CrossXFir3 t1_jadvifg wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:57 PM

I'm gonna save you some money, you absolutely do not need to make your solution that strong. It can easily be 50/50 if not honestly like 25/75 most of that being water. I live in an area where I literally need to descale my kettle like every other week or the water is coming out with flakes in it. It's perfectly clean with a fairly weak solution boiled in the kettle.

MsArinko t1_jaegdbl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:10 PM

Ultimate pro tip: just use citric acid. At least in my country it's possible to buy it powdered for cheap in the grocery store, it cleans the kettle much better then vinegar and doesn't smell like shit. I have to rinse out the kettle a few times after using vinegar as I can still smell it aftwrwards there, but with citric acid I just wash it out once and bam, it's gone.

Edit: citric acid tea would probably still taste shitty though, but I cant say, unfortunately I only had the vinegar coffee once (motherfucking coffee can you imagine how bad that was 🤮)

St3phiroth t1_jaevbc9 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:50 PM

What sort of ratio do you use for the citric acid powder and water in the kettle?

Shady_Scientist OP t1_jaf4j2e wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:56 PM

I generally only do it when I notice how bad it's gotten, vinegar is very cheap and we keep a big bottle, also it's not likely to damage the kettle, but you are absolutely correct. I should lower the % just in case this happens again lol