What to use to clean scale

Cups, kettles and other utensils that are frequently used to hold water will have scale over time. Many people find that the scale is difficult to remove after cleaning with detergent. What is the most effective way to clean scale? Through understanding, we know that acidic liquids in daily life can effectively remove scale, such as vinegar and lemon juice. Below I will tell you in detail what things can effectively remove scale.

1. How to remove scale 1. Use vinegar to remove scale

Add a proper amount of vinegar into the kettle with scale, lift the kettle and shake it so that the vinegar can penetrate the scaled areas. You can shake it more often and let the kettle stand for about half an hour. After half an hour, you can feel that the scale has begun to peel off. In order to clean the scale more thoroughly, you may pour warm water into the kettle to cover the scale area. Soak for about another 20 minutes. The longer the soaking time, the better the effect. After soaking, we can find that the scale at the bottom of the kettle has almost fallen off. Just clean the kettle. Because the main component of edible vinegar is acetic acid, while the main components of scale are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. When vinegar and scale combine, calcium acetate and carbonic acid appear. Carbonic acid can be decomposed into carbon dioxide and water, and the resulting calcium acetate can also be dissolved in water.

2. How to remove scale 2. Lemon descaling

Cut the whole lemon into slices with a knife and place them in the kettle with scale. You can heat the water in the kettle at the same time, because the higher the water temperature, the better the dissolution effect. The important component of lemon is citric acid, which is a weak acid. When the weak acid is heated, it reacts chemically with the scale, causing the scale to fall off. The more lemon you put in, the higher the acidity and the better the cleansing effect.

3. How to remove scale 3. Egg descaling

I believe everyone eats boiled eggs in their daily life. In this case, you might as well keep the eggshells. Place some egg shells in a scaled kettle. Pour a little more than half of the kettle into the kettle, lift it up and shake it for about 10 minutes. The principle of this method is physical principle. Since the eggshell and water in the electric kettle come into contact with the scale due to the force of shaking, the scale in the electric kettle can be removed very effectively.

4. How to remove scale 4. Starch descaling method

As we all know, potatoes and sweet potatoes are foods rich in starch. Peel the potatoes or sweet potatoes, add them to the scale-containing electric kettle, and then leave them for about 30 minutes. Since starch has an adhesion effect, this method is suitable for kettles with scale that is not very thick, but it has little effect on very hard and thick scale.