KitchenCraft Le'Xpress Kettle Descaler Ball, Stainless Steel Wire Limescale Remover

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When your kettle is cool, clean the exterior with hot, soapy water (do not fully immerse it in the sink) and then wipe it down with a microfibre cloth. Hard water area – If you live in a hard water area and you boil your kettle a lot, you should aim to descale it every month. Remember that you need to be careful when using this product because the fizzing liquid can sometimes splatter a little. This works by the mesh ball collecting most of the limescale while the rest of the deposits settle on their kettle’s side, base, and heating element.

Once boiled, unplug it and place it in an empty sink – in case of spills – then slowly add the contents of a single sachet of Oust.

Similarly, if you use your kettle many times a day, your kettle may be plagued by more limescale, in comparison to a kettle that’s used once a day. So, if you drank the water straight from the tap without boiling it first, the same chemicals causing the limescale problem would still be present, they just wouldn’t be so obvious. Take a look at our guide on quookers and boiling water taps and find out if they’re really worth it. It can corrode your kettle over time, meaning it’ll have a shorter lifespan, so we're here to help you learn how to descale a kettle.

As we mentioned above, hard water is water that has a high mineral content, whereas soft water is low in minerals but has a higher sodium content. We act as a credit broker not a lender, offering credit products provided exclusively by Klarna Bank AB UK branch (BR020956), a branch of Klarna AB (556737-0431) which is authorised and regulated by the Swedish Financial Services Authority. If you’ve tried all our descaling methods and your kettle really has given up the ghost, it’s time for a new one.

Random internet solutions tend to pop up from time to time, including using fizzy drinks like Coca-Cola to get the shine back in your kettle. Kettles with built-in filters stop pieces of limescale from being poured into your drink but do not stop limescale build-up. According to the Tea and Infusions Association, we drink approximately 100 million cups of tea, and an estimated 70 million cups of coffee, a day. We’d recommend this method as a maintenance step between larger cleans or if you’re in an absolute pinch and don’t have the kit for either of the following methods. By the end of the treatment your kettle should be free from limescale, running more efficiently, and have a longer lifespan.