"KSL" > wrote in message
u...
> Thanks, Vox
>
> The cooktop is the first one on
> http://www.ilve.com.au/pdf/built-in/...p/H-series.pdf
>
> One of the features they list is "Easy clean removable burners and
support"
> which seems to be a ridiculous claim in light of the aluminium rings being
> so difficult to clean.
>
> If ILVE don't come up with a better remedy (I'll contact them as soon as
> they open after the holidays) then I may be forced to have the rings
chrome
> plated rather than have to constantly mess around with special cleaners
just
> for the rings.
>

It's a mystery to me why manufactures make things that can't be easily
maintained. I have a gas cooktop with white, porcelain drip pans and white
painted metal burners. The thing looks good about four times a year when I
clean it all down with oven cleaner. The painted parts never really look
like new.