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Cleaning glass ceramic hob

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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Before you buy anything else, try Stardrops Concentrated liquid with one of those cheap sponges from Tesco, the ones that have a rough green side for pans etc.

    I bought a bottle the other day from Wilkinsons, I think it was 76p or something like that.

    I have a glass hob and this seems to do the trick with ours.

    If it doesn't work (which I think it should) then you can always use your Stardrops for washing up, cleaning the bathroom, kitchen etc.

    stardrops.jpg
  • gaz_jones
    gaz_jones Posts: 5,179 Forumite
    Stardrops!!! my mum used to use that! I'd completely forgotten about that stuff. Could clean paint off a car that stuff LOL

    Think i'll go past tesco on my way home and grab that. Then next bet will be hobbrite.

    Man cant believe I didnt think about stardrops =)


    Many thanks sb44 :)
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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    gaz_jones wrote: »
    Stardrops!!! my mum used to use that! I'd completely forgotten about that stuff. Could clean paint off a car that stuff LOL

    Think i'll go past tesco on my way home and grab that. Then next bet will be hobbrite.

    Man cant believe I didnt think about stardrops =)


    Many thanks sb44 :)

    I'm not sure if all Tesco's sell it, I have seen that some people on here have bought if from there but ours doesn't sell it and that is a Tesco Extra!

    If you have a Home Bargain or a B&M store they sell it. You can get two types of the yellow one, one is concentrated, the other isn't (I'd get the concentrated one if you can.

    ;)

    http://www.thorntonross.com/household/product_images/stardrops.jpghttp://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=354039&highlight=stardrops
  • aliasojo wrote: »
    I expect this is not in keeping with the 'old style' style of things, but I always use 'Hob Brite' on mine.

    My time is too precious to me to waste it on cleaning any more than I have too, lol, so it's worth the cost of the bottle just to deal with the cooker cleaning quickly and easily. :)

    I do the same - Would recommend Hob Brite.
  • I've been told by a man from Baumatic that chrome cleaner is the best thing to use.
  • I've just bought an cooker off ebay with a ceramic hob ..

    it was 14 months old and mint

    hob was like brand new ..not one scratch on it ..big or small .

    i asked the previous owner how she kept it that way ..and i suggested she never used it.

    her answer was ..

    she cut out kitchen foil and put it under the pans .

    Now then chaps and chap-essses.......

    is the above a good idea or bad ..I would like to know .

    I, myself, cant help thinking even with the dull side to-wards the element ..that it's going to reflect heat back to-wards the element and not do as efficient job.

    Your opinions are needed please.

    all the best.markj
  • mandragora_2
    mandragora_2 Posts: 2,611 Forumite
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    got to be bad - they'dre not designed to be used like that!! Hob-brite or star drops will keep it nice, and just clean as you go!
    Reason for edit? Can spell, can't type!
  • I'll do some tests on boiling water ..

    for comparisons

    one with foil one without ..

    cold pan at the start of each test....same start temp.. same ring.

    if both reach boiling at round about the same time period ..

    then i can conclude that the foil is not doing any harm ..and is the answer to the problem of keeping these hobs in tip top condition.

    all the best.markj
  • Meadows
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  • aboard_epsilon
    aboard_epsilon Posts: 546 Forumite
    edited 16 July 2009 at 1:34PM
    test results

    boiling 1 pint of water in cast iron pan on smallest ring.

    6 Min's without foil

    9 Min's with foil

    i repeated these tests twice

    so the answer is :- foil significantly reduces efficiency by more than 30 percent.

    so much for the foil idea then ..i wont be using it

    edit

    simmering tests ..i cant really do ..i cant work out a proven test for it .

    but may yield better results, 'cause the "bounce back" by the foil, caused the ring to turn off more often ..when it's set on high,for the water boiling test.

    pan could be moved around on foil during test ..without any sticksion, foil was undamaged and just lifted off after test ..with no effort required


    ALL THE BEST.MARKJ
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