De-scaling kettle

squeaky

- De-scaling kettle

shammyjack

Pour in ordinary vinegar and boil it a few times, be carefull as it froths up so be redy to turn it off before it boils over , rinse with a few changes of clean water !


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janb5

Easier still is to empty kettle before you go to bed. Fill to the brim with brown vinegar and leave in sink ( ldl sell cheap vinengar about 20p a bottle)
The following day pour the vinegar back into the bottles which you can reuse for about 5 times but obviously keep a different one for food! Rinse kettle out and scale will be gone. I generally then boil a kettle about twice with fresh water before using it for drinks. HTH

juno

Another way is to put a bit of squash (robinsons, ribena etc) in and boil. It fizzes violently, but works and is quick

Taksin

Thanks for all the suggestions.

in-trouble_3

I was told from brita lemon juice

victory

I always use vinegar, make sure you empty it out a few times as the vinegar smell can linger.. xx

in-trouble_3

wilkinsons also do a cheap descaler which is fantastic i think its 99p for 3 sachets

kathyd_2

My OH uses Bicarbonate of soda. Boils the kettle up and then adds the soda. Puts a little dab around the spout of the kettle too to get rid of the build up of scale there too.

fatalbert

Another less smelly way to descale a kettle is to use citric acid (available in homebrew shops) 63p for 250 grams. Use 2 teaspoons to half a cup of water-boil kettle, leave to fizz for 5 mins, reboil and hey presto a clean kettle!!