How do I clean the kettle from stainless steel inside and out?

Contents:

  • We remove the scum
  • If the kettle has rusted
  • We wash the kettle from the deposit

The scale and rust in the kettle appears due to the content of salts and minerals in the tap water. Even a clean hostess is forced to seek an answer to the question: how to clean the kettle inside? And sometimes outside: from such situations when they forgot about the kettle and it burnt, too, no one is immune. On the shelves of stores a lot of suitable funds, but they are mostly unreasonably expensive. Folk methods give no less effect, and almost no expenses are required.

Remove the scum

Different acids are used to remove the scale. They are found in many products, some of which are thrown away altogether. Here are a few of the most popular ways to help you clean kettles from various materials( including plastic electric kettles) and keep the look of the cover.

  • Cleaning with vinegar.

Table or apple cider vinegar( the latter is a little more tender), dilute the water in a ratio of one to nine, pour this liquid inside the kettle, put it on the fire and bring the liquid to a boil. Open the lid and look inside. If the scale descends, the kettle can be removed from the fire, wait a little until the scum falls completely, after which it will only be left to rinse it with water. This option is only suitable for stainless steel kettles. The electric kettle requires more careful handling.

  • Citric acid.

How do I clean the kettle with citric acid? Option two. One of them involves the use of the citric acid itself in the powder. Three-liter capacity is enough for two sachets, if an electric kettle with a capacity of one and a half liters or less is cleaned, one will suffice for it. Lemonka pours out to the bottom, water is poured into the kettle and boiled. This is a more gentle method, rather than cleaning with vinegar, but it is also quite aggressive. Therefore, with not too neglected state, it makes sense to try to do without boiling. Another option involves using citric acid contained in citrus fruits. Lemon is cut into 4 parts, put in a kettle, filled with water and boiled for 10 minutes. If you do not know how to clean an electric kettle, try a lemon. Probably, it will have to be boiled twice, but it will not hurt the kettle. Not only will the heating element become cleaner, but also the plastic housing.

  • Fruit and potato cleaning is also very good at scaling.

This method is suitable for any kettles. Cleaning is placed inside, the water boils, the kettle is washed.

  • Brine.

Not everyone knows how to clean the kettle with a brine, meanwhile this method is the easiest. Pour the brine into the kettle, boil it, rinse it and everything, it shines from the inside, like a new one!

Advice

Before pouring out the brine, boil it in a kettle, whether it's electric or metal.

  • Carbonated drinks.

"Sprite", "Fanta" and "Cola" contain in their composition acids, rapidly dissolving scum. For light and metal it is better to use "Sprite", for dark, "Cola" is also suitable. Drink pour inside the kettle and see what happens: an hiss will be heard, and the scum begins to recede. If this does not happen, the drink will boil, and the result will not take long.

  • Soda cleaning.

Soda has long been used to clean dishes, especially it copes with impurities and scum in teapots made of aluminum enameled. It is suitable for a stainless steel kettle. The recipe is simple: water is mixed with soda( a tablespoon is enough for a medium-sized teapot) and boiled for half an hour. After this, the scum is easily removed.

  • Three in One.

If you are looking for an answer to the question of how to clean an electric kettle, this option is not for you - it is suitable only for metal. And then it is advisable to use it only if the scum does not take sparing funds. The essence of the method is the alternate use of three methods of purification: first with soda, then with citric acid, at the end with vinegar.

  • Sour milk.

For those who do not know how to clean the electric kettle from scaling as carefully as possible, it is worth paying attention to this option. Beginning to skip the milk set at room temperature to sour further, but not letting it turn into curdled milk. Pour, boil, wash - and everything is ready.

There are many people's methods of cleaning utensils from scale, but many of them are aggressive, often they are not recommended, especially for those who have an electric kettle at home.

Board

After completing the cleaning of the kettle, be sure to boil the water "empty" a couple of times, immediately pouring it out, - only so you will get the confidence that you drink tea without harmful acid.

If the kettle has rusted

Rusted stains can appear on the metal kettle, both inside and outside. The question is also topical: how to clean the electric kettle from rust and even the kettle from stainless steel, no matter how paradoxical it sounds. The fact is that in some regions tap water contains iron impurities, rye is formed on the inner surface of the teapot.

Advice

To prevent the formation of rusty deposits in the kettle, do not leave it filled with water overnight.

To clean rust from the inside, you can use citric acid and a mixture of vinegar and soda( in half)( in this case it acts softer and more efficiently).The active ingredient, whether it is vinegar, lemon juice or something else, must be diluted with water. The optimum ratio is a tablespoon per liter of water.

If there is a local spot, it can be rubbed with potatoes, and then washed in the usual way. Do not use metal brushes - they will only damage the surface.

We wash the teapot from the deposit

With many people it happened: zazevalsya, and the kettle was burnt. The first desire is to throw it away and not suffer. Then the mind begins to speak, calling for saving: the kettle can still serve. And this is the right decision: a simple way to wash it off from fat and carbon deposits exists.

In a large saucepan pour water, dissolve in it a mixture of 100 g of soda and 100 g of household soap shavings or 80 g of silicate glue, immerse the kettle in the solution, boil. After the water has cooled down, remove the kettle from it and wash it with a sponge.

Aluminum crockery can be cleaned with activated charcoal. To do this, take a few tablets, pound them, rub them surface, allow to stand for 10 minutes and wash off.

Fat from the fat can often be washed with a mixture of vinegar( 2 parts) with salt and soda( 1 part).It needs to be applied to the sponge and rub the surface, wash it off.


Clear the kettle from any material, including an electric kettle, from rust and scale is easy, especially if you do not bring it to a lamentable condition. If you wash it after each use, there will simply be no scum.