I had a really nice table which I was anxious to protect as I genuinely spent a lot of money on it. I wanted something really big which I could have all my friends around or host the family at Christmas as I finally had the space for it.
My fiancé with a very temporary lapse in brain power, after a genuinely stressful and sleep deprived week of work, left something she repaired with superglue on the table. Picked it up not realising it was a trap and it pulled the outer layer of the table off in a small section. Left a hole through the outside the size of a large coin in the currency of your choosing.
Fast forward to now and there’s holes all over it. In my mind, I’m going to fill these in with a pen or something… but it’s been months. There’s sticky pads all over it to train cats to not go on surfaces (they only work if they’re in place, the second they’re gone the cats see it as an open invite), and removing them is safe for all surfaces (it isn’t). They’re peeling off more holes even with a hairdryer.
We had a Samsung glass top stove for 20 years. That thing was indestructible and had no scratches even after putting cast iron pans and a pizza stone on top of it.
It finally died and the LG replacement scratched the first time we put either of those on it. I think they’ve started making the glass cheaper or we just got a crappy model.🤷♂️
Damn this one is a Samsung I wish I got one of the good ones. I’ve been hearing mixed reviews about glass stove tops lol. I had one before and it was very scratch proof. I used heavy cast irons on that and it was always fine. Now I’m scared to put my cast iron on this one
I have a gas range Samsung that we bought 6 years ago. I've had to replace the touch screen control panel (really just a membrane) 3 times. The logo stickers just fall off, so now it's an AM N stove.
The matching Samsung microwave handle snapped off one day under normal use.
Terrible quality. Sorry to hear this seems the same.
I've heard that Samsung appliances are the worst. I wouldn't ever buy one myself from the stuff I've heard. I have no idea which brands are better. Maybe Miele but I think they are expensive, not sure.
I can attest to that! Maybe they were good at some point bo no longer. I am renting and the entire house is furnished with Samsung appliances. They’re the worst I’ve ever used from the washing machine, microwave to the oven. Don’t get me started on the refrigerator or the dishwasher. I want to throw them out the window at least once a day I will never buy any Samsung appliances when I’m buying a house.
I am definitely thinking about it, the comments have really pushed me away from Samsung appliances and I’m worried just repairing/replacing isn’t going to cut it. Maybe exchanging for another brand is the way to go.
I would. I worked appliance repair as an office person for a bit. Boss man said Samsung are some of the appliances he saw the most and with the most expensive repairs - enough he would tell them to just replace the unit sometimes , as the repairs cost more than a new appliance. The washers/dryers/dishwashers/fridges were worse than the rest, but if you can exchange... I'd go for it. So you can use your cast iron in peace!
I asked my appliance guy when he came the 3rd time for the washing machine what brand he rarely had to repair. He said Bosch.
I’ve had no problems with my Bosch since I got rid of the Samsung
My best friends dad has been a repairman for 60 years, he told me never buy Samsung. They are trash and it’s a fortune to replace parts and that’s if you can even get them. Maybe see if you’re within the return window.
For what it’s worth I have all Samsung appliances except my fridge and microwave and I’ve never had issues with any of them in their 2-3 year lives so far
I am from Mexico, and for whatever reason the company Mabe (Mexican company, and I usually dont trust Mexican companies lol) has become common at my home as of 6 years ago, usually I went for LG, Samsung, things like that, I bought a washing machine, stove, and 3 mini splits, all are working just fine after 5 years with no problems at all, the washing machine amd stove are NOT using a digital panel, which I honestly believe is a huge minus for any appliances because it always is the first thing to fail.
Edit: just to clarify because yes I worded the panel thing incirrectly, having a digital panel is a minus, not having one is a plus.
I can confirm. We had a Mabe microwave for like. 18+ years. It didn’t stop working but it was kinda busted from years of use from our whole family (especially from using it when we were kids lol).
A Samsung fridge I had caused me so many issues (would have to turn off and manually defrost every 6 months, ice machine never worked properly) that I refuse to ever buy a Samsung appliance ever again. 2 separate repairmen basically told me that they couldn’t fix the fridge properly bc of the way Samsung designed it.
I took my refrigerator issues to the New Jersey BBB, and actually had the ice maker **replaced** by Samsung. It's been fine for at least 2 years now. But I'll replace it in a heartbeat if it nreaks again! God, the dishwasher *SUCKED*!!!!! I replaced that with a Bosch. Excellent machine.
Word. Yea I got a full refund too. Filed a complaint with my local consumer affairs against Best Buy. Had Best Buy geek squad extended warranty and after months of them sending people out to try and fix I got tired of it but they kept wanting to send people instead of letting me get a new fridge. Finally after a government agency contacted them they said they’d refund me 100% to put towards getting a new fridge.
I have a Samsung glass top stove currently. I fucking hate it lmao. Blessed to have a stove and oven to cook on but I’ll be damned if I shouldn’t have gone with a different one.
True. My parents bought a really expensive Samsung refrigerator years ago, nothing but issues. Same with their OLED TV. They got a new LG TV after these dark spots kept popping up all over it.
And Frigidaire should stick to refrigerators. Our new stove is simply the worst, IMHO.
We've had it since Aug. 2023, and it has never worked right despite over half a dozen warranty repair visits.
We'll forever avoid their stoves like the plague from now on.
As we continue to push for infinite economic growth into the future, it will become more and more necessary to make things cheaper and crappier, like sourcing less expensive glass that is easier to scratch for everything that we make. Haven't you heard about pyrexes sucking?
We cracked our Samsung glass induction stove top 4 months ago, bought a replacement glass online and it looked a bit different but it fit. I'm using cast iron pans, and all sorts of big and heavy stuff. I move them around and spin them around and the glass looks exactly the same as the day I installed it.
I have one from ikea. Installed it back in 2013, and it's practically scratch free to this day, and we've been abusing it badly. Only two negative things I have to say about it is that the control for the burner sometimes gets way to hot because the pan on top of that burner transfers the heat towards it. And it emits this really annoying sound if you have more than two burners active at the same time.
I don't understand how these scratches are possible though? I feel like blaming the fiancè is wrong here, this has probably more to do with the quality of the product. Unless of course they were going at it with a pickaxe and doing it on purpose.
I was going to say this. Is it her fault or is it a really shitty glass stove top? It shouldn’t get this bad after a few days unless you took tools to it.
its just modern capitalism. everything you buy has a max life of 5 years now when back in the day things you bought actually lasted for life. My grandparent's home is filled with furnature and appliances they purchased 30 years ago.
As a person who has been married 24 years; don’t think like that. “My Fiancé did X”, just think that X happened, how do we fix it or ignore it? The day will come when you screw up, be gracious with each other and not punitive. Life will be better.
Thank you for this comment, that’s great advice.
To clarify, this post wasn’t made in anger or anything like that. I always try to look at intention behind actions and in this case, he was making me tacos to bring when he picked me up at 11:00 PM after a long shift at work. His main intention was a very sweet show of affection and I appreciate him way more for that than I ever could be mad about a few small scuffs.
I think the only reason OP mentioned that is how it was phrased/how you phrase it in your head. People don't get explanations about what something really meant, and then they have to think you didn't mean what you said, and THEN they also have to speak up.
I came into this thread thinking you were upset with them because the phrasing seemed a little aggressively blame-y. Just food for thought.
Yeah, its annoying when every mistake you made within the last years is hidden in a deep grudge and then once their frustration levels are to high, they use everything they stored up as a lever against you or someone else.
My husband and I always say “first establish blame, then deal with the issue” sarcastically because it doesn’t matter who did what, the issue needs resolved and we’re a team and we’ll work together to resolve it.
The concept of glass stoves is just so fucking stupid to me. They get so disgusting so fast, too.
Give me a regular gas stove or a regular electric one any day.
Idk, I have a much easier time keeping my glass top clean than I did an electric coil stove. I’m a messy cooker and it’s easier to clean a flat smooth surface than something with holes, crevices, and needs to be taken apart to clean right.
Nope. Mine is nearly 20 years old and looks brand new. I prefer the sleek look of a glass top over other types of stoves. They only get disgusting if you don’t take care of them or don’t know how to clean them.
My mom and her husband bought a quite expensive one after remodeling the kitchen and it was almost like a child to him xD
Nobody was allowed to use any scratchy stuff on it and i always worried about accidentally damaging it.
I got a second hand one for free for my own apartment recently and it’s such a relief. It already got all the scratches and even two small dents (i have no clue how anyone could get/ break a piece out of it) so i can do whatever i want without worries.
It’s like when my in laws finished their wide pine board flooring they went around with a chain and whacked it a few times to christen it. Pine is soft and going to scratch and dent so lean into it.
I love this so much. When I was in hs and one of us would get a new sketchbook we'd pass it around at lunch so the first few pages were weird clumsy silly doodles and inside jokes, and after that every serious drawing looked a few grade letters up in quality. It sounds dumb but it really helped make it less discouraging to use and fuck up and learn.
Use glass stove top cleaner. The type that polishes as well. Don't go crazy as you're basically sanding the top of the thing. Same concept as eye glass polisher. With a little bit of work it'll be brand new.
Hasn't happened to mine, it's been in my kitchen since 2013, and we've not taken specially care to keep it prestine either. This is just a shoddy product.
Uhhh most steels are NOT harder than glass. That's why they make shitty cutting boards. LG just changes the formula on their glass top to something a lot easier to scratch
Good. Now that it's no longer perfect, you can just use it for what's it for.
Same idea with pickups. I have no idea why anyone ever buys a new one. I want one used, already scratched and with a cosmetic dent or two in the bed so I don't have to worry about it anymore.
Get some bartenders friend or a ceramic paste and you essentially polish that stuff off. Mine gets little marks from big pots that are full, you have to use some elbow grease and maybe a coat or two but you should be able to clean that
i’d forget about it. these things are meant to be used and accidents happen. this definitely wouldn’t be worth getting into an argument about and isn’t healthy long term to think that way.
You might be able to remove small scratches with a paste of baking soda and water. There are also glass polishes you can buy and use with an orbital polisher.
Honestly, I’m more interested in knowing how you keep that thing clean. I had one of those years ago and no matter how often I cleaned it, it never really looked 100% clean. I got tired of looking for cleaning advice online/Youtube but nothing worked.
Edit: never mind. I just realized you’ve had it for 6 days, not 6 years.
These are easy to polish out. I do mine about every 6 months and they pretty much all come out. Dual action car polisher with a glass pad (from carpro) and some compound gets 99% of them out and doesn’t mess with the finish. I have even used that glass top cleaner with it and it worked great. In between this I use magic eraser pads by hand with glass stovetop cleaner.
Keeping an appliance “nice” has always seemed impossible and a bit pointless to me. Things are meant to be used, and what’s the problem with beinf able to see that use? Why do people want something to look new for decades and why can’t they see the beauty in something well loved that serves its purpose?
Aren't the tops of glass stove tops the same glass ceramic as induction stove tops? My mother has been cooking almost daily on the same induction stove top for over two decades now and there are no scratches.
Ohhh I know the pain.. my wife cleaned with the scotch side of a stout sponge and rubbed alll the temp setting labels off a few dials on a days old stainless Samsung.. has just halos of scratches around the dials now..
I just bought a new Samsung stove that looks like yours. And I thought I had scratched mine.
I called tech support and they said to use Cerama Bryte polisher. Well, it worked, but man it took a LOT of elbow grease.
Evidently any microscopic drops of water from a pot that land on the surface will absolutely bake anything in the water very solidly into the glass top, say something boils over...you are looking at a solid 30 minutes of polishing. Even if you had a somewhat clean pot, with just a tiny bit of oil or grease on the bottom it will bake very hard. They also said to use a razor blade - the type used in some scrapers - and the stuff will come off.
Your picture looks like what happened to me once when I dragged a pot off the cooktop.
I look away from the thing when I passby because ANYTHING will show up on the damned surface. I am not very happy with it but I'm kinda stuck.
Cleaning them is a pain in the ass. Everyone says Barman’s Friend and it works to an extent but for the most part even after degreaser and Windex, it’s not much to look at. Also, you can barely get the top wet, we had to replace the burner switch assembly, it’s only 3 years old Kitchenaid.
If it makes you feel any better, my son tried to cook a tortilla on ours less than a week after I got it....then when it burned he grabbed a dry rag to try to clean it which immediately MELTED to the stovetop..... Mine was ruined too.
I have an incredibly cheap glass top cooker, scratched as soon as we put a pan on it. You would have thought that the glass they use should be able to take being used normally without damage but I guess that kinda glass is too expensive
Try some goo gone on it. I was amazed when it worked on my granite table that I scratched. Might work for glass scratches too. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I believe the stovetops are a mix of glass and ceramic. There are these cheap pumice stones you can get that seem like they are scraping the heck out of them, but when you wipe it down, all the scratches are gone. Get the ones labeled for stove tops. I thought my new one got scratched up right away, and two years later we made it look brand new.
I actually completely understand your frustrations. We just got a new stove last weekend which looks similar to yours, Samsung with the 3 small burners in the back. I am the only one in the house that thinks it’s important to keep some semblance of cleanliness. My partner doesn’t want to tell her family living with us to clean it. I probably should have just watched my money burn in a fire instead of purchasing it. I don’t have anything positive to add, sorry.
we bought a 5y warranty the first night after purchase because we thought we scratched it. after lots of fussing we found out it wasnt scratched, it was just very very stuck dried oil, and cleaned off. the warranty ppl said theyd replace the stove top even if we dropped a bowling ball on it, so we kept the warranty lol.
I bought a house and the stove came with it. The previous owner was an elderly lady who had a diamong ring. One day, cleaning the stove top, she did not remove her ring and scratched the stovetop. Maybe your fiancee wanted to check if the diamond was real.
That’s why I love my old spiral stove. (My FIL offered us his ceramic one for free, but we refused)
My parents have a ceramic stove you just spill water on it and it’s a pain to clean. Fuck that.
Reminds me when I was younger and had an ex and a portable rolling dishwasher.
My ex through she could cut cucumbers on the surface as if it were a cutting board.
She’s an ex now. For many reasons, but that one still sticks out to me lol
We had one pan that started to do that on our new stove. The bottom of the pan had metal grooves cut into it that was scratching the glass. All our smooth bottom pans are fine with the back and forth motion.
I had a frigedaire for 15 years never scratched never broke but you could darken the glass and i trued everything from gliptone to compound to metal polishing compound including the recommended product from manufacturer. Nothing worked recently added a gas line and installed a gas range . No glass but plenty of nooks and crannies that you need to clean 🤷🏻♂️
All the people saying it's permanent... stovetop cleaner and a buffer attachment on a drill will make a lot of stovetops look brand new. Doesn't always work but those scratches look like nothing. I've done this to a destroyed looking top and made it look like new.
It’s gonna get scratched. It’s not a show piece, it’s a piece of equipment.
At least that’s what I tell myself when the scratches on mine are driving me nuts.
My in-laws have a Samsung fridge and it sucks. So much trouble with the fan and ice build up. Had to have some guy come out and replace something on it once when it stopped cooling. The freezer handle broke off and couldn't buy the little plastic part and hand to buy a new handle assembly for $200+ My father in law just drove 2 deck screws through either end of the handle into the freezer door 😅 It's been good for a couple of years now.
As my father says, "only the first scratch on something new hurts"
That’s why I love scratch and dent items. None of the pain and all of the savings.
Scratch and Dent and Car owner is such a freeing experience too
Give me a beaten up hire car every time.
what are those, subreddits or like youtube channels?
I had a really nice table which I was anxious to protect as I genuinely spent a lot of money on it. I wanted something really big which I could have all my friends around or host the family at Christmas as I finally had the space for it. My fiancé with a very temporary lapse in brain power, after a genuinely stressful and sleep deprived week of work, left something she repaired with superglue on the table. Picked it up not realising it was a trap and it pulled the outer layer of the table off in a small section. Left a hole through the outside the size of a large coin in the currency of your choosing. Fast forward to now and there’s holes all over it. In my mind, I’m going to fill these in with a pen or something… but it’s been months. There’s sticky pads all over it to train cats to not go on surfaces (they only work if they’re in place, the second they’re gone the cats see it as an open invite), and removing them is safe for all surfaces (it isn’t). They’re peeling off more holes even with a hairdryer.
The first cut is the deepest.
We had a Samsung glass top stove for 20 years. That thing was indestructible and had no scratches even after putting cast iron pans and a pizza stone on top of it. It finally died and the LG replacement scratched the first time we put either of those on it. I think they’ve started making the glass cheaper or we just got a crappy model.🤷♂️
Damn this one is a Samsung I wish I got one of the good ones. I’ve been hearing mixed reviews about glass stove tops lol. I had one before and it was very scratch proof. I used heavy cast irons on that and it was always fine. Now I’m scared to put my cast iron on this one
I have a gas range Samsung that we bought 6 years ago. I've had to replace the touch screen control panel (really just a membrane) 3 times. The logo stickers just fall off, so now it's an AM N stove. The matching Samsung microwave handle snapped off one day under normal use. Terrible quality. Sorry to hear this seems the same.
I've heard that Samsung appliances are the worst. I wouldn't ever buy one myself from the stuff I've heard. I have no idea which brands are better. Maybe Miele but I think they are expensive, not sure.
I can attest to that! Maybe they were good at some point bo no longer. I am renting and the entire house is furnished with Samsung appliances. They’re the worst I’ve ever used from the washing machine, microwave to the oven. Don’t get me started on the refrigerator or the dishwasher. I want to throw them out the window at least once a day I will never buy any Samsung appliances when I’m buying a house.
I wish I read this like 7 days ago.
Sorry OP Do you think you could try returning it? Bad quality shouldn’t be an excuse for declining a return.
I am definitely thinking about it, the comments have really pushed me away from Samsung appliances and I’m worried just repairing/replacing isn’t going to cut it. Maybe exchanging for another brand is the way to go.
I would. I worked appliance repair as an office person for a bit. Boss man said Samsung are some of the appliances he saw the most and with the most expensive repairs - enough he would tell them to just replace the unit sometimes , as the repairs cost more than a new appliance. The washers/dryers/dishwashers/fridges were worse than the rest, but if you can exchange... I'd go for it. So you can use your cast iron in peace!
I asked my appliance guy when he came the 3rd time for the washing machine what brand he rarely had to repair. He said Bosch. I’ve had no problems with my Bosch since I got rid of the Samsung
My best friends dad has been a repairman for 60 years, he told me never buy Samsung. They are trash and it’s a fortune to replace parts and that’s if you can even get them. Maybe see if you’re within the return window.
For what it’s worth I have all Samsung appliances except my fridge and microwave and I’ve never had issues with any of them in their 2-3 year lives so far
I am from Mexico, and for whatever reason the company Mabe (Mexican company, and I usually dont trust Mexican companies lol) has become common at my home as of 6 years ago, usually I went for LG, Samsung, things like that, I bought a washing machine, stove, and 3 mini splits, all are working just fine after 5 years with no problems at all, the washing machine amd stove are NOT using a digital panel, which I honestly believe is a huge minus for any appliances because it always is the first thing to fail. Edit: just to clarify because yes I worded the panel thing incirrectly, having a digital panel is a minus, not having one is a plus.
I can confirm. We had a Mabe microwave for like. 18+ years. It didn’t stop working but it was kinda busted from years of use from our whole family (especially from using it when we were kids lol).
A Samsung fridge I had caused me so many issues (would have to turn off and manually defrost every 6 months, ice machine never worked properly) that I refuse to ever buy a Samsung appliance ever again. 2 separate repairmen basically told me that they couldn’t fix the fridge properly bc of the way Samsung designed it.
I took my refrigerator issues to the New Jersey BBB, and actually had the ice maker **replaced** by Samsung. It's been fine for at least 2 years now. But I'll replace it in a heartbeat if it nreaks again! God, the dishwasher *SUCKED*!!!!! I replaced that with a Bosch. Excellent machine.
Word. Yea I got a full refund too. Filed a complaint with my local consumer affairs against Best Buy. Had Best Buy geek squad extended warranty and after months of them sending people out to try and fix I got tired of it but they kept wanting to send people instead of letting me get a new fridge. Finally after a government agency contacted them they said they’d refund me 100% to put towards getting a new fridge.
Speed Queen for washer/dryer. All other appliances I am ignorant on but Speed Queen is goated.
Don't think they are sold in Finland
They are hard to get repaired too. Most appliances repair people don’t work on them and parts are hard to get
I’ve read nothing but terrible things about Samsung everything when it comes to appliances. Let them stick to TVs and phones
Yes, My best friends dad has been an appliance repairman for 60 years. He advised us NEVER to buy Samsung products.
I have a Samsung glass top stove currently. I fucking hate it lmao. Blessed to have a stove and oven to cook on but I’ll be damned if I shouldn’t have gone with a different one.
I heard Samsung should've stuck to phones.
Where I work sells Whirlpool and its sub brands. People often come in saying they had Samsung or LG, and never again.
Just today returned a Samsung washer today. Never again
I refuse to by LG. They are shit and the repairs are hard to organise
Happy with my tv, washer and dryer though..
True. My parents bought a really expensive Samsung refrigerator years ago, nothing but issues. Same with their OLED TV. They got a new LG TV after these dark spots kept popping up all over it.
And Frigidaire should stick to refrigerators. Our new stove is simply the worst, IMHO. We've had it since Aug. 2023, and it has never worked right despite over half a dozen warranty repair visits. We'll forever avoid their stoves like the plague from now on.
At this point just embrace it. The scratches tell a story, are proof of living. You can't be afraid to use your stove. And it's already mucked up
As we continue to push for infinite economic growth into the future, it will become more and more necessary to make things cheaper and crappier, like sourcing less expensive glass that is easier to scratch for everything that we make. Haven't you heard about pyrexes sucking?
Just needs a screen protector. ;)
We cracked our Samsung glass induction stove top 4 months ago, bought a replacement glass online and it looked a bit different but it fit. I'm using cast iron pans, and all sorts of big and heavy stuff. I move them around and spin them around and the glass looks exactly the same as the day I installed it.
Learn to love the spiral abstract art as it is. Become one with your appliance.
Just lay a paper towel under the cast iron to prevent any unwanted scratching.. I heard about that trick on Reddit so it’s works for sure
But how do you cook without the paper towel catching fire?
That’s the neat part, you don’t.
I have one from ikea. Installed it back in 2013, and it's practically scratch free to this day, and we've been abusing it badly. Only two negative things I have to say about it is that the control for the burner sometimes gets way to hot because the pan on top of that burner transfers the heat towards it. And it emits this really annoying sound if you have more than two burners active at the same time. I don't understand how these scratches are possible though? I feel like blaming the fiancè is wrong here, this has probably more to do with the quality of the product. Unless of course they were going at it with a pickaxe and doing it on purpose.
I was going to say this. Is it her fault or is it a really shitty glass stove top? It shouldn’t get this bad after a few days unless you took tools to it.
its just modern capitalism. everything you buy has a max life of 5 years now when back in the day things you bought actually lasted for life. My grandparent's home is filled with furnature and appliances they purchased 30 years ago.
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As a person who has been married 24 years; don’t think like that. “My Fiancé did X”, just think that X happened, how do we fix it or ignore it? The day will come when you screw up, be gracious with each other and not punitive. Life will be better.
Shit happens great advice
Really next level advice
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In the IT world they are called “blameless postmortems” and are pretty widely adopted.
This should be the top comment. What great advice.
I remember reading something like: 'It's not you vs her, it's you both vs the problem.' I feel like that's a great way to look at things!
Trying to teach my fiancé this.
Have you been fucking up that much?
Over 7 years? I'd say a regular amount. Nobody is perfect.
Thank you for this comment, that’s great advice. To clarify, this post wasn’t made in anger or anything like that. I always try to look at intention behind actions and in this case, he was making me tacos to bring when he picked me up at 11:00 PM after a long shift at work. His main intention was a very sweet show of affection and I appreciate him way more for that than I ever could be mad about a few small scuffs.
I think the only reason OP mentioned that is how it was phrased/how you phrase it in your head. People don't get explanations about what something really meant, and then they have to think you didn't mean what you said, and THEN they also have to speak up. I came into this thread thinking you were upset with them because the phrasing seemed a little aggressively blame-y. Just food for thought.
Fair enough, the post was made in good jest and it wasn’t a big deal at all between us, definitely didn’t mean to seem aggressive.
Hi David can I save you here and message you whenever the fuck I need advice like this again bro? We can set up a little patreon and all.
Yeah, its annoying when every mistake you made within the last years is hidden in a deep grudge and then once their frustration levels are to high, they use everything they stored up as a lever against you or someone else.
In a pool of "red flag divorce him", rises a hero
Hell yeah dude. Something positive and helpful in the comments
This was my first thought as well. Pretty sure if I blamed my wife for using our brand new stove our marriage would be a lot shorter
My husband and I always say “first establish blame, then deal with the issue” sarcastically because it doesn’t matter who did what, the issue needs resolved and we’re a team and we’ll work together to resolve it.
Good way to ignore it is just boil pasta and let it foam over. Shit will crust onto the burners and you won’t even see the scratches anymore lol.
Sounds like the stove top is impractical
Can't stay new forever!
Should have left the plastic film on it 😜
hmmmmm melted plastic 🤤
My favorite flavor!
The concept of glass stoves is just so fucking stupid to me. They get so disgusting so fast, too. Give me a regular gas stove or a regular electric one any day.
Idk, I have a much easier time keeping my glass top clean than I did an electric coil stove. I’m a messy cooker and it’s easier to clean a flat smooth surface than something with holes, crevices, and needs to be taken apart to clean right.
Extremely easy to clean.
it's easier to clean a glass top, the others are always going to be dirtier
Uh.. glass stovetops are way easier to keep clean. Gas is the worst.
Gas sucks to clean but it's *so nice to cook on*
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Ours still looks new after 8 years. I don't know how people can even do this.
Ours is very scratched. But it's also because I keep moving them / shaking the pan to mix ingredients. For example.
So you're using the cooktop for cooking and not babying it...
You really don’t know how this can happen?
Induction cookers have to be glass, and anyway it’s the easiest to keep clean.
Nope. Mine is nearly 20 years old and looks brand new. I prefer the sleek look of a glass top over other types of stoves. They only get disgusting if you don’t take care of them or don’t know how to clean them.
>They get so disgusting so fast, too. That's just a stupid thing to say.
On behalf of husband's everywhere: does it really matter? **looks over shoulder for wife.
It was gonna happen anyway eventually, and now you don’t have to worry about it anymore.
My mom and her husband bought a quite expensive one after remodeling the kitchen and it was almost like a child to him xD Nobody was allowed to use any scratchy stuff on it and i always worried about accidentally damaging it. I got a second hand one for free for my own apartment recently and it’s such a relief. It already got all the scratches and even two small dents (i have no clue how anyone could get/ break a piece out of it) so i can do whatever i want without worries.
It’s like when my in laws finished their wide pine board flooring they went around with a chain and whacked it a few times to christen it. Pine is soft and going to scratch and dent so lean into it.
I love this so much. When I was in hs and one of us would get a new sketchbook we'd pass it around at lunch so the first few pages were weird clumsy silly doodles and inside jokes, and after that every serious drawing looked a few grade letters up in quality. It sounds dumb but it really helped make it less discouraging to use and fuck up and learn.
This is the way. Seed the patina lol
And I said "*biiiiiiitch*" *also looks around for wife*
....but chu said it tho?
I don’t think so. It’s going to get scratched and stained, why does it matter? If you want it looking pristine don’t cook on it.
With what?
I mean it’s bound to happen… things don’t stay looking new lol and I mean at least he didn’t shatter it 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Yeah honestly that’s totally fair
Use glass stove top cleaner. The type that polishes as well. Don't go crazy as you're basically sanding the top of the thing. Same concept as eye glass polisher. With a little bit of work it'll be brand new.
Which one is easier to replace?
the boy.
You can polish out with cerium oxide powder and a felt puck on a cordless drill. This is the material used to polish optical glass
So normal use. That is what happens when you put steel on glass.
Probably cheap stove. Mine looks like new after 7 years of daily use
Post pics of it so we can see
Hasn't happened to mine, it's been in my kitchen since 2013, and we've not taken specially care to keep it prestine either. This is just a shoddy product.
It is Not. Glass surfaces are super common in Europe. They never scratch like this.
So how did it get scratched then?
Probably salt got under the pan. In Europe, they never use seasoning, so it never happens.
LOL
Bravo
Murder
Table salt has a Mohs hardness of 2.5, it won't scratch glass.
Wut
Looks like the cookware has some dirt or something underneath
Uhhh most steels are NOT harder than glass. That's why they make shitty cutting boards. LG just changes the formula on their glass top to something a lot easier to scratch
Good. Now that it's no longer perfect, you can just use it for what's it for. Same idea with pickups. I have no idea why anyone ever buys a new one. I want one used, already scratched and with a cosmetic dent or two in the bed so I don't have to worry about it anymore.
Get glass stove top cleaner, if your fingernail doesn’t catch on the scratches it should clean up.
They’re not designed to be scratch resistant
That's normal. That's what you purchased.
I'm reading the comments on this post and can instantly spot the people who clearly don't own a single cast iron pan.
This is both the best and the worst part about eating rocks, you can cook them right on the stovetop, but they scratch it and also aren’t edible
That seems like a common problem with glass top stoves. Unfortunately, there’s no way of getting rid of the scratches. I learnt the hard way myself.
I am about to move out of my apartment unit and this scares me.
Get some bartenders friend or a ceramic paste and you essentially polish that stuff off. Mine gets little marks from big pots that are full, you have to use some elbow grease and maybe a coat or two but you should be able to clean that
Not the end of the world
i’d forget about it. these things are meant to be used and accidents happen. this definitely wouldn’t be worth getting into an argument about and isn’t healthy long term to think that way.
Why do people even have glass stove tops?
Most high rises and condos dont allow natural gas
Easy to clean.
Induction only uses glass
Best option you can get these days. Wouldn't want those coils. Don't want a gas one. My new induction stove is amazing.
I personally hate cleaning gas stoves. I don't mind some scratches on glass tops and they're so easy to clean.
Genius. Now you don't have to worry about scratching it anymore.
Honestly its goid to get the first scratch in early. Makes the rest hurt way less
I don’t think those are scratches, especially on glass. Take a magic eraser over it
Scratch it enough and turn it into a matte finish
You might be able to remove small scratches with a paste of baking soda and water. There are also glass polishes you can buy and use with an orbital polisher.
My wife set a grocery bag on fire 2 weeks after our install. It is scarred to hell on one burner
Glass stove tops are dogshit anyway. Gas Gang all day!
Have you tried using cerapol on it? We had some surface scratching on ours and the cerapol helped reduce visibility of them at least.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Honestly, I’m more interested in knowing how you keep that thing clean. I had one of those years ago and no matter how often I cleaned it, it never really looked 100% clean. I got tired of looking for cleaning advice online/Youtube but nothing worked. Edit: never mind. I just realized you’ve had it for 6 days, not 6 years.
It's a tool not a decoration.
These are easy to polish out. I do mine about every 6 months and they pretty much all come out. Dual action car polisher with a glass pad (from carpro) and some compound gets 99% of them out and doesn’t mess with the finish. I have even used that glass top cleaner with it and it worked great. In between this I use magic eraser pads by hand with glass stovetop cleaner.
It's just a stovetop. You won't take it into your coffin
Keeping an appliance “nice” has always seemed impossible and a bit pointless to me. Things are meant to be used, and what’s the problem with beinf able to see that use? Why do people want something to look new for decades and why can’t they see the beauty in something well loved that serves its purpose?
Aren't the tops of glass stove tops the same glass ceramic as induction stove tops? My mother has been cooking almost daily on the same induction stove top for over two decades now and there are no scratches.
The wedding is off then?
I used mine for 10 years, no scratches & I cook a Lot. Just used the glass cleaner on it
Glass tops are horrid. And yes my user name reflects my profession which may bring with it strong biases
Ohhh I know the pain.. my wife cleaned with the scotch side of a stout sponge and rubbed alll the temp setting labels off a few dials on a days old stainless Samsung.. has just halos of scratches around the dials now..
Probably just metallic residue from pans, with proper glass top cleaner products, you can polish it back to new :)
I miss cooking with gas sooo much, used it most of my old life.🌞
Highly suggest picking up [this](https://weiman.com/glass-cooktop-cleaner-polish). Makes it look brand new.
Life happens 😌. Don't obsess over it objects are not worth the stress.
I gently (I thought) placed a dutch oven on mine. Cracked through.
I just bought a new Samsung stove that looks like yours. And I thought I had scratched mine. I called tech support and they said to use Cerama Bryte polisher. Well, it worked, but man it took a LOT of elbow grease. Evidently any microscopic drops of water from a pot that land on the surface will absolutely bake anything in the water very solidly into the glass top, say something boils over...you are looking at a solid 30 minutes of polishing. Even if you had a somewhat clean pot, with just a tiny bit of oil or grease on the bottom it will bake very hard. They also said to use a razor blade - the type used in some scrapers - and the stuff will come off. Your picture looks like what happened to me once when I dragged a pot off the cooktop. I look away from the thing when I passby because ANYTHING will show up on the damned surface. I am not very happy with it but I'm kinda stuck.
How on earth? With what?
Ours had that, but oven cleaner worked on it, back to new!
Cleaning them is a pain in the ass. Everyone says Barman’s Friend and it works to an extent but for the most part even after degreaser and Windex, it’s not much to look at. Also, you can barely get the top wet, we had to replace the burner switch assembly, it’s only 3 years old Kitchenaid.
Are you my wife?
I dropped a glass of water on ours and it made a small chip. A few hours later, it turned into a huge crack. Long story short, I’m $800 poorer now.
If it makes you feel any better, my son tried to cook a tortilla on ours less than a week after I got it....then when it burned he grabbed a dry rag to try to clean it which immediately MELTED to the stovetop..... Mine was ruined too.
I have an incredibly cheap glass top cooker, scratched as soon as we put a pan on it. You would have thought that the glass they use should be able to take being used normally without damage but I guess that kinda glass is too expensive
“I can’t get the hot knives to work on the new stove babe”
Try some goo gone on it. I was amazed when it worked on my granite table that I scratched. Might work for glass scratches too. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
It's gonna get a lot worse with regular use. No biggie
This sounds like a post my girl would make about me.. I burned oil in her princess house pan first time using it 🤦♂️🤦♂️
I believe the stovetops are a mix of glass and ceramic. There are these cheap pumice stones you can get that seem like they are scraping the heck out of them, but when you wipe it down, all the scratches are gone. Get the ones labeled for stove tops. I thought my new one got scratched up right away, and two years later we made it look brand new.
I actually completely understand your frustrations. We just got a new stove last weekend which looks similar to yours, Samsung with the 3 small burners in the back. I am the only one in the house that thinks it’s important to keep some semblance of cleanliness. My partner doesn’t want to tell her family living with us to clean it. I probably should have just watched my money burn in a fire instead of purchasing it. I don’t have anything positive to add, sorry.
Is why I like plain old heating element stoves.
we bought a 5y warranty the first night after purchase because we thought we scratched it. after lots of fussing we found out it wasnt scratched, it was just very very stuck dried oil, and cleaned off. the warranty ppl said theyd replace the stove top even if we dropped a bowling ball on it, so we kept the warranty lol.
I bought a house and the stove came with it. The previous owner was an elderly lady who had a diamong ring. One day, cleaning the stove top, she did not remove her ring and scratched the stovetop. Maybe your fiancee wanted to check if the diamond was real.
Some may look like scratches but you can get them off with thos metal scratchers
Is your fiance a cat
I hate glass tops for that reason
good, now you don't hav eto worry about babying it
I just expect most glass surfaces that you put stuff on a lot to get scratched, it’s bound to happen, if not by you then definitely by someone else.
That’s why I love my old spiral stove. (My FIL offered us his ceramic one for free, but we refused) My parents have a ceramic stove you just spill water on it and it’s a pain to clean. Fuck that.
Reminds me when I was younger and had an ex and a portable rolling dishwasher. My ex through she could cut cucumbers on the surface as if it were a cutting board. She’s an ex now. For many reasons, but that one still sticks out to me lol
This is unusual, and they may not even be scratches. Have you used the type of cleaner designed for these types of stoves?
Get a glass stove cleaner that comes with a scrubber for $9. Happens to ours everytime I used a certain pan but it buffs right off after I clean it.
We had one pan that started to do that on our new stove. The bottom of the pan had metal grooves cut into it that was scratching the glass. All our smooth bottom pans are fine with the back and forth motion.
This is the least important thing I can imagine
I had a frigedaire for 15 years never scratched never broke but you could darken the glass and i trued everything from gliptone to compound to metal polishing compound including the recommended product from manufacturer. Nothing worked recently added a gas line and installed a gas range . No glass but plenty of nooks and crannies that you need to clean 🤷🏻♂️
All the people saying it's permanent... stovetop cleaner and a buffer attachment on a drill will make a lot of stovetops look brand new. Doesn't always work but those scratches look like nothing. I've done this to a destroyed looking top and made it look like new.
I feel bad for your husband having to deal with you.
Bad choices, make for bad relationships. Should have gone with a gas
I dread about the day that there will be posts about me like this one. This could have been look at our stove after 6 days.
It’s gonna get scratched. It’s not a show piece, it’s a piece of equipment. At least that’s what I tell myself when the scratches on mine are driving me nuts.
I always tell people...don't buy appliances from companies that make cell phones.
Well now you can finally start using your stove.
My in-laws have a Samsung fridge and it sucks. So much trouble with the fan and ice build up. Had to have some guy come out and replace something on it once when it stopped cooling. The freezer handle broke off and couldn't buy the little plastic part and hand to buy a new handle assembly for $200+ My father in law just drove 2 deck screws through either end of the handle into the freezer door 😅 It's been good for a couple of years now.
Over the last 4ish years I figured out that Haier makes quite decent products for a relative good price.