- Rust occurrence
- Rust removal
- Original methods:
- Descaling
- We remove the scale from the kettle
- Burnt kettle
- Fat
- Care tips
The kettle is one of the most indispensable things in our life. We all love coffee, tea, chicory and many, many other things. But not everyone knows, uses and knows how to properly care for him, because the taste and aroma of any tea or instant coffee depends largely on the quality of the water that is inside it. Not only that all these raids, smells, rust and so on change the taste of the drink is not for the better, so also will harm your precious health - that's the most important thing. So today we'll figure out how to wash the kettle off the rust inside.
to content ↑Rust occurrence
In order to remove a problem, you need to know where it starts. People who have access to quality water in all respects are very fortunate. Most, however, have to use hard water for drinking and cooking food with a high content of various mineral salts and trace elements.
If there is a lot of iron in the water, rust will definitely form on the walls of the pots and in the kettle. After we figured out where the cause of the rust comes from, start deleting it.
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Let's look at ways to clean the kettle from rust inside so that you can apply them in practice and make sure of a good effect.
Acetic acid
Universal remedy in home life:
- Take table vinegar 6-9%, three-quarters of the volume should be filled with water.
- Next - bring the water to a boil and turn it off.
- Pour the vinegar solution in the amount of the missing quarter of the teapot.
- Soak for eight hours or leave in this form overnight.
- Pour out solution and rinse thoroughly with water several times.
Check it out! Rust and lime scale should not be.
Soda and vinegar
Variation for plastic kettles:
- Pour water, vinegar and add one tablespoon of soda.
- At the end of a violent effervescent reaction, the resulting liquid is allowed to boil, after cooling it is poured out.
- Finish cleaning by rinsing with clean water.
Important! Acetic acid is cleaned only by steel teapots, plastic can also deteriorate. Therefore, when cleaning plastic is added soda.
Citric acid
The cleaning process proceeds in the same way as with acetic acid, but with some slight simplification:
- The kettle is poured completely with water, brought to a boil.
- Cover it with 1-2 tablespoons of citric acid.
- After cooling, the solution can be drained, wiped with a soft sponge, rinsed thoroughly with clean water and boiled clean water again.
Important! If the rust appeared on the outside, it can also be cleaned with a solution of citric acid. Perhaps you did not find citric acid in your house, look at the lemon, you can cut it with lobules along with the rind and it will be enough to boil it in a kettle for 10 minutes.
Brine
The use of brine from canned cucumbers or tomatoes also gives good results in the care of a metal kettle.
The amount of vinegar or citric acid in the pouring of these vegetables, which are added during canning, is sufficient for this procedure.
You need to pour them the dishes, bring to a boil, then cool, merge, rinse thoroughly until the specific odor is completely removed.
to content ↑Original methods:
- The washing powder is poured onto the wet surface, wait 20 minutes. Then it is good to wipe with half a potato. Then thoroughly rinse the kettle with water and it is ready for use.
- How to remove rust from the kettle inside?- Coca-Cola will help you. Just pour a drink and leave for the night. Remains only wipe with a sponge with soap and rinse with water.
- If you have sour milk, do not rush it. It is enough to pour on one third of the volume of the kettle, boil and leave for a while. All merge, clean inside - this will be enough.
- Cleaning potatoes, apples and pears is another folk and original way. Washed cleaning is added to an enamel or steel kettle, water is added and heated to boiling. Then turn off, leave for a few hours, all drain and boil with clean water. Further - all the formations inside the dishes are washed out.
Important! We will give you a little advice in the fight against rust. To prevent rusting in the kettle, rinse it after each boil. If the water is stiff and is confirmed by the presence of a high iron content in it, the best option is to install a filter house.
to content ↑Scale occurrence
Scale is a problem of not less scale than rust, so it's your duty to deal with it. The chemical composition of water is such that when heated, salts are formed. And the harder the water, the more sediment. Filters can only become a temporary obstacle to scale, but in the future, the raid will prevail over your kettle.
As a consequence - there are a number of problems, water boils much longer, and an electrical appliance can fail. In addition, the scale adversely affects your body, which is no longer an innovation, causing problems in the work of the genitourinary system and kidneys.
to the contents ↑We remove the scale from the kettle
In order for your kettle to look fresh not only from the outside, but also inside, you need to know how to clean the scum inside the kettle:
- Special remedy, for example, "Antinakipin" or "Silat".They can scum in any kettle. As usual, you need to boil water with this remedy for several minutes. Pour out the solution and rinse well.
Important! This is the easiest way, but you need to remember that the harmful substances in the composition can affect your health. Therefore rinse the kettle as carefully and as qualitatively as possible.
- Apple or apple cider vinegar. Cut the apple into pieces, or take 1 cup of vinegar, add to the kettle with 1 liter of water. The procedure is simple: boil, pour and rinse.
Do not think that there are so few ways to rinse and remove the scum from the kettle, it's just some of the ways. Also, you can use absolutely all the methods that have been described to remove rust, most importantly - look more closely and do not clean the plastic kettle by what there is no need for it.
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Burnt kettle should not be discarded or replaced immediately. You should try the following methods:
- Specialized tools, for example, "Sanklin".Use it simply: apply to the surface and leave for a few minutes, then thoroughly wash the kettle.
Important! Always use pasty products and a soft sponge to avoid scratching the surface.
- Folk way, which is more laborious, but less financially expensive. You will need a large pot, which should fit the kettle. We prepare a special solution: for 10 liters of water, 100 grams of soda and 80 grams of silicate glue. The current ingredients can be replaced with soapy laundry soap. We immerse the kettle in a saucepan with a solution and bring it to a boil. Let's cool and cool the solution with a sponge cleaned of carbon.
- Here is another good folk way. A small layer of burning try to remove the damp salt. Alternatively, prepare a solution: 1 tsp salt and 1 tbsp.spoon of vinegar - it will help remove carbon deposits from the kettle.
Important! We remember that we use a soft sponge to avoid leaving traces.
- Clear from the burning aluminum kettle will help activated charcoal. Wet the surface of 10-15 tablets crush, apply to problem areas. After 40-60 minutes, wash the fumes, rinse with water.
Fat
Fat - another problem on the way to cleanliness of the cutlery. If the teapot is on the stove while cooking, when fats fly in all directions, such situations are strictly undesirable, as you understand. And if they happened, then watch how to get rid of fat:
- The easiest way for dishwasher owners. It is necessary to put on the hottest mode. There is a chance that the first time it will not clear, then repeat the procedure.
- For cases when the kettle is covered with fat thoroughly, the following method is suitable: prepare a solution of vinegar 1 tbsp.spoons, soda 1 teaspoon, salt 1 teaspoon. With this solution, rub the fastened fat and rinse thoroughly.
Care tips
As for any thing or thing, there are rules for the care of the kettle:
- Use a soft, filtered, or at least stained water for the kettle. If possible, it is better not to use tap water, but to buy in gallons. Or, as mentioned above, place filters at home.
- Water should be boiled once. It is undesirable to use newly boiled water, replace it with fresh water.
- Before each use, rinse the kettle from the inside, rinse it from white flakes and other accumulations from a past application.
- For the prevention of water boiling with citric acid, about once a month. On the whole kettle - 1 tbsp.a spoon. This method was described above.
With due care your kettle will delight with constant glare and radiance from its cleanliness, aroma and taste of coffee and tea drinks, and most importantly - you do not have to go to the store ahead of time and go, choose, spend on a new device. To comply with this set of rules is very easy and simple, because it does not require any financial, time-consuming and almost time-consuming. Regularity and habit - that's what will help you in the care of this device.