Glass Stop Stove

Cerama Brite is good but almost equally effective is a paste of baking soda and water. Much cheaper too.

Can you ask your apartment manager if they might have a manual that came with the cooktop? I personally think that such items should be left available in an apartment so the tenants can easily read to find out how to care for the appliances. However, it would seem that there should at least be a copy on file in the office and that you could look at it to find out the manufacturer's recommendations for cleaning the cooktop. If the manager isn't willing to let you take it out of the office, perhaps you could read it there and if you need any particular page to keep, they could make you a copy.

I wouldn't listen to the responders who say you may have damaged it. These tops are supposed to be pretty much indestructable, and in my experience, they are. I am on my second glass cooktop and have been using them for decades. A major hardware store that carries appliances will also carry the glass cooktop cleaner. There are two kinds. one is a spray bottle and smells similar to windex. This is the one you use after each use to give it a quick wipe. Just make sure the stovetop is completely cooled before you clean. The second one you use about once a week adn it is similar to "Soft Scrub" brand of liquid ajax type cleaner. (Note: Never use and actual ajax type cleaner as a substitute!). This special soft scrub-like cleaner will work as a mild abrassive, but will then dry to a thin paste on the glass, and then you buff it off and it reapplies a layer of wax to the glass that is extremely helpful in maintaining the glass' luster. I, personally, do not have the hand and arm strength to get off those "rings" you are describing, so I typically leave that for my husband to do, and with his arm strength he doesn't have to do "a lot" of scrubbing, but rather just a good, firm scrubbing, and those rings come right off. Also, in the same section of the hardware store you will see these soft-scrub pads for the glass stove top. They are similar to the scrubby side of your kitchen sponge, but again, are a less damaging abrassive than a normal kitchen scrubber would be. These are also helpful in getting off the rings. If you try all of this and still the rings won't come off, I would contact the manufacturer and question whether the glass was sealed/tempered properly to begin with. Good luck!!!

My glass top stove came with a bottle of special cleaner, later I used one made by "Corning" for glass top stoves and neither of those worked any better than dish washing liquid DAWN and scrubbing with a nylon pad made by Scotch Brite, then I just wash it off with a dish rag and towel dry. It still looks great and anything burned on has come right off, rarely have to use the razor blade scraper, have had the stove probably 10 years.

Ive used the Cook Top Magic before. But what really worked easily for me is a Magic Eraser. My husband is the king of boiling over and the Magic Eraser always cleaned it right up.

It is caused by leaving the pot going after a boil over or putting a pot on the surface when it is dirty. If that is what happened you may have damaged the surface and there is nothing you can do. :(

I have a white Kitchen Aid glass top and I've had it 2 yrs, it still looks like new even though sometimes I freak out when I see the residue leftover from a cast iron pot or my all-clad pans.

I LOVE the CeramaBrite from Home Depot. The little yellow scrub pads that are sold right there by the CB are a MUST have.

When the top cools dowm, I put some CB on and spread it over the entire area. On the spots where the pan has been I scrub, lot of sweat equity, and these little yellow pads work wonders.

Afterwards, clean all the CB off and I spray with vinegar and make it shine!.

Good luck

cerama bryte cooktop cleaner for smoothtops. I got the kit at Home Depot, it comes with the razor blade cleaner that will not scratch the surface. works great! Mine is 1 yr old and still looks like the first day i used it! you only need like a quarter size to clean the whole top.

They have this stuff that is designed just for Glass top ranges.

I love it.

I have only had electric stove tops before moving into our house.

We have had the glass top now for about a year and I LOVE IT.

The brand I buy is called Easy off. It is in the cleaning section at the Grocery store. It is the black bottle with red and white on it.

There are other brands...I have just stuck with this one.

It has almost like a Pumice grit feeling to it...which is how it stays shiny and helps get the cooked on stuff off:)

i always just had my husband give me a straight razor blade from his tool kit. Never had any issues...always came clean

They make special cleaners for glass cook tops. I think mine is called Cook Top Magic. It works really well.

get the special cleaners but you also may have damaged it by using a pan/pot that was larger than the circle ... it can will damage the top and that damage is irreversable.

I use Cerma Bright from Bed Bath and Beyond. It has a sponge and a razor blade tool that you use to scrape off the burnt on stuff with. I swear by it...it's the only thing I have found that keeps my stove looking like new. The trick when using it though is to wipe it off with a papertowel in a circular motion (like waxing a car) and then buff again with a dry paper towel. I swear it leaves my stove top sparkling!!!

Best of Luck!

A.