Descaling kettle (1 Viewer)

[Bart]

whats the best way to descale a kettle - the sort that you place on a gas ring to boil it , NOT the electric element type.

 

[Cat53]

White vinegar!

 

[Stretto Boy]

Lemon juice! Or is Lime juice a bit posher for those wanting to keep up with them at number 66?

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[TheBig1]

50/50 water and vinegar. boil the kettle and allow to cool then boil again 2 or 3 times then rinse out

 

[WynandJean]

We have a bean-to-cup coffee machine which we HAVE to descale regularly with a specific product (EcoDecalk) to comply with the warranty. I think it would be a rip-off if it were not for me using it to decalk everything else with it once it has passed through the machine, kettles included!

Wyn

 

[Bart]

50/50 water and vinegar. boil the kettle and allow to cool then boil again 2 or 3 times then rinse out

Thanks , does it matter if its brown or white vinegar

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[TheBig1]

Thanks , does it matter if its brown or white vinegar

better to use white vinegar as it doesnt smell so strongly

 

[Kevan]

malt vinegar, yer can put it on your chips after

 

[vwalan]

or drop a kids marble in there or a pebble .it rattles around and removers the scale .
my parents always had one in the kettle when we lived in weymouth a very scaley water area .

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[Casper46]

White vinegar, just leave it in for a couple of hours. It's cheap in France so I always take a few bottles home with me.

 

[TheBig1]

10ltrs of white vinegar for under £11 delivered. plenty to descale the whole van water system and the kettle several times
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[pappajohn]

Years ago you could buy a small ball of some kind of inert wire to drop in the kettle.
Don't know if it acted as a sacrificial anode or simply scraped the timescale off.
Not sure if they are still available.

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[denisejoe]

We have a bean-to-cup coffee machine which we HAVE to descale regularly with a specific product (EcoDecalk) to comply with the warranty. I think it would be a rip-off if it were not for me using it to decalk everything else with it once it has passed through the machine, kettles included!

Wyn

We do the same. Once everything is discalced it finally goes down the loo to rescale overnight.

Denise

 

[DBK]

If you buy a packet of citric acid from a home brew shop a teaspoon in the kettle, filled with water then boiled will remove all scale and without any smell of vinegar. Just keep an eye on it - the scale will vanish before your eyes so stop as soon as it has gone.
The same stuff can be used for hot water systems, which is what I do.

 

[Lenny HB]

White vinegar, just leave it in for a couple of hours. It's cheap in France so I always take a few bottles home with me.

Snap, always take loads home use to descale the Trauma boiler as well as everything at home.

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[denisejoe]

We have a bean-to-cup coffee machine which we HAVE to descale regularly with a specific product (EcoDecalk) to comply with the warranty. I think it would be a rip-off if it were not for me using it to decalk everything else with it once it has passed through the machine, kettles included!

Wyn

Is that a delongi we do the same then when everything is don put down toilet to clear scale of that

Joe

 

[WynandJean]

We do the same. Once everything is discalced it finally goes down the loo to rescale overnight.

Denise

Hadn't thought of that!

Wyn

 

[pappajohn]

Is that a delongi we do the same then when everything is don put down toilet to clear scale of that

Joe

How do you get the delongi down the toilet ?

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[TheBig1]

How do you get the delongi down the toilet ?

a lump hammer will make it fit

other than that, i try to avoid letting my delongi dangle into the toilet

 

[Baldeagle7470]

We found little metal things that look like baby pan scourers in Wilko for a £1 each,leave them in the kettle,it's soon spotless and when they are no longer shiny run them under the cold tap while scrunching them.
We have extremely hard water and Andrea says they last six months and the kettle is always clear plus the tea tastes better.
They are marked as kettle descaler.

 

[WynandJean]

Is that a delongi we do the same then when everything is don put down toilet to clear scale of that

Joe

Yes. I love it. Makes coffee just as you like it at the touch of a button.

Wyn

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[Shrimp]

Vinegar, I use malt vinegar from Aldi-very cheap!

 

[JockandRita]

I use citric acid as mentioned above, but if run out of that, cheap white vinegar from a Cash & Carry near you, at around £3 for 4.5 litres.

Cheers,

Jock.