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When making candy or sauces, you may accidentally spill sugar on your stove that can burn and set quickly. This sugar can seem impossible to remove from the stovetop, but there are a couple of techniques you can try to safely remove the cooked-on sugar without damaging the stovetop. can be challenging.Related Searches:Difficulty:ChallengingInstructions Things You'll NeedHot wet clothOven mittRazor bladeStainless steel cleanerPlastic scrubberSuggest Edits1Heat a wet cloth until it is steaming hot. This can be done by microwaving a wet cloth for approximately 45 seconds, or by dipping it in a pot of boiling water if you do not have a microwave.
2Put on the oven mitt before handling the hot, wet cloth, and place the cloth over the cooked-on sugar stain. Allow the cloth to sit over the stain for at least five minutes, as this will help moisten and loosen the cooked-on sugar stain.
3Remove the cloth and go to work gently scraping the cooked-on sugar stain with a razor blade. Keep the razor blade at a steady 45 degree angle to avoid chipping or scratching ceramic and glass stovetops. If you have a stainless steel stovetop, you may want to use a stainless steel cleaner and a plastic scrubber instead of a razor blade to avoid harming the surface and leaving scratches on the steel.
4Remove excess cooked-on sugar after scraping with a plastic scrubber, which is like steel wool that is made of plastic instead to avoid leaving deep scratches or grooves. If there is still a significant amount of cooked-on sugar left on the stovetop, repeat Steps 1 and 2 to reheat and remoisten the cooked-on sugar, scrape as much as you can off the stovetop and repeat your attempt at scrubbing any additional sugar off the stovetop with a plastic scrubber.
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