How do I clean a glass electric kettle from scale?

In the kitchen, every housewife has a kettle. Someone prefers to warm water for coffee or tea for gas, someone uses electric kettles. Glass models are extremely resistant to high temperatures, do not absorb odor, have a beautiful appearance. But over time, in any vessel, scale is formed, no matter how much water you use. Scum appears because of the stratification of salts and minerals contained in water. The speed of plaque formation depends on its quality. But even if you put super-flavored filters, sooner or later the raid will still appear. In an electric kettle, scum is formed around the heating spiral and leads to the fact that after some time it burns out. To avoid this, you need to periodically get rid of the raid. How do I clean a glass electric kettle from scale at home? With this and understand in this article.

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Anti-scaling tools

There are several ways to clean the glass kettle from scale. You can use chemical means or folk methods that are good because they are safe, plus there are such substances for cleaning in every kitchen. Let's consider in more detail.

Vinegar

This is a proven effective, completely safe way to clean the glass kettle from scale. In addition, it has an antibacterial effect. So microbes will have hard times.

How to proceed:

1. Pour water into the container with vinegar, taken in equal parts.
2. Boil this solution.
3. Leave everything inside for 2 hours.
4. Pour out the liquid, and rinse the scuff with a sponge.
5. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated.
6. After cleaning, boil clean water a couple of times, drain.

Citric acid

Another simple and effective way to get rid of plaque is citric acid. This method is suitable for any type of dishes. It is even believed that cleaning citric acid is more effective than vinegar:

1. Pour water into the device, add citric acid. On 1 liter is 2-3 teaspoons of citric acid.
2. Boil the liquid.
3. Allow to cool completely.
4. Drain cleaning agent, remove sponge residues with a sponge.
5. Boil several times the water in the appliance, drain before using it.

Important! Lemon acid can be replaced with lemon juice. Just squeeze one citrus into the vessel with water.

Baking soda

Soda cleaning is done as follows:

1. Dissolve hot soda in soda, pour into a container.
2. Leave for 15 minutes, then boil.
3. Wait for the liquid to cool.
4. Rinse kitchen utensils thoroughly with detergent and scale.

Soda and vinegar

What else can I clean the glass teapot? You can clean the appliance with a mixture of soda and vinegar:

1. Dissolve in water 2 tablespoons of vinegar and 2 tablespoons of soda.
2. Pour this mixture into the appliance to the maximum level.
3. Boil the liquid several times, leave to cool.
4. Drain the solution. With a soft sponge, remove any debris.
5. Rinse the inside of the dish well in running water.

Lemon and vinegar

You can get rid of the plaque inside the vessel by mixing lemon and vinegar:

1. Dissolve in 1 liter of liquid 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or citric acid and 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
2. Pour the mixture into the appliance.
3. Boil this solution several times.
4. Drain and clean the appliance with a sponge.
5. Rinse well.

Lemon and soda

The combination of lemon juice and baking soda will give a good result in the fight against a touch of excessively hard tap water. Such a mixture will degrease and remove the layers, leave behind a pleasant smell of lemon.

Boil several times with water with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of baking soda.

Carbonated Beverages

Strangely enough, it sounds, but you can clean limescale with carbonated drinks. For glass electric kettles, "Sprite" is best suited, as colored drinks, for example, "Coca-Cola" can leave marks on the walls.

Pour one glass of lemonade into the container and pour water. Boil this mixture several times, drain and scrape off the remnants of the plaque.

Important! If the plaque is very strong, do not dilute it with water - pour the container on ⅔ only with soda.

Other non-standard methods of cleaning

What people can not think of and how they do not clean their dishes from harmful limescale:

• Pour a cucumber brine into a container and bring it to a boil several times. In fact, the method is effective, since the remedy is nothing more than a concentrated brine solution.
• Put the washed peel off apples or potatoes in a container, add a little salt and pour in water. Boil the water along with the cleaners and leave everything until the liquid cools. Then you will only have to clean the remains of the plaque with a sponge and rinse the appliance thoroughly. It is also quite understandable option, since apples contain natural active acids, and potatoes - starch. Both that, and another, is capable to remove pollution of a various parentage, including a scum.

Calgon

Of the chemical agents for controlling the coating of lime and salts on glass electric kettles Calgon is best suited. This means for dishwashers and washing machines with a unique composition is useful as it is impossible by the way. One package is enough for you for a long time.

In order to remove the scale with "Calgon", you need to dilute 1 teaspoon of the product in 3 liters of water and boil it in a bowl in a scum. After that, remove the remnants of the raid will not be very difficult.

Important! After this, it is desirable to boil water several times in the vessel and drain it. After that, the device can be used.

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Prevention measures

To keep the kettle long, you need to follow these guidelines:

• Pour filtered water into the appliance.
• A small layer of plaque is easier to remove, so clean the device at least once a month, even better - once a week.
• Drain the water after each use.
• Do not hold water in the container, leave the container dry.

Now you know how to deal with such a podnadoevshey all scum. Take action not to cause unnecessary harm to your health!