The electric kettle is a very common and handy little kitchen appliance, because of its convenience and quicker boiling than a stove top kettle. With colder temperatures approaching it gets used even more at my house. And that means even more cleaning is necessary.
The downside to this convenience is the calcium build up on the inside of the kettle, which isn’t good for several reasons. The more build up in the kettle, the longer it takes for water to boil, lessening the intended performance and convenience of the appliance.
Therefore, consistent cleaning is a necessary maintenance to increase its life span and prolong efficiency. It also affects the taste of the water. Water boiled in a clean kettle without the calcium build up seeping into it results in the best tasting water.
During boiling, the minerals do not evaporate like chlorine, for example, but builds up and crusts on the bottom. This hard and unsightly build up is very hard to remove with just soap and water but is quickly and easily removable with an acid like vinegar. So don’t let it spoil your tea, read on to see the handy step by step instructions on how easily it can be done.
Supplies
Distilled Vinegar
1 cup – water
non-scratch sponge
dish soap
kettle
Simple Steps
1. Pour equal quantity of water and vinegar into a kettle. Boil the solution in a kettle couple for a couple of cycles (my kettle turns off automatically, so I run 2 boiling cycle).
2. Let the vinegar solution cool to warm temperature before pouring out of the kettle. Unplug the power from a kettle, pour the solution out of the kettle. Using soapy sponge lather a kettle and rinse well under running water and allow it to dry completely before use.
3. After a kettle dries out boil water in the kettle once again to remove the remaining traces of the vinegar. Dump the water and then kettle is good to be used again.
The electric kettle is a very common and handy little kitchen appliance, because of its convenience and quicker boiling than a stove top kettle. With colder temperatures approaching it gets used even more at my house. And that means even more cleaning is necessary. In this post I'll show you how easy its done.
- Distilled Vinegar
- 1 cup – water
- non-scratch sponge
- dish soap
- kettle
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Pour equal quantity of water and vinegar into a kettle. Boil the solution in a kettle couple of times (my kettle turns off automatically, so I run 2 boiling cycle).
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Let the vinegar solution cool to warm temperature before pouring out of the kettle. Unplug the power from a kettle, pour the solution out of the kettle. Using soapy sponge lather a kettle and rinse well under running water and allow it to dry completely before use.
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After a kettle dries out boil water in the kettle once again to remove the remaining traces of the vinegar. Dump the water and then kettle is good to be used again
Here is before pictures
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Thanks admin for sharing this informative post.
You are so very welcome!
I have apple cider vinegar at the moment, can i use that?
I’ve never tried using apple cider vinegar. Let me know how it goes if you ever try.
Electric kettle cleaning seemed to be a hard job. After reading these handy tips I believe these are the best ways to do this job.
I’m glad you found it helpful. Thank you for your comment!