Descaling agent

In a modern house, you can not do without home appliances, or without various chemical means for cleaning it. Probably everyone was confronted with a question, what means for removal of a scum will approach most of all. But not only effectiveness, but also harmlessness is important, because safety for health is, that, which everyone values. So, let's deal with this question - which one to use the anti-scale agent in the kettle and how to prevent its appearance in the future.

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Causes of the appearance of a scum

From the chemistry courses you can find out that the water we heat in our kettles contains calcium, magnesium and so on according to the periodic table. During the heating process, they are separated into an insoluble precipitate and carbon dioxide.

Insoluble precipitate - this is the very scum. The hardness of the water is greater, the more salts it contains, which leads to a large scale deposit.

Important! The appearance of scale can not be prevented. Filters installed in kettles, of course, can reduce the amount of scale in times. But, unfortunately, they can not completely prevent its appearance.

But do not be afraid of this, because today there are a huge number of ways that help get rid of the annoying layers and unpleasant plaque.

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How to choose the best descaler?

In order not to delve into the theoretical possibilities, one should concentrate on consideration of the most common descaler, as well as their disadvantages and advantages.

Do not forget that each user will have to make independent conclusions, taking into account their own preferences and operating conditions. For example, a person living in a country house can face difficulties in calling a master, the effectiveness of his visit to eliminate damage.

The industry of household chemicals offers the widest range of descaler. What kind of brand to give preference - decide on your own, based on the following criteria:

• availability of a descaling agent in a teapot or washing machine for your budget;
• consumer reviews;
• is your personal trust in one or another brand based on the experience of using other tools from the production line.

The most common of these are: "Antinakipin: deep cleaning", "Major Domus", "Means of scale".

Important! In this case, it is extremely necessary to observe precautions. After the chemical treatment, the kettle should be washed several times.

Advantages of chemical agents against descaling

To a sufficient extent, the composition of these agents coincides with the composition of the detergent powders. In general, the advantages of such compositions are as follows:

1. High efficiency.
2. Speed ​​of action.
3. Affordable price.
4. Minimum expenditure of physical effort and time.

Important! In the market there are those products that are created specifically to protect household appliances from scum .But they all radically change the chemical composition of water, so they should be used with caution.

Disadvantages of

All these tools, even those bearing the name of famous brands, are not without drawbacks:

• It is extremely difficult to take into account the change in rigidity, the particularities of each type of powder used, the weight of the laundry to be washed, etc., since ideal dosing is not possible.
• It is possible that domestic counterfeit stores appear on the shelves. Therefore, it is not possible to determine independently the authenticity of a particular remedy, without the aid of a special laboratory analysis.

Important! Some masters claim that the descaling agents used, for example, in washing machines apart from the powder, prevent the occurrence of build-up on the working elements of the machinery.

But if you mix them and add dirt from your clothes, they create an insulating layer on the heaters. Thus, preventing the necessary heat transfer, and subsequently can cause a variety of damage.

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How to remove the scale from the kettle?

You can spend money and buy a special agent for descaling in household chemical shops. In order to remove scale in the electric kettle in this way, you need to follow the instructions clearly.

Important! Pay attention to how clearly the instructions for use on the package are described.

But there is also a common scheme of use:

1. Boil in the kettle water, which previously added a cleanser.
2. Leave for a while in order for the descaling agent to work.
3. Rinse the kettle thoroughly.

Proven folk remedies

If you do not have special tools at hand or if you do not want to spend money on it, you can use acetic or citric acid.

Important! The acid comes into reaction with the salt, and from the salt, as we remember, consists of scum, and completely different salts are formed which dissolve well in water.

Add 100 ml of vinegar to the water, you can clean the kettle from the boring scale. To this effect, it follows:

• boil water with vinegar;
• pour out and thoroughly rinse the kettle with water.

Important! If you do not have vinegar on hand, take citric acid instead of it, it should be added to water in the proportions of 1 tbsp.l.acid for 1 liter of water, leave the boil overnight, and in the morning, thoroughly wash the kettle.

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Popular means for cleaning electric kettles

At a time when the scale in the electric kettle has already been formed, and in a large enough number, pay attention to the following methods. Available and easy-to-use descaling agents in the kettle will help you solve the problem:

• If the scum is small, then it will be enough to rinse with soapy hot water and a washcloth.
• For an electric kettle, carbonated water is well suited - it will be appropriate to use both colorless water and your favorite Coca-Cola.

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Descaling

The appearance of scale in the electric kettle can be prevented by using bottled water or filtered water when boiling. If there is no possibility to use such water, there is a good reason to defend tap water throughout the day.

Important! While the water will settle, the salt will settle, which will result in a softening of the water and a reduction in the scale in the household appliance.

Also, in order to disinfect and soften water, you can put a piece of silicon into it.

How to choose the right water filter?

In order to remove the issue of preparing drinking water at the very beginning, it should be noted that the most reasonable solution would be to install a reverse osmosis system. Water that does not contain salts, calcium and magnesium can be used to cook food in steamers and kettles, as well as in other techniques. Thus, you can be 100% sure that when using such water there will be no plaque - neither inside nor on the surface of the machinery.

The result - saving your money, time, effort, because you will not need to look for a suitable descaler.

Important! This technology has a small minus - the amount of water that can be used to install such a device is only 200 liters of water per day, which is not so much. For example, washing in the shower with an average head of water for 10 minutes drains 130 liters, washing - about 120 liters, etc.

Of course, should take into account other factors, but even the above is extremely sufficient to understand the following: to prepare the technical water, you need to use a separate filter from the scale.

If you study the characteristics of modern washing machines, you can find out that in almost all models it is permissible to connect to the hot water main. Such a connection allows a tremendous reduction in power consumption, a reduction in the time of work processes and an increase in the capabilities of equipment. But the filter polyphosphate backfill from the scale acts in an extremely narrow temperature range - from 5 to 35 ° C.

Especially in order to solve the problem of such a narrow range, magnetic or electromagnetic converters are used. Magnetic devices can be installed away from washing machines, since they operate at a sufficiently large distance. By creating magnetic fields in the feed tube, they convert crystals of calcium, salts and magnesium into new species that can not be combined in the form of an unpleasant scale.

If you have an individual heating system at home, then this system will prove particularly good. The magnetic installation will isolate the dangerous layer of scale from the boiler's heat exchanger. Thus, excellent working conditions are provided for your household appliances, water supply systems and individual elements of sanitary ware.

From all the abundance of methods and tools for combating scale, choose the one that suits you the most. But it's better not to resort to total cleaning at once, only in an emergency. The most reasonable solution will be to replace the fight against scum on its prevention with the help of regular daily cleaning.