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Kettle & hard water scum?? Moulinex Ovea
bushcaro
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We replaced our kettle about a month ago for a Moulinex Ovea . The scum we seem to getting is phenominal - I know we live in a Hard Water area in Hertfordshire but have not had problems with previous kettles. We are currently using a saucepan to boil water ans there is no scum. Should we just buy a different kettle? Any better ones for hard water areas?
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Have you tried using one of those hard water "magnet" type things? They look like a cylinder of wire... I got mine in a kithcen shop for about £1.Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
Sir Winston Churchill: "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."0 -
Looking at your kettle it has a filter so it retains the scale desposits - do you rinse it (kettle & filter) before filling each time to get rid of the deposits ?
A MSE de-scaling method would be to use plain old cheap - (17p from asda for 586ml ) malt vinegar - works for me - I use a glass kettle
Just make sure you buy real vinegar for the acid content - not flavoured water "cheap vinegar".Rich people save then spend.
Poor people spend then save what's left.0 -
Thanks - but it is more soapy scum than hard scale deposits0
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What about buying a filter to put the water in first? Then once it filters all the water put it in the kettle.I'm not poor i'm just skint0
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