7
Maintenance and care
7.1 General warnings
• Wait for the product to cool before cleaning the product. Hot
surfaces may cause burns!
• Do not apply the detergents directly on the hot surfaces. This
may cause a permanent stains.
• The appliance shall be thoroughly cleaned and dried after
each operation. Thus, food residues shall be easily cleaned
and these residues shall be preven-ted from burning when the
appliance is used again later. Thus, the service life of the ap-
pliance extends and frequently faced problems are decreased.
• Do not use steam cleaning products for cleaning.
• Some detergents or cleaning agents may damage the sur-
face. Do not use abrasive detergents, clea-ning powders,
cleaning creams, descalers or sharp objects during cleaning.
• There is no need for a special cleaning agent for cleaning af-
ter each use. Clean the appliance using dish soap, warm water
and a soft cloth or sponge and dry with a dry microfiber cloth.
• Be sure to completely wipe off any remaining liquid after
cleaning and immediately clean any food splashing around
during cooking.
• Do not wash any component of your appliance in a dish-
washer.
For the hob
• Acidic dirt such as milk, tomato paste and oil may cause per-
manent stains on the cookers and com-ponents of the burners,
clean any overflown fluids immediately after cooling down the
cooker by tur-ning it off.
• Wok type vessels used at high temperatures may change
colour. This is normal.
• Moving some cookware may cause metal marks on the pot
holders. Do not slide the pans and pots on the surface.
• As burner caps contact the fire directly and exposed to high
temperatures, change and loss of colour in time is normal. This
does not cause a problem while using the cooker.
Inox and stainless surfaces
• Do not use acid or chlorine-containing cleaning agents to
clean stainless or inox surfaces and hand-les.
• Stainless or inox surface may change colour in time. This is
normal. After each operation, clean with a detergent suitable
for the stainless or inox surface.
• Clean with a soft soapy cloth and liquid (non-scratching) de-
tergent suitable for inox surfaces, ta-king care to wipe in one
direction.
Built-in hob / User manual
• Remove lime, oil, starch, milk and protein stains on the in-
ox-stainless and glass surfaces immediately without waiting.
Stains may rust under long periods of time.
Glass surfaces
• When cleaning glass surfaces, do not use hard metal scrap-
ers and abrasive cleaning materials. They can damage the
glass surface.
• Clean the appliance using dishwashing detergent, warm wa-
ter and a microfiber cloth specific for glass surfaces and dry it
with a dry microfiber cloth.
• If there is residual detergent after cleaning, wipe it with cold
water and dry with a clean and dry micro-fiber cloth. Residual
detergent residue may damage the glass surface next time.
• Under no circumstances should the dried-up resi-due on the
glass surface be cleaned off with serra-ted knives, wire wool or
similar scratching tools.
• You can remove the calcium stains (yellow stains) on the
glass surface with the commercially available descaling agent,
with a descaling agent such as vinegar or lemon juice.
• If the surface is heavily soiled, apply the cleaning agent on
the stain with a sponge and wait a long time for it to work prop-
erly. Then clean the glass surface with a wet cloth.
• Discolorations and stains on the glass surface are normal
and not defects.
Plastic parts and painted surfaces
• Clean plastic parts and painted surfaces using dishwashing
detergent, warm water and a soft cloth or sponge and dry them
with a dry cloth.
• Do not use hard metal scrapers and abrasive clea-ners. It
may damage the surfaces.
• Ensure that the joints of the components of the appliance are
not left as damp and with detergent. Otherwise, corrosion may
occur on these joints.
7.2 Cleaning the hob
Cleaning the gas burners
1. Before cleaning the hob, remove pot holders, burner caps
and heads from the hob.
2. Clean the surface of the hob as per the recommen-dations
included in the general cleaning information according to the
surface type (enamelled, glass, inox, etc.).
3. Clean the burner chamber with a cloth soaked in detergent
or with non-scratching, soft brush. Ensure that no food remains
are left.
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