Hi, folks,

Have you seen the commercials for Scotch Brite Cooktop Cleaner? Well,
I had a house full of kids in their 'twenties over the weekend, and
they are all sloppy cooks. After one such episode, I spent an hour and
a half with the Cerama-Brite stuff, and the cooktop still was dirty.
After the last kid left last night, I stopped by the store and bought
the Scotch Brite stuff.

It is basically a handle and a pouch with six pre-moistened pads. You
velcro one on the bottom of the handle, run it over your cooktop, and
wipe it off with a soft cloth. For me, it worked great. I didn't have
to use much pressure at all, and all I did was do a light scrubbing
over the whole top, wipe off with a microfiber cloth, and it's all
good. It seems to work better than that Cerama Brite stuff. The whole
kit is a bit over $6, but a refill of six pads is about half that.

Just thought I'd share my experience. Nope, I don't work for the
company, or anything like that.
--
EZ Larry from St. Louis

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:02:17 -0500, EZ Larry >
wrote:

>Have you seen the commercials for Scotch Brite Cooktop Cleaner? ....
>
>It is basically a handle and a pouch with six pre-moistened pads. You
>velcro one on the bottom of the handle, run it over your cooktop, and
>wipe it off with a soft cloth. For me, it worked great. I didn't have
>to use much pressure at all, and all I did was do a light scrubbing
>over the whole top, wipe off with a microfiber cloth, and it's all
>good....

What's the pad made of? Is it at all abrasive?

Thanks -- Larry

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:47:02 -0400, pltrgyst
> wrote:

>What's the pad made of? Is it at all abrasive?
>
>Thanks -- Larry

It seems to be a finer mesh than the one that comes with the Cerama
Brite starter kit - you know, the thin yellow kinda soft-scrubby one?
Only these are a bit tighter-woven, seem to have a bit of sponge in
them to hold the liquid cleaner, and still manage to do a pretty good
job. Even better than the blue, thick, soft-scrub sponges I buy at
Sam's by the bagful.
--
EZ Larry from St. Louis

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:20:02 -0500, EZ Larry
> wrote:

> Even better than the blue, thick, soft-scrub sponges I buy at
>Sam's by the bagful.

Heh. Seems they're Scotch Brite no-scratch sponges. Go figure.
--
EZ Larry from St. Louis

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:02:17 -0500, EZ Larry >
wrote:

>Have you seen the commercials for Scotch Brite Cooktop Cleaner?
>
>....It is basically a handle and a pouch with six pre-moistened pads. You
>velcro one on the bottom of the handle, run it over your cooktop, and
>wipe it off with a soft cloth. For me, it worked great. I didn't have
>to use much pressure at all, and all I did was do a light scrubbing
>over the whole top, wipe off with a microfiber cloth, and it's all
>good. It seems to work better than that Cerama Brite stuff. The whole
>kit is a bit over $6, but a refill of six pads is about half that.

A belated thank you for EZ Larry here -- this Scotch brite cleaner is absolutely
great. The pads not only clean with very little effort, but the cleaner leaves a
very shiny finish on the black glass cooktop that we haven't gotten from any
other product. Highly recommended.

I note that the package also mentions that stainless steel cleaning pads are
availabe for use on the same handle. Has anyone tried these? I'm not sure what
they'd be very useful for, but I'm curious.

Thanks -- Larry

On Sun 21 Sep 2008 09:55:22p, pltrgyst told us...

> I note that the package also mentions that stainless steel cleaning pads
> are availabe for use on the same handle. Has anyone tried these? I'm not
> sure what they'd be very useful for, but I'm curious.

Stainless steel appliances would be my guess, especially gas ranges.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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In article 0>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Sun 21 Sep 2008 09:55:22p, pltrgyst told us...
>
> > I note that the package also mentions that stainless steel cleaning pads
> > are availabe for use on the same handle. Has anyone tried these? I'm not
> > sure what they'd be very useful for, but I'm curious.
>
> Stainless steel appliances would be my guess, especially gas ranges.

Stainless steel sinks.

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On Sun 28 Sep 2008 05:01:38p, Melba's Jammin' told us...

> In article 0>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> On Sun 21 Sep 2008 09:55:22p, pltrgyst told us...
>>
>> > I note that the package also mentions that stainless steel cleaning
pads
>> > are availabe for use on the same handle. Has anyone tried these? I'm
not
>> > sure what they'd be very useful for, but I'm curious.
>>
>> Stainless steel appliances would be my guess, especially gas ranges.
>
> Stainless steel sinks.
>

Yup, those too.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:01:38 -0500, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:

>In article 0>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> > I note that the package also mentions that stainless steel cleaning pads
>> > are availabe for use on the same handle. Has anyone tried these? I'm not
>> > sure what they'd be very useful for, but I'm curious.
>>
>> Stainless steel appliances would be my guess, especially gas ranges.
>
>Stainless steel sinks.

Well, I do have a kitchen full of stainless appliances and stainless pots and
pans, and I wouldn't use this device on any of them -- it just wouldn't be worth
it.

My unstated point was that this device seems to me to be useful only for large
areas with some kind of substantial build-up. You probably wouldn't use one of
these large, somewhat expensive pads, roughly three by five inches, mounted on a
rigid holder, for something as small as a kitchen sink.

I don't think that a stainless gas range would have a large enough flat surface
for this device to be worthwhile. Maybe if your stainless refrigerator somehow
had a heavy grease buildup, or you had a huge and very greasy stainless range
hood, or if you just happen to have a vintage Delorean in the driveway.... 8

I just can't think of any one item needing frequent cleaning which would make
these stainless pads worthwhile to the degree that the glass coooktop pads are.

Ah well -- we still haven't found them, so maybe they don't actually exist.

-- Larry

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:37:54 -0400, pltrgyst
> wrote:

>Ah well -- we still haven't found them, so maybe they don't actually exist.

The ones for ceramic cooktops or the ones for stainless steel? I found
the ceramic cleaner kits at my local supermarket. Dierberg's, in St.
Louis. Haven't tried looking for the ss ones.
--
EZ Larry from St. Louis

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:01:38 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article 0>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> On Sun 21 Sep 2008 09:55:22p, pltrgyst told us...
>>
>> > I note that the package also mentions that stainless steel cleaning pads
>> > are availabe for use on the same handle. Has anyone tried these? I'm not
>> > sure what they'd be very useful for, but I'm curious.
>>
>> Stainless steel appliances would be my guess, especially gas ranges.
>
>Stainless steel sinks.

I have a 5-foot stainless steel table that I use as my island. Of
course, it's so scratched up, I don't know that I'd spend the $$ to
try and polish it with one of those pads. But, maybe for company, I
might give it a whirl. If I had nothing better to do, and had time
left over from all the other getting-ready-for-company activities.


--
EZ Larry from St. Louis

Hi Larry, we use a simple sponge in cleaning our ceramic top, then after cleaning it wipe with a white cloth.