De-scaling kettle

I_luv_cats

A couple of goes with Oust or Scale-away liquid.



I've never been successful with vinegar myself.

Pink.

Vinegar has worked for me. I put the vinegar in, leave it overnight (with a note on it to remind everyone that it's vinegar not water ), then boil it with water a couple of times in the morning to make sure there is no vinegar residue. Keep the old vinegar for cleaning or re-using next time the kettle needs descaling.

I find once normally does the trick but if yours still has bad limescale build up it may be worth trying a second time.

This thread has lots of advice:

De-scaling kettle

I'll add this thread to that one later.

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nanto3girls

I always use oust...........

mummysaver38

Thanks for the quick responses, getting fed up of the gritty taste at the bottom of the cup! I live in hard water area and it builds up so quickly.

miss_scrooge

Once you have descaled it can get these silver descalers just leave them in kettle and rinse them out once in a while stops kettle getting scaled up as much.usually 2 in a pack quite cheap to buy think can get them in wilkinsons etc

jackomdj

We use a kettle descaler. Do you filter the water before you put it in the kettle? We do and it really makes a difference.

foxgloves

I always descale my kettle with a lemon. I squeeze the juice into the kettle, & drop one of the squeezed out lemon halves in, fill it with water then bring it to the boil & leave it for an hour or so, then boil it again, leave for a bit & repeat. Then I tip it all out & boil it a couple of times with fresh water to get rid of residual lemon bits & any last bits of limescale. Always seems to work & makes my kitchen smell nicer than vinegar.

Popperwell

I've been using the lemon idea here but have a water filter jug too must start and use that again...it did help.

System

I use vinegar. I boil it a couple of times and leave it overnight.

I hate the smell though. :mad:

System

I always descale my kettle with a lemon. I squeeze the juice into the kettle, & drop one of the squeezed out lemon halves in, fill it with water then bring it to the boil & leave it for an hour or so, then boil it again, leave for a bit & repeat. Then I tip it all out & boil it a couple of times with fresh water to get rid of residual lemon bits & any last bits of limescale. Always seems to work & makes my kitchen smell nicer than vinegar.

I use a lot of lemons. I could save the lemon halves just for that. Thanks for the suggestion.