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The electric kettle is one of the small household appliances commonly used in our lives, and there will be a lot of scale after using it for a long time, because the water we drink contains ionized calcium, which will produce sediment after boiling, and it will become unsightly scale when accumulated in the electric kettle. For the health of the family and to save electricity, the stains of the electric kettle should be removed in time. How do you remove limescale from an electric kettle?
01 Lemon scale removal Put the cut lemon into the kettle, boil the water, and then wash the kettle with dishwashing detergent and rinse it with water. 02Baking soda scale removal method boil water with an electric kettle, add 15 grams of baking soda, and let the water boil for a few minutes. 03 Potato peel descaling Put the potato peel in the kettle, add an appropriate amount of water, boil and cook for about 10 minutes.
04 vinegar scale removal white vinegar and water, in a ratio of 1:2, poured into the kettle, (250 ml of white vinegar is enough, that is, half a bottle of white vinegar bought from the supermarket is enough for a use.) After boiling, the power is turned off and soaked for more than 2 hours.
If it is a stainless steel kettle, it is best to use this method before going to bed at night, after boiling, it can be left to soak overnight, and then pour out these vinegar water in the morning. After washing it with clean water several times, the kettle is completely clean. If you have an aluminum kettle, boil the vinegar solution, leave it for 1 to 2 hours, and then clean it.
05 Boiled egg shell descaling method: Cook the egg shell twice in a kettle. Then, clean the kettle with clean water to remove the limescale. 06 Tea leaves can also be fully used to clear the scale in the electric kettle, by pouring the tea residue and hot water into the electric kettle, shaking it a few times, leaving it for half an hour, and then the scale will naturally fall off.
The principle is to use theophylline to remove scale. 07 Sweet potatoes Sweet potatoes should be few people know the method of removing scale, this method is very good, and it can be done once and for all. The newly bought stainless steel kettle is best with this method.
Put more than half a kettle of sweet potatoes in the kettle, then fill it with water and cook the sweet potatoes. In the future, it will not be easy to scale when boiling water in a kettle, but it should be noted that after boiling sweet potatoes, the inner wall should not be scrubbed, otherwise it will lose its descaling effect. If it is an old electric kettle that has accumulated limescale, it will take one or two times to remove the scale with sweet potatoes before the scale will gradually fall off, and then it can also prevent the limescale from accumulating again.
This method is good, you can give it a try.
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Methods and steps for cleaning kettle limescale:
First: acetic acid, vinegar and acetic essence can be, but the latter is cheaper, so the latter is more recommended, acetic acid concentration is relatively high, you can add water to use, white vinegar acetic acid is limited, try not to add water, otherwise it will take more time.
For different items, the most recommended method is soaking, for example, this electric kettle, in fact, it is not recommended to burn vinegar, because the boiling point of vinegar is low, it is too easy to boil out, it is better to soak directly, generally after soaking for three or four hours, the scale will naturally dissolve, gently wipe it with your hands, you can rinse it off, for some places where the scale is relatively thin, just wipe it with a rag dipped in vinegar, you can wipe it clean.
Second: lemon juice, this is the freshly squeezed lemon juice that is said, not the kind of bottled lemon drink, buy two lemons, or the lemons that have not been eaten at home, just squeeze them into juice, and you can also make lemon sauce, the acidity of lemons is very strong, there is no problem in removing scale, you can directly scoop two spoonfuls of beaten lemon sauce, add some water and pour it into the sink or tableware.
The same also needs to be soaked, citric acid dissolves limescale also takes time, the thickness of the scale is different, it takes different time and lemon, if the effect is not good at one time, you can add some more.
Third: carbonated drinks, maybe this is the favorite of many people, drink some sweet sparkling water in summer, it seems that the whole body is not so hot, but this drink is different from others, carbonated drinks can dissolve scale, or carbonated drinks have a certain dissolving effect on calcium, which is also a reason why carbonated drinks hurt teeth.
However, it is still very effective for cleaning scale, and the carbonated drinks that have not been drunk can be collected, and then poured on top of the scale that needs to be cleaned, with the reaction, some bubbles may float on the surface, and after a few hours, pour out the coke, you can see that the scale has disappeared.
The kettle has been used for a long time and there is a lot of scale, teach you a trick, and the scale will run out by itself.
You can add some vinegar.
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