Can I clean the kettle with Coca-Cola?

One of the most unusual, at first glance, ways to clean the kettle is the use of the popular Coca-Cola drink. Despite the fact that the modern market has in the assortment a sufficiently large number of various means for removing scale, rust and other impurities from household appliances, many housewives prefer to still clean the teapot with Coca-Cola. What is convenient for this option and how justified the application of this tool, you will learn from this article.

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Features of cola

The unusual properties of Coca-Cola are due to its composition. It includes:

• carbonated purified water;
• sugar;
• orthophosphoric acid;
• caffeine.

Important! Especially valuable with respect to the cleaning effect of the last 2 substances, although the carbonated medium is also able to cope on its own with a small coating.

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How to use Cola for cleaning the kettle

To clean the kettle "Coca-Cola", you will not need any specific actions or a great waste of time. This procedure has such a step-by-step algorithm:

1. Drain all the water from the device.
2. Pour into ⅔ a carbonated drink.
3. Plug into the network.
4. Wait for the contents to boil.
5. Leave to cool down - it is advisable generally to leave the "Cola" inside the kettle for the whole night.
6. In the morning, drain the cola and remove the missing pieces of plaque.
7. Walk a soft sponge down the walls if there are strong lime deposits inside and partially did not dissolve.
8. Rinse several times with running water.
9. Boil clean water.
10. Merge it.
11. Pour the drinking water again, bring to a boil.

Now the kettle is clean and the water in it is ready for making tea, coffee or other drinks and dishes.

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Alternative Coca Cola

A similar procedure can be carried out with other means if you decide what to clean the electric kettle from rust and scale. For this purpose you will be able to:

• regular sparkling water, although its effect will be much weaker;
• lemon juice - mixed with water approximately in the proportion of 1 fruit per 1 liter;
• citric acid - you need about 2 sachets per 1 teapot, the proportion can be changed, based on the degree of contamination of the device;
• vinegar - in order to clean the kettle, it is mixed with water in a ratio of 1: 2 or 1: 1.

Now you know that in fact you can clean the kettle "Coca-Cola" and make sure that it's not difficult. Try it out on your own experience and you will be surprised at the result. If, however, this miracle-drink was not at hand, we offered you worthy alternatives from improvised home remedies, which will help to solve the problem just as quickly. Drink only delicious tea and coffee, made from pure water without any admixture of lime or rust!