Viking F20537 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.

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:

1.Rub a few drops of a glass ceramic cream to the cool soiled area using a damp paper towel.

2.Wipe until all soil and cream are removed. Frequent cleaning leaves a protective coating which is essential in preventing scratches and abrasions.

For heavy, burned soil:

1.Rub a few drops of glass ceramic cleaning cream to the cool soiled area using a damp paper towel.

2.Carefully scrape remaining soil with a single-edged razor blade. Hold the blade at a 30° angle against the ceramic surface.

3.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 cream.

4.Buff with a dry paper towel. As the cleaning cream 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. Note: Dishwashing detergents remove this protective coating and therefore make the glass ceramic top more susceptible to staining.

Product Care

Cleaning and Maintenance

Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top

Problem	Cause	To Prevent	To Remove
Brown	Cleaning with	Use cleaning cream	Use a light
streaks and	sponge or cloth	with clean damp	application of
specks	containing soil-	paper towel.	cleaning cream
	laden detergent		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 cream and
spots	hot cooking area	safe and DO NOT	a damp paper
	or accidental	put plastic items	towel, non-abrasive
	melting of a	on a warm	nylon pad or
	plastic film, such	cooking area.	scouring brush. If
	as a bread bag.		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 cook-	Clean top daily	minimized by
abrasions	ware and become	with cleaning	daily use of
which have	embedded into	cream. DO NOT	cleaning cream.
collected	top.	use ceramic or
soil		ceramic coated
	Using abrasive	cookware.
	cleaning materials.
	Scratches from
	rough ceramic
	glass, or ceramic
	coated cookware.
Smearing or	Use of too much	Use a small	Dampen paper
streaking	cleaning cream	amount of cream.	towel with a
	or use of a soiled	Rinse throughly	mixture of vinegar
	dishcloth.	before drying. Use	and water and	Product
		only paper towels	wipe surface.
		or nylon scrub pad	Wipe area with
		or brush.	damp paper towel	Care
			or lint free cloth.

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