Got burned water stains on glass stove top.

[shortylickens]

Electric ovens and range, I do not like them.
Range top somehow got a burned water stain on it which I cannot remove. Tried all the normal cleansers except soft scrub.
Will soft scrub remove those little white painted circles indicating where the hot spot is?
(razor has not worked either)

 

[UsandThem]

I've only used Cerama Bryte cleaners/tools for our smooth top, and although some messes my kids have made requires several applications, it has worked. Sometimes you have to let it sit for a bit before using the pad/scraper.

https://www.amazon.com/Cerama-Bryte-Cooktop-Cleaning-Cleaner/dp/B000MIWRTM

 

[Meghan54]

I've only used Cerama Bryte cleaners/tools for our smooth top, and although some messes my kids have made requires several applications, it has worked. Sometimes you have to let it sit for a bit before using the pad/scraper.

https://www.amazon.com/Cerama-Bryte-Cooktop-Cleaning-Cleaner/dp/B000MIWRTM

We (and by that I mean my wife primarily... ) have used the Cerama Bryte and also the Weiman equivalent. We have both in our cleaner section. Wife says both have worked well for her.

 

[RearAdmiral]

I've only used Cerama Bryte cleaners/tools for our smooth top, and although some messes my kids have made requires several applications, it has worked. Sometimes you have to let it sit for a bit before using the pad/scraper.

https://www.amazon.com/Cerama-Bryte-Cooktop-Cleaning-Cleaner/dp/B000MIWRTM

Yup this stuff is very good.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

For what its worth - I would take a glass electric stove a million times over a gas range.

Shit is simple - you have a mess on it, you wait for it to cool off and then you wipe it down. That simple. Maybe sometimes you have situations like you describe where it's a bit deep and hard to get out.


With a gas range, you have to remove the grates - potentially the burners as well... clean those by hand if anything got on them... THEN clean off the actual stove underneath those.

By the way, don't try to learn to flip eggs inside the pan with a gas range... it's just... not worth the clean-up alone lol.

 

[BoomerD]

For what its worth - I would take a glass electric stove a million times over a gas range.

Shit is simple - you have a mess on it, you wait for it to cool off and then you wipe it down. That simple. Maybe sometimes you have situations like you describe where it's a bit deep and hard to get out.


With a gas range, you have to remove the grates - potentially the burners as well... clean those by hand if anything got on them... THEN clean off the actual stove underneath those.

By the way, don't try to learn to flip eggs inside the pan with a gas range... it's just... not worth the clean-up alone lol.

Gas stoves completely own electric stoves...but, you're right...they can be a real PITA to clean.

OP, have you tried a bit of white vinegar on those white stains? It's usually from the minerals in the water...and vinegar will USUALLY dissolve it.

 

[shortylickens]

Gas stoves completely own electric stoves...but, you're right...they can be a real PITA to clean.

OP, have you tried a bit of white vinegar on those white stains? It's usually from the minerals in the water...and vinegar will USUALLY dissolve it.

tried vinegar, it got much of the gunk off, but not all of it.

 

[Homerboy]

Dont underestimate the power of a razorblade.

 

[shortylickens]

Dont underestimate the power of a razorblade.

Go back and read the O.P.

 

[Johnny Ringo]

Electric ovens and range, I do not like them.
Range top somehow got a burned water stain on it which I cannot remove. Tried all the normal cleansers except soft scrub.
Will soft scrub remove those little white painted circles indicating where the hot spot is?
(razor has not worked either)

If you have not tried baking soda powder give it a try, as almost everyone has some in their kitchen and even if you do not a box is like 40-50 cents at the grocery store. Worst case you put the small box in your refrigerator to reduce smells if it does not work for you to cleanup spills on the stove. It simply works great, and no nasty chemicals.

I use it on our glass top stove almost weekly. Pour a small amount of baking soda on to the area where the burn stain is. Then use a wet paper towel to swirl the mark(s) away. You may have to do it for 30 seconds to a minute for tough stains...wipe again with another wet paper towel to get up the residue. Follow up with Windex and a dry paper towel. The stove top looks like new.

 

[Meghan54]

I keep a qt. bottle of 99.99% Iso. alcohol around. Cleans up lots of things I normally wouldn't think could be cleaned easily. Very effective on grease, oil, paint splatter, etc., as well as stuck on, burnt on crap on the glass top stove. Takes a little time but won't scratch the top like a razor blade can easily do.

 

[sdifox]

Vinegar, let it soak. It's probably because you have hard water. Though scraping should have done the trick. I use a 2" drywall knife.

 

[mindless1]

Try a metal polish with an oxalic acid based formula. Test in an inconspicuous area to be sure it doesn't scratch the glass. Otherwise, they make a cleaner with abrasive and oxalic acid for this purpose, but I forget the name of it.

Vinegar or other acids can work too, but you'll probably still need some sort of glass-safe abrasive involved, and the weaker the acid, the more of it you need and the longer it'll have to sit.

 

[Torn Mind]

Water stains from public water usually has minerals that can be removed by acids; vinegar is the lightest duty and even edible. Faster and more powerful is phosphoric, found in the paint supply section of Home Depot, and then you can go nuclear with hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid is an effective toilet cleaner, but it emits fumes.

 

[mindless1]

Be careful with hydrochloric acid, it can cosmetically deface stainless trim that won't be harmed much by other common acids.