I have just replaced my ceramic hob with a new AEG one and accidentally switched one of the rings on while a bottle of squash was resting just on the edge of it. I caught it quite quickly but it has still left behind a small white piece of plastic welded on to it.
I have tried the usual hob cleaners with no success and you cannot use abrasives. This is not the first time I have done this,in the past putting the ring on high has burnt the plastic off,but this fragment is very close to the outside of the ring,and even left on maximum there is not enough heat to do this.
Has anyone any other suggestions?
I tried heating a big Le Creuset pot on it already as well. I am afraid that did not work either.
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Very carefully use one of the old type razor blades. This type,
http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/shaving/razor-blades/srb-blades.jpg
They are very thin and you may just be able to scrape plastic off without scratching the hob.
I’m guessing a hob is a stove?
Why don’t you put a heavy pan on the ring, one that will cover the melted plastic spot, then heat up the pan… the heat will travel over to the melted plastic and burn it off
Using a “Stanley” type bladed scraper, cut it off, when cold.
Try Vinegar, depending on the “plastic” base it does either of 2 things it will soften it to make it peel off, or it will make it go very hard again you can just lift it off. This is because vinegar is added to plastics( Acetic Acid) to soften it prior to spinning to create fabric.
Go for the cheap version, as the malt based ones can leave a residue, which could cause another “sticky” patch
If you want to scrape it off use an architects/Tracers eraser, basically a razor blade with a protected edge for removing indian ink from drawings on tracing paper then use half a lemon to break residue down if vinegar doesn’t work.
maybe some kind of solvent, like nail varnish remover ,.or fine razor blade type tool,…will keep thinking ,.,.i never had an electric hob ok best of luck,..
May I draw ur attention to http://www.amazon.co.uk/ELECTROLUX-CERAMIC-HOB-SCRAPER/dp/B000SQLRGW which has both ceramic hob scrapers and cleaners. Probably they may work. No solvent can remove melted plastic.
try using a soldering iron and a wet sponge. heat the plastic till it melts and when soft wipe with wet sponge.
any heat source that you can point down. bunson burner, lol
I have one of those AEG hobs too and, personally, I would warm it slightly and then try a very gentle mixture of WD40 or similar and gentle persuasion with such as a freezer scraper or other blunt spatula type instrument. You might need to do this more than once. Whatever you do though, do not use anything sharp such as a Stanley knife etc.
Failing that, how is your house insurance with regard to this sort of thing? Perhaps you could get a new hob.
Whatever you do – good luck!
Just an idea, no idea if it would work but I know for gum they say try using ICE. Do you suppose there is any way to get it cold enough to snap it off, rather than melting it back off which has apparently been tried and failed ?? (ice, putting a bag of ice over it)
You should be more careful doc! Lucky nothing caught fire!
You may have to heat it up again so it goes soft enough to remove it. Just make sure all the windows are open as the fumes may smell and don’t have the heat up too hot. Just enough to soften the plastic, then turn it off, then get in there with a glass scraper. Make sure you don’t burn yourself.
It might take a couple of goes to get it all off.
1. Remove burnt melted plastic with a glass scraper immediately and while still hot. Note: There is a risk of burning yourself when the glass scraper is used on a hot cooking zone.
2. Clean the hob normally when it has cooled down. Note: If the cooking zone on which something has melted has
already cooled down, warm it up again for cleaning. Scratches or dark marks on the ceramic glass surface, caused
for example by a pan base with sharp edges, cannot be removed. However, they do not impair the function of the
hob.
this is worth a try.it is used to get chewing gum off things.i have a can and used it on a few things as well as chewing gum.its a freezing agent.a gaserous blend of 1,1,1,2-tetraflouroethane.
you spay it on then when frozen you use a blunt instrument like a wooden spatula.
i would imagine it would be simular to the stuff you freeze warts off etc with.
before you try this i would ring customer services of the makers of the hob and ask for there advise.im sure at some point it has been tested for various accidental spilage of things and may be able to give you the remedy.
good luck!!
have you tried a lighter than you can click on and its long in length so it wont burn your fingers as you hold the flame onto the plastic and then rub it off with a wet sponge with washing up liquid on it.
i think the lighter im talking about are for camping and lighting gas fires etc
As you were a Doctor, on a huge ridiculous salary of over 80,000 pounds per year. Buy a new one.