Cleaning Melted Plastic From Ceramic Stove Top

Removing melted plastic from metal can seem daunting once it has cooled and is firmly stuck on.

Cleaning melted plastic from ceramic stove top.

Hold a safety scraper fitted with a razor blade as a 45 degree angle against the surface of the glass stove top. This will make the plastic more brittle. I have used comet and dawn as a putty and magic eraser and a steel wool type scrubber with powder comet on it and stove top cleaner and nothing seems to be getting it off. In many cases the plastic will snap off or pull off with little work.

Next time i set a plastic container on the stove i ll let you know. When all of the plastic is removed clean the area with mild soap and warm water to remove any remaining cleaning fluids from the cook top. Then keep on reading. The aftermath of this is usually a splatter of melted plastic inside the oven accompanied by a putrid burnt smell.

Clean any residue with a nylon scrubber. Cleaning melted plastic from inside the oven. When the stove is cooled completely put ice on the coated area. Misplaced a plastic bag on top of a wood burning stove.

A plastic bowl lid or bag can get stuck if they come in contact with a hot or even warm surface such as a stove top toaster or toaster oven. It might sound a bit bizarre but people forget plastic objects inside their ovens more often than you think. For some other helpful cleaning tips be sure to check out my cleaning tab or this post with tips on cleaning appliances. Aside from the damaged plastic item you also are left with the melted residue to remove from your glass cooktop.

This is especially important due to the flammibility of wd 40. Keep in mind too that this was a plastic bag that had melted and not a bowl. Use tongs to handle the now hot cloth and place it over the plastic mound. Allow the cloth to soften the melted plastic mound for five to 10 minutes.

Apply slight pressure on the blade as you begin to scrape the melted plastic from. I have what appears to be foil melted on the ceramic top of a brand new stove top in a rental house. Clean melted plastic off your glass cooktop with dish soap and a nylon sponge. By acting quickly as soon as you notice the melted plastic you can quickly clean up the residue without causing harm to your glass cooktop.

Scrub with a plastic or other glass safe scrubber in a circular motion to remove the last bits. That would probably be a more tricky removal process.