How to clean the kettle from scale
Do It Yourself Educational Program / / December 19, 2019
Tea with a taste of scaling will not warm the cold winter evenings. Soda, lemon, cola and potato peels - all that is needed to correct the situation.
Limescale occurs due to poor water contained impurities. During boiling, they are deposited on the walls of the kettle, and spoil the taste of hot drinks. And still the scum bad conductor of heat, so dirty kettle will boil longer.
How to clean the kettle with vinegar
The method is suitable for very dirty pots of plastic, glass, stainless steel.
Not suitable for enamel and aluminum kettles.
You will need:
- ½ liter of water;
- 1 cup 9 percent vinegar or 2 tablespoons 70 percent vinegar.
Heat the water in the kettle, and then pour vinegar or acetic essence and leave the solution for an hour. During this time scale softened. Rinse the kettle inside with a sponge, again boil clean water and drain it.
How to clean kettle lemon or citric acid
A method for electric kettles made of stainless steel, plastic or glass fiber with moderate scaling.
Not suitable for enamel and aluminum kettles.
You will need:
- ½ liter of water;
- ¼ lemon or 2 tablespoons of citric acid.
Heat the water in the kettle and put into boiling water slice of lemon or citric acid. Leave scum soak for 1-2 hours. Rinse the sponge and rinse the kettle properly. After the initial boiling water must be drained.
How to clean the kettle soda
The method is suitable for all dummies.
You will need:
- ½ liter of water;
- 1 tablespoon of baking soda.
In a glass of water carefully stir the ash, so that it is completely dissolved. Fill the resulting liquid into the pot, add the remaining water and boil it. Wait half an hour, and again heat the kettle.
Now you can wash the kettle and boil clean water in it. However, when it is necessary to pour.
How to clean the kettle soda
The method is suitable for dummies made of stainless steel, is heated on the stove.
Not suitable for aluminum, enameled and electric kettles.
You will need any bottle of lemonade. The most famous version - cola, but it is better to use a colorless drink (it is important that the composition was citric acid).
Give an open bottle of lemonade stand for 2-3 hours, so that the gas bubbles have disappeared. More simply: pour the drink into the pot and bring to a boil. Then everything thoroughly Wash and rinse.
How to clean skin maker
The method is suitable for enamel and metal pots with a weak layer of scum.
Not suitable for electric kettles.
You will need:
- ½ liter of water;
- skin 2-3 potatoes, Apples or pears.
Rinse the cleaning of dirt and sand, fold them in and fill the kettle with water. Boil the liquid and leave it for one to two hours to infuse. Easy scale layer depart independently rub contamination resistant sponge for washing dishes. After rinsing kettle will shine like new.
If you have a particularly roomy kettle and scum builds up on the walls, take more water than specified in the recipe. The liquid must cover completely pollution.
How to permanently preserve kettle clean
- Fill in soft water kettle. If you do not buy bottled, using filters. Or at least Assert tap for a few hours to precipitate impurities.
- Boil water in a kettle no more than once. It is better to pour fresh.
- Rinse the kettle inside at least once a day. And ideally before each use.
- For the sake of preventing a monthly boil the kettle filled with one tablespoon of citric acid.