How Do You Remove Melted Plastic from a Stove-top!!??

I had a similar experience and received advice from the ladies on this site. We got it off by heating up the eye slightly and then peeling it off with a butter knife. No scratches were left. The trick was heating it enough for it to release from eye without melting again. Take it slow, and it will work like a charm.

Hi E., We had this request just a few months ago. So, you see you are not the only one. The best idea I read was to use WD 40. I tried it and it worked for me too. Hope this helps you. K. K.

Heat it up low to medium, enough to heat the plastic so you can scrape it off but not too hot so you don't burn yourself or the product you use to get it off. You should be able to get it all off. Done this before with a bread bag:)

i just did this yesterday with a grocery sack. what i have done in the past and did yesterday is to peel off as much plastic as i can with my fingernails, then turn on the fan and the burner and let the plastic burn off. i don't know if it works for all plastics.

I had a plastic bag melt on my flat-top stove (twice!) and I used a flat razor blade to scrape it off. I carefully scraped off the residue, and then just used the cleanser recommended for my top to remove the rest. It worked twice and the top looks a good as new. I hope you get yours cleaned off also.

We have a flat top stove I melt zip locks on it a lot whoops! Obviously wait until it's cool. But a plastic scraper or even one of those green pads for washing dishes. Don't use anything metal.
Good Luck!

I would start with a razor, my favorite tool for getting about anything off a flat top. When the melted plastic is cool, it usually is hardened enough to scrape right off. I hope that helps!

I did that last week....you're not alone. :) I put water on it and let it soak overnight. The next morning my husband rubbed ice on it and gently peeled it off in one piece. Worked well. Good luck!

I have done this before, but with a plastic grocery bag, and had great luck removing it with a flat one-sided razor blade. The one I have has a handle and a little lever to push the blade out. This tool is a must when you have a ceramic cooktop. Anyways, try removing it while it is cold...If it doesn't come up, heat the surface a little at a time for best results. There is also a ceramic cooktop paste that they sell at Lowes that will get the rest of the residue off and leave the surface nice and clean!
Best of luck...It happens! LOL

I was on vacation once, the people staying before us had done this, there was still plastic on the burner and we needed to use it - the manager came in, turned on the burner, as soon as the plastic was a little warm he scraped it off (use a razor blade for flat-top stoves, so you don't get scratches.) I was amazed - it worked a charm. Don't just burn it off, as that bad smell comes from highly toxic substances that were never meant to be burnt. And a green scrubber will scratch the surface, making it much harder to clean in the future.

E.,
I have a smooth cooktop as well and recently my husband burned plastic onto it. He simply took a razor blade and scraped it off...when it was cooled off of course. They provide razor blades to clean smooth cook tops, so you know they are safe.
Good luck