My wife could not descale the kettle for a long time, but I did it in 10 minutes!

One evening, sitting at the computer, I heard a knock from the kitchen. My wife was there and I thought she was cooking something. But it took about 20 minutes, and these strange sounds still did not stop. I got curious and went to see what she was doing there.

Going into the kitchen, I saw that my wife was trying to descale the kettle in some barbaric way. With the help of a knife, she mercilessly hammered hard scale, which did not want to chip away, periodically rinsing the kettle with water.

During this time, she managed to chop off only a few pieces of white plaque, while pretty much scratching the inner surface of the teapot. As my wife later admitted to me, she always did this and it took her about two hours for such a cleaning.

I don't know where my wife saw that the scale needs to be removed in this way. Although... I remembered. We were once visiting the mother-in-law and she scrubbed her kettle in the same way. Yes exactly! Even then, I decided to remain silent and did not begin to tell her that they did not do that, as I was afraid to get caught in a hot hand. Moreover, she had a knife in her hands. Why take such a risk. )))

But my wife is kind and takes criticism calmly. Therefore I decided to show her a very simple way to descale the kettle in just 10 minutes. This method was also used by my grandmother.

Using this method, you can easily remove even the most neglected scale, which, it would seem, cannot be removed by anything.

First, pour water into the kettle, just above the scale level. In my case, it turned out about 600 ml.

And now we just need two ingredients. The first ingredient is table salt. You will need one teaspoon (no slide).

And the second is the most common citric acid, which is sold in any grocery store.

We throw salt into the kettle. Then pour citric acid into it. Half a pack (40 grams) will be enough, but more is possible. And then we turn on the kettle and bring it to a boil.

Almost immediately, a violent reaction will begin in the kettle, which will become more pronounced as the temperature rises. When the kettle boils and turns off, leave it alone for a few more minutes. Then we pour out all the contents (preferably in some kind of basin, so as not to clog the sink with scale) and rinse the kettle with water several times. After that, the inside of the kettle will look like new, without the slightest hint of scale.