How to Clean and Remove Scratches from a Glass Stove Top

Posted on 30/08/2016

Useful Ways to Remove Scratches from Glass Stove Top

There are lots of reasons which may cause scratches on your glass stove top. One of them can be sliding your pans across the glass surface. Or you may store some of your other cooking appliances on the glass surface and thus they scratch it every time you use them. If you’ve caused a scratch on your glass stove top, here you can find a few very useful ways to remove those as soon as possible.

1) Use baking soda
    
Baking soda is an excellent domestic cleaner that you can use to remove scratches from a glass stove top. Before you begin cleaning, however, you need to allow your stove top to cool down completely. This way you will prevent injuries.
    
You need to mix the baking soda with water in order to make a paste with loose consistency. The paste you make should have a loose and liquid form. It should be like pudding. Make sure the mixture is not too abrasive as it can cause additional scratches to the glass surface.


In order to apply the mixture of baking soda and water to the scratches, you can use a soft cloth. Rub gently. After that get a new cloth and buff the area until it is dry.
    
Baking soda is an excellent oven cleaning product that you can use. It is not only very efficient but also very cheap and easy to find in every store. It can save you a lot of money and time.

2) Use cleaning cream
    
You can buy cleaning cream from the store. You need to apply the cream to a soft and dry cloth. It is always a good idea to test the cream that you’ve bought on a small area first so that you are sure it will really be efficient. You may want to consult a professional cleaner or a cleaning company so that you are sure what type of cream will be good for your glass stove top.


3) Use toothpaste
    
Applying toothpaste can really help you remove small scratches as well as stains from your glass stove top. Use a cotton cloth and apply the toothpaste on the damaged area. Rub gently until you see good results.


4) How to avoid scratches
    
If you want to save yourself a lot of kitchen cleaning, you need to consider taking some actions to avoid scratching your glass stove top. Don’t slide your pans when using them. Just lift them up gently after you are done cooking.
    
You can also clean the bottoms of the pans that you place on the glass surface. Also, free the space around your stove. Keep all of your other appliances away from the glass top so that you don’t risk accidentally scratching the surface.

  
Use these methods the next time you need to clean your stove. Baking soda can be used not only for cooking. It makes a great home cleaning product. Almost every dirty spot in your kitchen can be cleaned by using baking soda. You just need to mix it with water and apply it to your cooking utensils, countertops, stainless steel sinks, etc. It is also great for removing greasy stains from dishes and pans. Toothpaste is also a great helper for cleaning your glass stove top as well as removing small scratches. In order to save yourself all the effort, try to avoid causing scratches in the first place. You can do that by lifting up your pans instead of sliding them. Remove all of the other appliances that you store on the glass stove top so that you don’t risk damaging it. Pay special attention to the glass surface as it is harder to maintain and takes lots of efforts to clean.