How to effortlessly clean a stainless steel kettle inside and out?

Scale and rust in the kettle appear due to the content of salts and minerals in tap water. Even a clean housewife is forced to look for the answer to the question: how to clean the kettle inside? And sometimes outside: from such situations when they forgot about the kettle and it burned out, no one is safe either. There are many suitable products on store shelves, but most of them are unreasonably expensive. Folk methods give no less effect, and almost no costs are required.

Remove scale

Various acids are used to remove scale. They are found in many foods, some of which are generally thrown away. Here are some of the most popular methods that will help both clean the teapots from various materials (including plastic electric kettles) and save the appearance of the coating.

• Cleaning with vinegar.

Dilute table or apple cider vinegar (the last option is slightly more tender) with water in a ratio of one to nine, pour this liquid into the kettle, put it on a fire and bring the liquid to a boil. Open the cover and look inside. If the scale descends, the kettle can be removed from the fire, wait a bit until the scale comes off completely, after which it remains only to rinse it with water. This option is only suitable for stainless steel dummies. An electric kettle requires more gentle handling.

• Lemon acid.

How to clean the kettle with citric acid? There are two options. One of them involves the use of citric acid itself in powder. Two bags are enough for a three-liter capacity, but if you clean an electric kettle with a volume of one and a half liters or less, one will suffice for it. Lemon is poured to the bottom, water is poured into the kettle and boiled. This is a more gentle method than cleaning with vinegar, but it is also quite aggressive. Therefore, if the condition is not too neglected, it makes sense to try to do without boiling. Another option is to use citric acid in citrus fruits. Lemon is cut into 4 parts, put in a kettle, pour water and boil for 10 minutes. If you do not know how to clean an electric kettle, try a lemon. It may be necessary to boil it twice, but this will not harm the teapot. Not only the heating element, but also the plastic case will become cleaner.

• Fruit and potato peelings also do an excellent job with scum.

This method is suitable for any dummies. The cleanings are placed inside, the water boils, the kettle is washed.

• Brine.

Not everyone knows how to clean a kettle with a brine, but this method is the easiest. Pour the brine into the kettle, boil, rinse - and that’s all, it shines from the inside, like brand new!

Tip

Before pouring the brine, boil it in the kettle, regardless of whether it is electric or metal.

• Carbonated drinks.

Sprite, Fanta and Cola contain acids that quickly dissolve scale. For light and metal, it is better to use "Sprite", for the dark, "Cola" is also suitable. Pour the drink inside the kettle and see what happens: a hiss is heard, and the scum begins to recede. If this does not happen, the drink will have to be boiled, and the result will not be long in coming.

• Soda cleaning.

Soda has long been used to clean dishes; it copes especially well with dirt and scale in enameled aluminum teapots. It is suitable for a stainless steel teapot. 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 scale 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 ones. And even then it is advisable to use it only if the descaling gentle means do not take. The essence of the method is the alternate application of three cleaning methods: first, soda, then citric acid, and finally, vinegar.

• Sour milk.

For those who do not know how to clean the electric kettle from scale as carefully as possible, you should pay attention to this option. Beginning to sour milk set at room temperature to sour further, but not allowing it to turn into yogurt. Pour, boil, washed - and you're done.

There are a lot of folk methods for cleaning dishes from scale, but many of them are aggressive, often it is not recommended to use them, especially for those who have an electric kettle at home.

Tip

After completing the cleaning of the teapot, be sure to boil the water “idle” in it a couple of times, pouring it right there - only in this way you will get the confidence that you are drinking tea without harmful acid.

If the kettle is rusted

Rusty stains may appear on the metal kettle, both inside and out. The following question is also relevant: how to clean an electric kettle and even a stainless steel kettle from rust, no matter how paradoxical this sounds. The fact is that in some regions tap water contains impurities of iron, rust forms on the inner surface of the teapot.

Tip

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

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

If there is a local stain, 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 kettle from carbon

This happened to many: gape, and the teapot burned. The first desire is to throw it away and not suffer. Then the mind begins to speak, calling for savings: the kettle can still serve. And this is the right decision: there is a simple way to wash it from fat and soot.

Pour water into a large pot, dissolve in it a mixture of 100 g of soda and 100 g of laundry soap or 80 g of silicate glue, immerse the kettle in a solution, boil. After the water has cooled, remove the kettle from it and wash it with a sponge.

Carbon aluminum cookware can be cleaned with activated carbon. To do this, take a few tablets, crush, rub the surface with them, let stand for 10 minutes and rinse.

Sludge from fat can often be washed with a mixture of vinegar (2 parts) with salt and soda (1 part each). It must be applied to a sponge and rub the surface, rinse.

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