Viking F20654 Cleaning and Maintenance, Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top, Product Care

Cleaning and Maintenance

Any piece of equipment works better and lasts longer when maintained properly and kept clean. Cooking equipment is no exception. Your range must be kept clean and maintained properly. Make sure all controls are in the “OFF” position. Disconnect power if you are going to clean thoroughly with water.

Glass Ceramic Top

Cleaning of glass ceramic tops is different from cleaning a standard porcelain finish. To maintain and protect the surface of your new glass ceramic top, follow these basic steps:

For normal light soil:

Rub a few drops of a glass ceramic creame to the cool soiled area using a damp paper towel. Wipe until all soil and creame are removed. Frequent cleaning leaves a protective coating which is essential in preventing scratches and abrasions.

For heavy, burned soil:

1.Apply a few drops of glass ceramic cleaning creame to the cool soiled area.

2.Using a damp paper towel, rub creame into burned on area.

3.Carefully scrape remaining soil with a razor scraper. Hold the scraper at a 300 angle against the ceramic surface.

4.If any soil remains, repeat the steps listed above. For additional protection, after all soil has been removed, polish the entire surface with the cleaning creame.

5.Buff with a dry paper towel. As the cleaning creame cleans, it leaves a protective coating on the glass surface. This coating helps to prevent build-up of mineral deposits (water spots) and will make future cleaning easier. Dishwashing detergents remove this protective coating and therefore make the glass ceramic top more susceptible to staining.

Product Care

Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top

Problem	Cause	To Prevent	To Remove
Brown	Cleaning with	Use cleaning	Use a light
streaks and	sponge or cloth	creame with	application of
specks	containing soil-	clean damp paper	cleaning creame
	laden detergent	towel.	with a clean damp
	water.		paper towel.
Blackened	Spatters or	Wipe all spillovers	Clean area with
burned on	spillovers onto a	as soon as it is	cleaning creame
spots	hot cooking area	safe and to not	and a damp paper
	or accidental	put plastic items	towel, non-
	melting of a	on a warm	abrasive nylon pad
	plastic film, such	cooking area.	or scouring brush.
	as a bread.		If burn-on is not
			removed, cool
			cooktop, and
			carefully scrape
			area with a single
			edged razor blade
			held at a 30°
			angle.
Fine	Coarse particles	Wipe the bottom	Fine scratches
brown/gray	(salt, sugar) can	of cookware	are not removable
lines or fine	get caught on the	before cooking.	but can be
scratches or	bottom of	Clean top daily	minimized by
abrasions	cookware and	with cleaning	daily use of
which have	become	creame. DO NOT	cleaning creame.
collected	embedded into	use ceramic or
soil	top. Using	ceramic coated
	abrasive cleaning	cookware.
	materials.
	Scratches from
	rough ceramic
	glass, or ceramic
	coated cookware.
Smearing or	Use of too much	Use a small	Dampen paper
streaking	cleaning creame	amount of creame.	towel with a
	or use of a soiled	Rinse throughly	mixture of vinegar
	dishcloth.	before drying. Use	and water and
		only paper towels	wipe surface.
		or nylon scrub pad	Wipe area with	ProductCare
		or brush.	damp paper towel
			or lint free cloth.

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