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Care and cleaning
What?
Soiling examples
Ho
w?
Impor
tant!
E
ver
yd
ay
soiling
on glass
fingerprints and marks
on the glass
stains lef
t b
y non-
sugar
y spillo
vers on the
glass
1 S
wit
ch the po
w
er t
o
the c
ookt
op off at
the wall
.
2 Apply c
ookt
op cleaner while the glass is
still warm (but not hot!)
3 R
inse and wipe dr
y with a clean cloth or
paper t
o
w
el
.
4 S
wit
ch the po
w
er t
o
the c
ookt
op back on
at the wall
.
When the po
w
er to the c
o
oktop is
switched off
, there will be no ‘hot
sur
fa
ce
’ w
a
rning but the c
o
oking
zone may still be hot! T
a
ke
ex
treme
ca
re
.
Heav
y-
dut
y sc
ourers
, some n
ylon
sc
ourers and harsh/abr
asiv
e
cleaning agents may scr
atch the
glass
. Alw
ays read the label to
check if y
our cleaner or sc
ourer is
suitable
.
Nev
er leav
e cleaning residue on
the c
o
oktop: the glass may bec
ome
stained
.
Burnt-
on f
ood
or gr
ease
, melts
,
sugar
y spillo
v
ers
on glass
sugar
, sugar
y syrups
,
jams and jellies
vegetables or v
egetable
wat
er with high
sugar c
o
nt
ent (peas
,
sw
eet
co
rn, beetr
oot)
melt
ed aluminium f
oil
melt
ed plastic wrap
Remo
ve
these immediat
ely with a raz
or
blade scraper suitable f
or c
eramic glass
cookt
ops
, but bewar
e of hot c
ook
ing z
one
sur
fac
es:
1 S
wit
ch the po
w
er t
o
the c
ookt
op off at
the wall
.
2 Hold the raz
or blade at a 30
o
angle and
scrape the soiling or spill t
o
a c
ool ar
ea of
the c
ookt
op
.
3 Clean the soiling or spill up with a dish
cloth or paper t
o
w
el
.
4 A
s soon as the c
ookt
op has c
ooled
enough t
o
saf
ely t
ouch, clean with
cookt
op cleaner f
ollo
wing the instruc
tions
for
‘E
ve
ry
da
y soiling on glass
’ abo
ve
.
5 S
wit
ch the po
w
er t
o
the c
ookt
op back on
at the wall
.
R
emo
ve
stains lef
t b
y melts and
su
gar
y food or spillo
vers as soon as
possible
. If lef
t to burn on or c
o
ol
,
they may be difficult to remo
ve
or ev
en permanently damage the
glass sur
fa
ce
.
C
ut hazard–when the sa
fet
y c
o
ver
is retr
ac
ted
, the blade in a scr
aper
is r
a
zor-sharp
. Use with ex
treme
ca
re and alw
ays store sa
fely and
out of reach of children.