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This is how you descale your kettle in four easy steps – and you don’t have to scrub anything
- A busy mom has revealed how she descales her kettle in four steps
- First she fills with water and vinegar, then soaks, boils and rinses
- Carolina McCauley is one of Australia’s most popular cleaning influencers
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A busy mum of two has revealed how to descale your kettle with vinegar – and says you don’t have to scrub to keep it looking like new.
Carolina McCauley of Perth, Western Australia, shared the video with her legion of Instagram followers on Thursday.
She kicks off the video by showing her 2.3 million followers the inside of her kettle, proving it was covered in “dirty limescale.”
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Busy mum of two has revealed how to descale your kettle with vinegar – and says you don’t have to scrub to keep it looking like new
Then she poured a cup of water and a cup of vinegar into the kettle and let it sit for about half an hour.
After the kettle soaked long enough, the popular cleaning influencer set it to a boil.
She then poured the steaming water and vinegar mixture down the drain before showing off the very shiny, lime-free interior.
“Clean and shiny,” she said.
“Don’t forget to rinse.”
The video quickly went viral and was seen more than 500,000 times on her page in the first five hours, with hundreds of people leaving comments.
“This is great, thank you, my kettle has a lot of limescale,” said one woman.
Carolina McCauley, from Perth, said the hack makes her kettle look like new
She proudly showed the inside of the kettle and noted that it was clean and shiny
But not everyone agreed with the hack.
“Just get a lemon, cut it in half and boil it. I’ve been doing it for my kettle for years. It works,’ said one woman.
“I just tried this and it didn’t work,” one woman complained.
While another suggested using “distilled water” instead of tap water to limit buildup.
“It’s better for tea, coffee and herbal teas anyway, with the added benefit of having no limescale because distilled water doesn’t contain minerals,” she said.
Limescale is a hard, chalky deposit composed mainly of calcium carbonate and magnesium, and while not dangerous, it is considered unsightly.