How to descale the kettle?

Most often, hard water flows in our homes, which is why layers of various salts or metal particles appear on the inner surfaces of much-needed household appliances. This leads not only to a little aesthetic appearance of the kitchen equipment, but also to a less pleasant sensation when using water from it. Therefore, everyone needs to know how to clean the kettle from scale, so as not to harm their health, not to dislike their favorite hot drinks. How exactly this can be done quickly and with minimal time, you will learn from this article.

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Household chemicals

There are many products in industrial stores - Cinderella, Antinakipin, Calgon, Refine, Selena, and Dr. TEN. All this is by no means a complete list, so choosing the right product for the price and effectiveness and deciding how to clean the kettle from scale does not seem difficult.

Basically, they are all commercially available in powder form, the use of which is notable for its simplicity. It is enough to pour the amount of the product indicated by the manufacturer into the kettle, add the appropriate amount of water, boil the resulting solution and thoroughly rinse the household appliances with clean running water.

Important! A prerequisite for the use of all household chemicals is a thorough washing of the kettle after cleaning, as these powders contain substances that are far from harmless to the human body.

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Means of folk use

Unlike chemistry, descaling agents for home-use dummies are not so toxic, and even if they get into the human body, they will not bring any health troubles. An additional advantage is that they are cheap and almost always at hand, as they are often used to prepare different dishes.

Important! Pay attention to the look of your kettle. If you notice drops of fat or other impurities on it, you need to get rid of them. Use our tips and find out how to clean a stainless steel kettle.

Lemon acid

Descale the kettle with citric acid as follows:

1. Take citric acid powder.
2. Fill the kettle with a solution prepared in a ratio of 10 grams of granules of citric acid per 1 liter of water.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Leave the hot solution for 30-60 minutes.
5. Pour out the liquid.
6. Clean the remaining scale with a brush or a clean kitchen sponge.
7. Rinse the kettle with clean water.
8. If the raid still remains, repeat the procedure again.

Acetic acid

To clear the kettle of limescale with vinegar, this recipe will help:

1. Pour ⅔ water and ⅓ vinegar into the appliance внутрь 9%.
2. Boil the solution.
3. Leave it on until the solution cools.
4. Drain the water.
5. Wash with clean water to make sure there is no scale on the walls.

Important! Before further use, you must first boil clean water in it in order to get rid of the smell of vinegar.

Soda

This method will help to descale the kettle if it is in very poor condition:

1. Collect almost the full volume of a kettle of water.
2. Add baking soda in a ratio of 2 tablespoons per 1 liter of water.
3. Boil it.
4. Leave for a while.
5. Drain the solution.
6. Wash well.

Coca Cola

You can also descale an electric kettle with one of your favorite drinks - Coca-Cola. To do this, you just need to do the standard procedure when using different means:

1. Drain all the water from the kettle.
2. Fill the cola tank full.
3. Boil it.
4. Leave it overnight.
5. Drain the liquid.
6. Wash well with water.
7. Boil a teapot with clean water, drain it, and only after that use the equipment for its main purpose - preparing water for hot drinks.

Important! You can replace Coca-Cola with another similar drink - Sprite, 7UP, or pickle from cucumbers, tomatoes.

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Rules for the prevention of scale:

1. Rinse the kettle every day before boiling, clean it from a thin coating with an ordinary sponge.
2. Use only filtered water to minimize unnecessary impurities in the fluid. The information in our separate article will help you choose the best water filter.
3. Do not leave boiled water for a long time - it is better to drain unnecessary residues immediately.
4. In order to remove scale in the teapot, do not wait for the layer to become thick - the less sediment has formed, the easier and faster it is to remove.

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Use the above tips and with such a problem as scale, you will not have problems. So - you will drink pure water or delicious and fragrant tea or coffee.