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To Clean the Cooktop
Glass
THIS COOKTOP ISNOT REMOVABLE.
Do not attempt to remove or lift the
cooktop.
The cooktop isdesigned to make cleaning easier. Cleanups are easy when spillovers
are cleaned up immediately. Toclean, wipe with a clean, damp cloth and wipe dry.
Correct and consistent leaning is essential to maintaining your heat-resistant glass
top. Spills and spatters should be wiped up using a clean paper towel and sudsy
water. This should be done either as soon as possible after the spill occurs, after
cooking iscompleted, or at the latest, before using the cooktop again. Use caution
if the cooktop is hot. For heavy spills, spatter or burned-on materials, use a razor
blade scraper. Hold the razor blade scraper at no more than a 30° angle and remove
food spillsor burned on food residue.
Finish the cleaning process by applying a recommended heat-resistant glasscooktop
cleaning cream. Apply cleaner with clean, damp paper towel. Rinse with a paper
towel dampened with clean water and wipe dry. Always wipe the cooktop thor-
oughly to avoid heating any cleaner residue.
Special Caution for Aluminum Foil and Aluminum Cooking Uten-
sils
1) Aluminum foil
Use of aluminum foil will damage the cooktop. Do not use under any circum-
stances.
2) Aluminum utensils
The melting point of aluminum being much lower than that of other metals, care
must be taken when aluminum pots or pans are used. If allowed to boil dry, not
only will the utensil be ruined, but also permanent damage in the form of break-
age, fusing or marking may affect the ceramic glass surface.
DO NOT usea cooktop
cleaner on a hot cooktop. Thefumes can
be hazardous to your health, and can
chemically damage the ceramic-glasssur-
face. Be sure the controls are turned to
OFF. Do not usecommercial oven clean-
erson any part of the cooktop. Damage
to the finish or parts could result.
Things to Remember
1. Do not slide utensils across cooktop surface in any circumstance, doing
so may scratch or metalmark the cooktop surface.
2. AVOID using bleach and don't use ammonia to clean the ceramic surface.
3. Do not put plastic items on warm cooking areas.
4. Never slide oven racks across cooktop surface. They may scratch or metalmark
the cooktop.
5. If cooktop should break, do not use cooktop or attempt to clean it. Call
your authorized service technician immediately.
6. Never use a trivet or metal stand between the cooking utensil and the ceramic
cooktop. The ceramic surface may be scratched, metal marked or etched by
such items.
7. Sugary spills can cause pitting of your cooktop surface. Therefore, you must
begin cleaning the spillswhile the cooktop isstill hot. Usecaution when following
the steps below.
a) Turn off all surface units and remove all pans immediately.
b) Wearing an oven mitt, use a razor blade scraper to scrape the hot spill out of
the cooking zone to a cooler area on the cooktop.
c) Allow the cooktop to cool.
Use and Care of Glass Surface
Problem Cause To Prevent To Remove
Fine"brown lines" Coarseparticles(salt,sand,sugaror Cleancooktop after everyuse. Tinyscratchesare not removable.They
(tiny scratchesor abra- grit) between bottom of cookware canbe minimizedbycontinual useof
sionswhich havecol- andcooktop that are not removed cleanercream.Suchscratchesdo not
lected soil), before cooking, affect cooking.
Using incorrectcleaningmaterials. Dailyuseof cleanercream.
Metal marking (mark Slidingor scraping metal utensilsor Do not slidecookwareacross Apply cleanercreamwith dampened
or black marks), ovenshelvesacrosscooktop, cooktop, paper towel to a cooledsurface.
Brown streaksand Cleaningwith a spongeor dish- Usecleanercreamcloth with Usea smallamount of cleanercream
specks, cloth that hasbeen usedfor other clean,damp papertowel, with clean, damp papertowel.
kitchentasks.
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