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Today, as an old guy, I was cleaning our glass top stove. The Weiman cleaner is in the cupboard above the stove. I squirted a bunch on the dirty rings and then realized its normally white not blue paste.

Turns out I grabbed the Cascade Complete dishwasher liquid. Duh.

I started to wipe it and realized it was pulling off the baked on food better than the stove cleaning product.

Best it has looked in 5 years.

P.s. made sure to fully rinse all of it off so no residue remained.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (8 children)

My wife would probably divorce me if she caught me using a razor on it, even though I know they work well.

In her head razors cut things and make slices, and she doesn't grasp the inclined flat blade skimming over top can't do a slicing action.

[–] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My old stove came with a razor scraper for cleaning. I bet the manual for yours recommends using one. Maybe show her the manual. I wouldn't have been able to clean it thoroughly without the razor.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Try Cascade Complete LOL it works great.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have the pods, gonna pop one and try it. With gloves on.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The liquid we have has a slight grit to it.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The pod is mostly powder with a swirl of goo, I'll try mixing them to make a paste.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Give us a status report :)

Carbon steel is also not as hard as borosilicate glass.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago

As someone who did auto detailing decades ago, razors are how you get everything off glass.

And then triple-Zero (000) steel wool. Don't use anything other than actual 000.

And then there are plastic razor blades for getting stickers off paint.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would hope she is aware of the existence of shaving blades which are the exact same things except glass is far stronger than skin.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I have found it is not worth the friction 😀. She also has a way she wants the dishwasher loaded, even though I can run Computational Fluid Dynamics software at home, and show her why another (my) method is probably better.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago

Rigorous comparative analysis of spousal dishwasher loading techniques is the content I crave

[–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I love you so much that I will load the dishwasher wrong - just for you".
I tried saying this & got mixed results.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you post your analysis for the rest of us.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not starting any marital fights

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 1 week ago

For us! No need to tell her

[–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is the best way to load the dishwasher?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Lets not even start that debate and it becomes a factorial? Function right. 2 dishes have 2 positions, 10 dishes have 10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1 positions.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You should teach her about Mohs hardness scale.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have actually... She's not convinced

Demonstrate the concept on a less expensive piece of glass.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Has your wife shaved her legs before? Then she is accustomed to this interaction

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

That's a poor argument on my end, as she has often drawn blood from shaving

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I've used a razor to scrape down our shower door before. If you're not careful you can inadvertently scratch things with the corners of the blade. Ask me how I know...

[–] despoticruin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Razor blades aren't usually hard enough to scratch tempered glass in the first place, they are used professionally to clean scale on outdoor windows.