Has anyone got a secret recipe for tackling limescale in kettles

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 00:56

Don't know whether it's from the water back in the UK or here in TRNC but I haven't used the kettle for a while; I fancied a cup of tea tonight but the sight inside the kettle put me off. There's a thin coating of fur and limescale all around the bottom. Scrubbing doesn't seem to make much difference and I'm loathed to try fairy liquid for fear what the tea'll taste like in the future!



What should I do? Is there something I can use or buy from the supermarket that'll bring it back to looking like a new kettle again?



Thanks.

apc2010


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 00:57

vinegar ...... leave in for an hour ....then flush and boil and flush...

Quarmby


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 00:58

Try Tuz Rhu

scruff


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 00:59

Just use the bottled water in the 19 litre bottles. We never, ever have to descale our kettle as a result.

everon


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:02

pound shop in girne sells 'oust' clears it straight away, as does vinegar, white is best x

oceana


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:07

Boil clear water a couple of times untill it is clean but if you see that nothing is changing try what others have suggested.

andrew4232



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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:09

i agree mess 4 just buy the 19lt bottles, you do know that drinking the tap water will give you kidney stones dont you because of the lime in the water

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:10

i only ever wash veggies salads etc in bottle water, my dogs only get bottled water, our ice cubes are bottled water, we care, now even the ice cubes in thier bowls bottled,i care xx

Pippie


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Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:20

We only ever drink bottled water normally. I do brush my teeth in tap water - didn't think that would be a problem.



However, I always thought the water would be ok if boiled. And I always use tap water when used in cooking. Is that not ok?



Thanks for the tips for tackling the limescale, I'll give them a try.

scruff


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Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:21

msg. 7

Andrew. Another very good point.

Why risk the tap water here. The water itself maybe okay but what about the pipes it comes through?

There is still much old lead pipework here in N. Cyprus.

apc2010


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 01:22

what about the new pipeline ????

honestie


Joined: 22/02/2009
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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 03:56

dropy from all the supermarkets great for diswasher and washing machine too



I am sad writing at this time of morning cant slleep even with aircon!

thetruth


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 06:40

pipie

u can try limoni tusu

u need to boil water in the kettle after that u put 2tbs of limoni tusu inside,leave it for 10 t0 15 mins.

u can buy this in any super market.

its really great.i keep using that.

iceman


Joined: 15/08/2008
Posts: 724

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 07:06

Tuz ruhu is a very strong hydrochloric acid (diluted hydrogen chloride) and not recommended.

It does get rid of the lime scale BUT it can also damage whatever it gets into contact with.

Earlybird


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 07:45

I agree with msg 2, I always use vinegar and thoroughly rinse

Teresa


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 08:56

vinegar cover the element with a little water and lots of vinegar and let it boil but be ready to turn off quick as it will bubble up, leave to cool then boil with clear water a couple of times works perfect.

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 09:05

My neighbour has lived here in Cyprus for 26years, and has always drank the water from the tap....and is strong as an ox....i have no worries of drinking the tap water...even my tc neighbours say it's perfectly fine.



I rarely get a build up in my kettle in Karsiyaka...but when i lived in Alsancak, i was constantly having to descale it...i used Cop...put the powder in, boiled the kettle...and voila, a brand new kettle...(thoroughly rinsing it afterwards)



In 3 years of living in Karsiyaka, i have only descaled once!



DD

cypruschauffer


Joined: 26/09/2007
Posts: 234

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 09:33

citric acid is the best,its a food additive so its safe to use and works great.put a little amount of water in your kettle and add some citric boil kettle and leave for an hour.

Tenakoutou



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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 09:49

Be very careful if using any product with hydrochloric acid on any appliance with an electric element, like a kettle, because the element is made of copper and only lightly nickel coated, which gives it that 'silver' appearance. This acid is liable to eat into the copper and cause perforation in the wall of the element, causing a slight ingress of water, but enough to 'blow' the heating wire inside the element. If this happens, one then must replace the element.



You can buy a new, cheapy, plastic jug [kettle] cheaper than to replace the element on, say, a Russell Hobbs, or Morphy Richards kettle, or jug.

oceana


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 14:05

i was also thinking that tuz ruhu may be very strong and dangarous.

PaulW



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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 14:39

Steradent (or similar) denture cleaner tablets are cheap and effective.

Quarmby


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 18:54

oceana

used tuz rhu for 11 years on the same kettle, problem yok!

neil27


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Message Posted:
19/08/2010 19:06

If the limesarecale is fairly solid ( and younot too worried about the kettle ), what I do is take the lid off the kettle and switch it on with no water in it. Have some cold water ready and as soon as the element gets really hot ( or the kettle automatically turns off) poor the cold water onto the elemet and the limescale will fracture and rinse out.

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
19/08/2010 20:44

You can also tap it, but not too hard, with a wooden spoon to flake off the scale

oceana


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 01:16

Oh ok Quarmby, I'm shocked at the result. but do be careful when your using it.

golfshopping


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 07:52

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simbas



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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 07:53

Sterident works too i believe

Simbas

CarrieRBag



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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 08:35

Yes Simbas it does. I regularly clean my cups and spoons with it... great stuff.

dataman


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 10:05

Stick with Vodka, this will not effect your kettle



Dataman