Thanks, I'll give it a try. I use their cleaner now but maybe this one is better.

This sounds interesting. Thanks for posting. What's the product like? (i.e., gooey, pasty, can you feel the beads, do the beads break, etc....)

Pasty texture - seemed abrasive to me, but defintely didn't leave a scratch.

Great! Thanks! I have this one spot...

Thanks for the info neoktish! Our stove top is a greasy burned on mess mostly from high heat searing of scallops, tuna steaks, etc. with all the splattering. I'd given up on it. My Amazon order will be here tomorrow. Can't wait to give it a try.

Thanks for the product info! I have 3 glass top stoves in rentals. I always get stuck cleaning them in moveouts.

I'm thinking "microbeads" usually means plastic.

does it have any kind of odor to it?

While it worked well on your induction cooktop, it won't clean burnt-on food from an electric glass cooktop. Neither did Weiman's liquid cleaner and another liquid from Home Depot that I tried. CeramaBryte and Scotch-Brite polishes in the bottle are the only ones that will completely clean a glass cooktop.

Did you try Bon Ami cleanser? I've used it *forever* on Corning cooktops and matching pots and pans. It's all I use on porcelain in the house. I used it on the Corian counter tops I had on Maui.

i am a believer in CermaBryte for my induction top!!

Katlan, I didn't recall an odour, so just stuck my nose near the open container. There is a very mild, not offensive smell. Certainly not strong to me.

Burnt on should come off with the baking soda/rag/boiling water trick Trainrunner taught us.

I had tried everything under the sun, including the above mentioned baking soda but nothing got rid of a few stubborn spots until I tried the Cooktop Max. Eileen, why would one glass cooktop be different than another?

Not applicable for me anymore but I always found Whink noticably outperformed Weiman and CeramaBryte. Looks like the Weiman product in the OP may be different from what I used though.

I use a straight edge razor to get the worst off and then use "soft Scrub" with a scrubie, works like a charm and my flat top is over 18 years old.

The difference is that induction tops don't get as hot, and you can clean as you cook. They don't get the same level of burnt on gunk as the ones with heating elements.

does it leave a lot of residue on the cooktop that has to be polished off?

Nekotish, what plllog said. That's why I specified "electric" for clarification--in case anyone that has electric but not induction thinks this product will clean off burnt-on messes. Even a burnt-on grain of sugar needs the power of the liquids that dry up and have to be buffed off.

Yeah....I use Scotch Brite green pads, baking soda and water....and about 20-30 minutes on the rental "electric" stove tops. It works....it's just labor intensive. I'll keep doing what I'm doing.

Ditto on Judy's suggestion. A flat edge razor will remove almost anything.

^^^And while that may sound like a chore, I’ll say that keeping my radiant clean was SO much less effort than my gas. Maybe I’m a messier cook than most, but there’s always something that boils over or spills or falls from the spoon. On the glass that meant a quick wipe. On gas it’s clean the grate, remove the grate, clean the pan. Truth be told I just let it go now and clean the cooktop when I can’t look past it anymore!

Yes, it is easy to keep a glass stove top clean with a straight edge razor blade. Strongly suggest that you head for the nearest paint store and purchase the inexpensive 'gizmo' into which a single edge razor blade is inserted and used when painting windows, after the paint is dry. Sorry. I do not know the official name for this handy tool meant to scrape paint drippings off panes of window glass. I keep one in the drawer beside my stove and find that drippings on a hot burner can easily be scrapped off, eliminating the burn odor.

Razor scraper.

mine has a hazy look. a razor blade won't help that will it?

A razor blade will only help if you have burned on grease.

I bought some of this stuff. I had one burner that I needed to use a razor blade on to get off the heavy build up and then used the Cook Top Max along with some serious elbow grease. My glass cooktop now looks brand new!

Great stuff and it works much better than the Cerama Bryte that I've used for years.

I'm glad it worked for you. My daughter moved into an apartment and was going to ask to have the glass cooktop replaced - it was that bad. I gave her some CTM and she and her boyfriend spent about 1/2 an hour and a lot of elbow grease, but it came out looking brand new.

For me, the best way, the cutting-edge way to clean any flat glass surface without spending good money and corrosive chemicals is the following:

Buy a woodworker's planer blade. They come in many lengths, they are better than small razer blades. The planer's blade's edge is smoother than razorblades'. It gets all kinds of baked on grease coating off cleanly and quickly. Then you just wipe with soap and warm water to clean off any remaining trace of oil.

Planer's blade is also indispensable for scraping away micro grooves on you cutting boards, making cutting board sanitizing more reliable..

Those blades are not very expensive.

dcarch

I have used straight edge razor blades for years on my glass top. I order boxes of 100 from Amazon (their brand) and nothing gets everything off a glass cooktop like them. I wet the area with some Dawn on a sponge and start scraping. Everything comes off. I use them on my windows, sliding glass doors, even wood furniture (carefully) to get stuck on mess off.

I don't use a handle or anything. Just the razor blade.

Jane

"jane__ny ---------------I have used straight edge razor blades for years on my glass top. I order boxes of 100 from Amazon (their brand) and nothing gets everything off a glass cooktop like them. ----------------I don't use a handle or anything. Just the razor blade."

A razor blade holder makes it easier to handle and safer.

Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Scraper-Plastic-Retractable-Cooktop-Windows/dp/B08MWDSBZX/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=I43DTJ7GVPNU&keywords=razor%2Bblade%2Bholder&qid=1647525268&sprefix=razor%2Bblade%2Bholder%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-3-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyUVJCWEtIOVlCREYzJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzExODY0SjFLOUc5UTBES0JMJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAyMDU1OTkyRUJGUVM0Sjg1N1YyJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1

dcarch

I get what you are all saying about using a blade to scrape off "gunk" but my issue was a haze on one burner that was not dimensional, therefore a blade did nothing. I don't know what it was or what caused it but the Cook Top Max took care of it.

I have a GE electric range, not induction, installed in July of 2019. It came with a trial bottle of Weiman cleaner. I spray with a diluted solution of Dawn every time I use the stove, which helps. I then clean with the cleaner and a paper towel. I have had to use a razor blade once, but as Nekotish said, it does not get rid of the haze. It took me several times with the cleaner to get rid of that. I will be buying the stronger to have on hand. Cooking Christmas dinner did it to me,

I DID NOT want a smooth top. I had had coil all my life and there are advantages to coil, but you can no longer buy quality coil stoves and the parts were not available for my old stove.

Gas is not available and I did not want it. Induction would of meant rewiring the kitchen and throwing away all the pans I like.

I have reached acceptance with the constant cleaning of a smooth top. It is now like wiping the counter and running the dishwasher, lol. I have learned to NEVER cook without cleaning the top.