"Natural" limescale remover............

[HRHQueenOfQuelNoel]

I remember Kim and Aggie(y?) on How Clean is your House, once showed a fantastic way to clean pots and kettles (the ones that sit on your stove top not 'modern' plastic ones).

The ones at work are looking really digusting - I kid you not when I say a piece of limescale 5mm thick fell out the other night and if we have a quiet night (as most have been so far) I want to have a go at them if I've got time - as the urn is still broken - and the thought of the residents drinking their morning tea out of those is horrible.

I have distant thoughts that perhaps white vinegar was involved somehow.......

white vinegar or lemon juice are both good limescale removers.

Hiya - not sure if it works for kettles or not but i've seen hem remove limescale with coke - just leave it to fizz for a couple of hours then scrub off

hmm - what do I do with the vinegar or lemon juice.

Whatever I use I think it's going to take a couple of nights of 'attacking' them to get them looking decent.......lets just say the staff NEVER drink their tea out of those kettles - they use the electric kettles !

Yep, boil some white vinegar in your urn and the limescale should dissolve away.

Mind you,5mm might take a while!

For big pots the smell will be pretty strong, so you can dilute the vinegar (sorry, don't know the minimum concentration that will work...being more of an all-guns-blazing person myself).

Then afterwards, rinse and rinse and rinse. Leave some cold water standing overnight in their if you can, then rinse again. Otherwise everyone's tea will taste like their chips!

I don't think you boil the vinegar in the urns, I could be wrong though. I thought you just left it to sit, preferably overnight if the limescale is thick.

Thanks - shall give the vinegar a go tonight - even if I only take 1mm off the sides tonight (the 'bottoms' didn't look as bad) I'll be happy.

not the urn - the kettles - the urn is broken so the old kettles are being used onto top the gas stove.

sorry, kettles or whatever receptacle you are descaling