Cleaning Glass-Top Stoves

Glass Top Stoves.  Aren't they beautiful?

Here's the low-down on these great appliances. Unlike the old coil stoves, where if you had a spill-over you could just ignore it until whenever you could get to it -- you must cleans spills before you re-use the top.  The worst thing you could do is start to bake on this mess.
There are many products on the market but you don't need to spend an arm and a leg to keep your stove clean.  Water a ammonia will do the same a glass cleaner, or use Windex or any other glass cleaner.
Make sure you use a NON-SCRATCH SCOURING PAD!  This is vitally important.  As the name suggests, if you use a Brillo pad or any other scouring pad you will permanently scratch you stove top.
If the mess is a heavy buildup, use one of your spatulas that you use in non-stick cookware.  Use that as a scraper.  I did some shopping and I have one that is actually better suited as my scraper than it would be as a cooking utensil. 
There is a scouring powder on the market that is recommended by Glass Companies everywhere (not stove-top companies -- they want you to spend loads of unnecessary money buying special formulations . . .) This powder is called "Bon Ami".
Armed with you spatula, your non-scratch abrasive pad, a bottle of window cleaner and Bon Ami you will be set for a year withtout having to buy more products (you might need more glass cleaner but you can always make you own = amonia and water). 
One special notice here -- a reminder -- Bleach and Ammonia must never come in contact with each other.  If you use an ammonia-based cleaner with a bleach-based cleaner you are manufacturing mustard gas and could very easily hurt yourself or even kill yourself and your loved ones -- so be careful to keep the two apart and never used in the same cleaning job.

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