No thorough filtering of the water guarantees that a solid coating or scale will not appear on the walls of the kettle soon. The liquid in such a polluted vessel boils longer, acquires an unpleasant aftertaste, and the device runs the risk of burning out altogether if it is not cleaned in time. How to descale an electric kettle without damaging the heating element?
The whitish layers of scale are sticky salts that are always in the water. When it is heated, the salt solution decomposes into carbon dioxide and a solid insoluble precipitate that appears on all surfaces in the teapot cavity. There is a pattern: the harder the water, the greater the concentration of salt in it, and, accordingly, as a result, more stones are formed. Every housewife wants to know how to descale an electric kettle before it becomes unusable.
The household chemical industry is ready to offer unique descaling agents. To use them, carefully follow the instructions on the cover, special application features may be indicated. In most cases, this is done like this: you need to pour cold water into the kettle, then add the product to it, boil it for a minute and leave it to cool, then pour and rinse the cleaned vessel.
If there is no remedy for scale at hand, then you can use the forces of citric acid (or ordinary acetic acid). This substance reacts chemically with suspended salts that make up the petrified sediment. As a result, other types of substances soluble in water are formed.
In case of cleaning the kettle with vinegar, add it to the water, about 100 grams. Next, boil the resulting mixture, let stand and pour, carefully rinsing inside with clean water. Or add citric acid in the proportion: 1 tablespoon in a volume of 1 liter of water. Also boil, let stand, rinse.
How to descale an electric kettle when
using
citric acid concentrate
, acetic essence? It is not recommended to boil a kettle with such substances; it is advisable to leave a liquid in it for a while, approximately until the salts dissolve. And pouring concentrated food acids is completely undesirable in electric kettles.
The so-called folk remedies are known, revealing the secrets of how to descale an electric kettle. Some manage to resort to the help of carbonated drinks such as Coca-Cola, Sprite. Pops are poured into a teapot, and then the same as in the case of citric acid follows: boil, wait, pour, rinse. Another method is potato peeling. Rinse them to remove dirt, put them in a teapot with cold water and boil several times in a row.
Whatever method you use to clean the kettle of fossilized salts, it is important to remember the main rule: thoroughly wash the vessel after any means are boiled in it. The remains of vinegar, the effects of citric acid, chemicals can provoke poisoning. The best option is to boil clean water and drain it, and after this measure you can safely make tea.