How do you descale a kettle
 

Just moved to a hard water area, kettle is already a mess. How do you clean the inside out. Is it possible.

Pop along to your supermarket and buy some kettle descaler;):p

After that you can get these little metal sponge things that you put in your kettle that are supposed to collect scale.

Use Google ;) !


1) either white vinegar: Fill the kettle with 500ml of strong white vinegar. Leave to soak for 1 hour without boiling.
or citric acid: Boil 500 ml of water. Add 25 g of citric acid. Leave to soak for 15 minutes.
2) discard the mixture: Rinse the kettle with clear water five times before using.

IMPORTANT - do not use other descaling agents such as those based on either formic or sulphaminic acid.

Tip - get a Boots water filter and use water from that, never straight from the tap. A filter lasts 3 mths (should be one, we keep forgetting :o but don't drink it unboiled so we won't die). Haven't descaled a kettle for years.

Edit - oh yeah, you're a furriner ;). If not Boots, then Brita, but Boots are cheaper I think...

Pop down to Tesco and pick up a packet of Scale away, I've just used it on my kettle, didn't even need to use the whole packet of it and it done a great job, used the rest for my iron and shower head. Only cost less than a couple of £'s

generally - getting a filter kettle like the one Britta does, works out to be cheaper... as the heating costs are reduced per boil and you get filtered water as a benefit.

Lemon? got 1 of them food thingys that cut food into a liquid form? get a few lemons all mashed up and pop that in :)

You mean a liquidiser then Dave???

yeah thats it, we dont have 1 so couldnt remember the name of the top of my head :D ohh well, its a friday afternoon, my mind is on the lager tonight rather than liquidisers ;)

FWIW my experience of one of these is that they're absolutely useless.

Fill kettle 3/4 full with water & boil. Top up with white vinegar & leave overnight. In the morning, boil 3 lots of water & discard.

Get a water filter.

brita filter kettle...had one a few months now...definitely worth the cash if you use the kettle alot...

Vinegar definitely works, as shown on 'How clean is your Mouse' with Grim and Saggie in the week (not that i watch it!)

'Kilrock' - should be able to get it at the Supermarket - it's truly evil stuff - try not to breathe when using it (seriously) - but incredibly effective.

similarly then...how do i get encrusted limescale off my shower tray...?! cillit bang just isnt upto the job...thanks barry scott...!!!

again Lemon?!?

a good tip is for when the end of the taps start to scale up if fill a little food bag with lemon and put it over the tap and seal it with an elastic band over night :)

cotton wool soaked in white vinegar (it doesn't smell as much) leave to soak - rinse away

cheers guys, big weekend ahead for me then :)

HG Hagesan Blue is the one for shower trays etc. Just pour or spray it on and watch that evil white stuff fizz and break up. I use it occasionally to clean my wash basin too, and any surface prone to the limescale monster. You can buy it at any good hardware store but NOT at the big supermarkets or sheds.
Yve

PS. Kilrock is mostly citric acid which is funnily enough lemon juice ! :cool:
Yve

cool, ill give that a try...

'Bout time we all started taking the water companies to court for the damage their product does to our systems?

It wouldn't be tolerated in any other product you paid as much for:(

Should never have been privatised...........cheers you milk snatching cnut:mad:

Alcazar

Just turn it on with no water in it, let it go until it starts looking hot then run cold water into it. Bingo! it's all come off :D