General Cleaning
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Cooktop
Cneaning
Correct and consistent cleaning is essential to maintaining your ceramic-glass
cooktop If food spills, grease spatters and metal rub-off from aluminum
cookware are not removed, they may be burned onto the surface of the
cooktop and cause permanent discoloration.
DO NOT use a cooktop
cleaner on a hot cooktop
The fumes
can be hazardous to your health, and
can chemically damage the ceramic-
glass surface.
Before cleaning the
cooktop, be sure the controls are
turned to OFF and the cooktop is
COOL.
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For normal soil:
1_ Allow cooktop surface to cool_
2_ Wipe up splits and spatters using a clean paper towel. Always use a new,
clean paper towel when cleaning the ceramic-glass cooktop.
3
Rub a few drops of a recommended ceramic-glass cooktop cleaning cream
onto soiled area using a clean, damp paper towel Buff with a dry paper
towel until ali soil and cream are removed. Frequent cleaning leaves a
protective coating of silicone which helps in preventing scratches and
abrasions, Clean surface with the cooktop cleaning cream after each use.
4_ Rinse with another clean damp, paper towel.. Buff dry with a dry paper
towel
For heavy, burned-on soil;
1_ Allow cooktop surface to cool
2
CarefulIy scrape soil with a metal razor blade scraper. Hold razor blade scraper at a 30 ° angle to the cooktop..
3
Remove loosened soil with a clean papertowel.
4.
Apply cooktop cleaning cream as described for normal soil.
5.
If any soil remains, repeat the steps listed above After all soil has been removed, polishthe entire surface with the
cooktop cleaning cream..
For sugary spillovers:
Sugary spills can cause pitting of your cooktop surface. Therefore, you must begin cleaning the spills while the cooktop is
still hot. Use caution when following the steps betow_
1. Turn off all surface units and remove all pans immediately.
2.
Wearing an oven mitt, use a razor blade scraper to scrape the hot spill out of the cooking zone to a cooler area on the
cooktop
3
Allow the cooktop to coo!.
4
Follow the instructionsabove for heavy, burned*on soil.
DO NOT use the following on the ceramic-glass cooktop:
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Abrasive plastic, nylon, metal scouring or cloth pads They may scratch the cooktop and make it more difficult to
clean later'.
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Sponges, cloths or' dish towels. Lint or soil remaining on the cooktop from a cloth or sponge can burn and cause
discoloration.
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Anything that may melt (plastics, aluminum foil).
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Cleansers other than a recommended ceramic-glass cooktop cleaning cream
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Chlorine bleach, ammonia, hydrofluoric acid, chemical oven cleaners or any other kind of chemical cleaner They may
etch or discolor the cooktop.
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To Remove Oven Door:
1, Open the door.
2,
Remove screws located on the inside of the oven door nearthe hinges A (one on
each side) (also see Figure I ),
3_ Close the door to the quarter-open position, Grasp the door firmly on both sides and
lift up and off the hinges (see Figure 2).
4,
To clean oven door, foIlow the instructionsprovided in the cleaning chart under
General Cleaning
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The door is heavy For safe, temporary storage, lay the door flat with the
inside of the door facing down.
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