Kettle descaler ?

beadgirl87

I agree with the vinegar, it works a treat and we are in a really hard water area. If it is a big problem, (I would have to clean kettle once a week, thour!!!!!y) get a water filter and filter the water before it goes into the kettle, I have found this to be a huge help, now it hardly needs descaling.

Popperwell

Lime or lemon juice will work, boil it a few times but watch how much you put in the kettle as it does bubble up and could overflow. Then of course rince and boil with fresh water...

BitterAndTwisted

The answer to nearly every single cleaning-question can be washing-soda, bicarb, vinegar or Stardrops. In this particular cases it's vinegar but any old acidic liquid will do. There is absolutely no difference between brown malt vinegar and the clear stuff bar some caramel to colour with.

You pour in enough to cover the element with, bring it to the boil and then let it stand for as long as possible. If it's horribly scaled-up you might need to do this more than once. Then throw out the vinegar solution and boil with clean water once or twice. Same for coffee-machines and steam-irons. When descaling a steam-iron I always use it on the highest setting and iron over some brown paper or an old tea-towel as you're likely to get clumps of scale coming out of the vents. Keep ironing until it's empty. Then use a full reservoir of clean water to flush the rest of the scale and the vinegar smell out. Mind, there's no harm in the vinegar smell as that dissipates once it's evaporated, so it's not really vital if you've used the white/clear kind.

GraceJamesMum

Hi, I'm new to the forum, so a quick thanks to everyone - from what I've read so far, I have learnt a great deal!!:T

I use own brand denture tablets for kettles, tea pots, cups, etc ... really works well on descaling/removing tea stains and the tablets are very, very cheap