Cleaning a flask

tracyk

Hi all - please excuse my ignorance here but is bicarbonate of soda the same as baking powder please?

I have a yukky flask that needs cleaning & I only have baking powder in.

Thanks, Tracy.

carolinosourus

I agree with the rice and cold water and bicarb idea, I saw Kim and Aggie do it on a crystal vase and it worked really well, if you shook it well it would probably achieve the same in the flask!

zara*elise

I use (and don't laugh!) coke. It will literally shift anything, how it's safe to drink I have no idea. Just fill it up with the cheap stuff. Leave overnight then rinse out. Always does the trick for me.

xxx

L.L_2

I use sterident* in mine! Works a treat, just pop in one capsule and some water and leave for an hour. Also good for kettles and toilets.

*disclaimer I am only 31 and don't need sterident for anything other than cleaning!

Mrs_Thrify

Oh gosh, no one has suggested what I do! hot water and washing powder, leave to soak and then a good rince. It works with a flask and tea pot.

merlin1

julie_d wrote: »

Oh gosh, no one has suggested what I do! hot water and washing powder, leave to soak and then a good rince. It works with a flask and tea pot.

as little uns we used to clean pennies with coke (or tomato sauce).

as we got older we did an experiment to see how harsh coke was by leaving some chewed chewing gum in a glass of it - it dissolves! :cool: a very good cleaning aid i use too!

Wee_Pilsbury

I know this is slightly OT and excuse my ignorance but how long will a flask keep water hot for? I've been flitting about the OS forum like mad since I discovered it last week and I've noticed that many of you put excess boiled water in a flask to save boiling the kettle again for another cuppa! Don't know why I never thought of that cos I sure like my cuppas and as a convert to OS moneysaving I think the flask thing would be :j.

Thanks for any replies

Mrs_Thrify

Hiya, I have a 2 mug steel flask, It gets filled @ 7.30 with coffee and then I take it to work. I have the coffee on my tea break @ 9.30am and then again for lunch which could be 12 - 1pm or 1 - 2 pm and it is still hot.
Soooo 7.30 - 2pm is 6 - 7 hours. Wile out all day I also drink a litre of fruit squash from a plastic bottle. Julie

MrsJC_2

'Cold water and rice in a rabbit water bottle that has gone green does the same thing BTW.'

I would like to thank the poster for this tip. I tried it last night and it works in seconds! Previously I was always having to replace green bottles! :T

lushlifesaver

I too use the cold water and rice trick in the flask I use for university - best cleaning tip I was ever given with regards to flasks