How to descale the kettle with carbonated beverages, lemon and baking soda: 5 best home remedies

One of the main kitchen appliances is the kettle. Very often there is plaque from water, which can very easily ruin even a new kettle. It is worth noting that you can get rid of plaque not only with detergents, but also with the help of ordinary baking soda, citric acid and vinegar.

FoodOboz editors share with you the 5 most effective remedies that will help get rid of scale, but will not damage the kettle.

How to clean the kettle:

1. Citric Acid.

Pour citric acid (1-2 bags) into the kettle, pour 2 cups of water and bring the water to a boil. Then pour out the water and wash the kettle well.

2. Vinegar

Take 1 liter of water, pour into it 100 ml of cooking vinegar, stir. Pour the mixture into the kettle and bring it to the boil. After that, wash the kettle well.

3. Lemon

Take a whole lemon, cut it into pieces, put it in a kettle, pour 2 cups of water, bring to a boil. After selecting the lemon slices, wash the kettle.

4. Carbonated beverages

You can use one of the carbonated beverages: Sprite, Fanta or Coca-Cola. Carbonated water can effectively remove not only scale, but also rust and carbon residue. Pour the water into the kettle, bring it to a boil, but it is important, before pouring the water, you must open the bottle and leave it to let the air bubbles come out. After the water comes to a boil, pour it out and wash the kettle.

5. Baking soda

Pour 1 tbsp. of baking soda into the kettle, add water and bring to a boil. When the water boils, leave it for half an hour, and then wash the kettle. Then pour clean water and bring to a boil again without baking soda.

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