in counter top
@@asahai2 The problem with what he did is that he elected to use the quickest method rather than put in the required work to do it properly, sandpaper uses abrasives that are very hard and not meant for this type of material removal. If you insist on using sandpaper for economy, then at least use a minimum 2000 grit...and know that it will take more than 5 mins.
Alternatively, you can use a proper glass polish that uses finer and softer abrasives for this type of work www.amazon.ca/Cerium-Glass-Polishing-Powder-3-5microns/dp/B005HWBC5S/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=Glass+Polish&qid=1578855491&s=hi&sr=1-17
@@1966johnnywayne Wow! He had a cracked, scratched, worthless stove top! You are going to nit pick 800 grit sand paper? I dont have time to spend a week rubbing on a stove top with 2000 grit!! I think he did a good job
What if instead of glass or was plastic that got scuff Mark's from a rubber eraser?
That looks as if its underneath the surface
Thank you , my stove top was really bad, I didn't know you could use sandpaper.
When everything else failed I tried the fine grit sandpaper and it worked really well. Glass is pretty tough. It was nice to have a clean stove top again.
honestly would not recommend that. He may not be able to see the scratches, but they are there, and they can end up making it look a lot worse over time.
Using a razor blade scraper is the recommended way to get burned on stuff off the surface before cleaning and wiping it down.
Do no use sand paper on your glass top.
Care to explain why? Dude just showed it works
Fyi the only product that works for glasstop is weiman glass top. And you have to diligently use over again for it to loosen up. The ceramic polish u are using sucks. I threw mine out a long time ago.
Nice! Good to know👍
My stovetop is like this. The coating is worn off. Sanding something that is worn off will not bring it back.
I have that strange rainbow colour after first us, ccant be cleaned from the top
These are the worst electric stoves ever made !
Nothing positive about them compared to the old coil stoves .
Maybe careless users didn't clean it soon enough before the spills had been baked on the glass, so it became so difficult to get them off?
@libra9238 he’s removing scratches, not burnt on food
Thanks! I too have tried the other methods - never thought of sandpaper. Thanks again!
It was a last ditch effort. I was so glad it worked, after use my automotive buffers, and that didn’t work I had to try something a little more I was so glad it worked, after use my automotive buffers, and that didn’t work I had to try something a little more extreme. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Thanks for the comment
@@livefree6878 I used 800 grit and my stove top looks amazingly different - it works! I took before and after pictures, but I can't figure out how to share them. Again, thanks for your help. :)
That sandpaper is going to ruin the coating on the glass far faster than cleaners that are made for it.
Specifically what coating?
Metal car polish works
Insanity! Bring back 1960 technology and clean the top with soap and water
Why won't an automatic sander work
Why was your cooktop cracked? Were you practising kung fu with it?
Cracked and stained cook top? REPLACE IT, The stove value is $1500 or more while to ceramic top spare part goes for $300 if you replace it yourself. Do not use sand paper it will scratch the glass, Use razor and ceramic buffing cream.
You could get a better result with buffing if you used a cutting compound or something with a heavier grit than that polish you used
If u dont have a buffer
Be sure to unplug be 4 you do this
Did you try toothpaste?!! 😃
- cannot be gell needs to be white paste
Did you try baking soda and vinegar?
Don't use the razor blades to scrape off hard to remove messes, it's too easy to scratch the ceramic top that way. The best way for day to day cleaning , with no scratches, that I've found is a stainless steal scouring pad and dish soap just like the corning ware I have, which is made of the same ceramic., Not one scratch since I started doing this and stopped using the scraper.
Man, seems like a pain in the ass.
Razor blade takes seconds. Be well.
Nothing beats the old stand by Baking Soda and Vinegar solution!
Toothpaste made it so much worse
why did the background music scare me?
To buy a new replacement top is about $275.00 - $300.00 to buy a new stove is about $800.00 plus
No! 😮..... Try razor blade
You should not be "sanding" your glass stovetop. Also, I wonder whether the compound you buffed with is toxic or not. This is not how you should treat a glass stovetop.
Not sure why it got so bad to begin with. You should clean it every time you use it. You should be using a razor blade scraper for burned on stuff, and then clean it with a glass cook top cleaner
LoL BRO baking soda and white vinegar works. WAY EASIER!!!
Thanks, I’ll give it a try. Just curious have
you put it on a glass top like this, I’ve heard this working really well for other stuff.
Did that and left it over night and didn’t work for me :/
@@livefree6878 use just the baking soda, one year now and stove still looks new
Dosent work on that white shadow.
You could always use that buffer to remove the scratches you’ve made lol
I actually did try the buffer believe it or not. I was pretty desperate when the stove wouldn’t come clean. I’ve detailed a lot of cars, so I figure I had nothing to lose. Glass stoves are pretty nice when they’re clean but they look really bad when they’re not.
The trick is to not let it get that dirty. Clean after each use....
Great however, you must be the only one using your cook top!
He’s removing scratches, not burnt on food
I didn't like this stove
just show what works.. no one cares about what doesnt work
it DOES NOT cost almost as much to replace the glass on the stove than to buy a new stove top!!!