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kettle descaling - citric acid?

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  • The water is damm hard around here - but a dessertspoon in a boiled kettle did the trick nicely - not so much fizzing & faffing as with vinegar. Definite thumbs-up IMO - and cheaper than white vinegar!
  • Believe it or not I use lemonade - put it in the kettle, boil and leave over night rinse out a few times in the morning, boil again pour out and rinse again - did mine today it worked!

    I use the cheapest supermarket one at 17p it 's a bargain
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  • MsRed1
    MsRed1 Posts: 324 Forumite
    Believe it or not I use lemonade - put it in the kettle, boil and leave over night rinse out a few times in the morning, boil again pour out and rinse again - did mine today it worked!

    I use the cheapest supermarket one at 17p it 's a bargain

    Good idea.
    I went away and now I'm back.:j:j
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