Posted: 06:31, 22 September 2022 | Updated: 08:25, 22 September 2022
A busy mum-of-two has revealed how to descale your kettle using vinegar – and says you don’t need to scrub to keep the appliance looking like new. Carolina McCauley from Perth, Western Australia, shared the video with her followers on Instagram on Thursday. She begins the video by showing her 2.3 million followers the inside of her kettle to prove it was covered in “lime slime”. Scroll down for videos A busy mum-of-two has revealed how to remove salt from your kettle using vinegar – and says you don’t need to scrub to make it as good as new He then poured a cup of water and a cup of vinegar into the kettle before letting it sit for about half an hour. Once the kettle had soaked long enough, the popular cleaning influencer put it to boil. He then poured the boiling water and vinegar concoction down the drain before revealing the highly polished, salt-free interior. “Clean and shiny,” he said. “Don’t forget to rinse.” The video quickly went viral and was viewed more than 500,000 times in the first five hours on her page with hundreds of people commenting. “That’s great, thanks, my kettle has lots of scale,” said one woman. Carolina McCauley, from Perth, said the hacking made her kettle ‘look like new’ He proudly displayed the inside of the kettle – noting that it was clean and shiny But not everyone agreed with the hack. “Just take a lemon and cut it in half and boil it, I’ve been doing it for years for my kettle. It works,” said one woman. “I just tried it and it didn’t work,” complained one woman. While another suggested using “distilled water” instead of tap water, to reduce build-up. “It’s better for tea, coffee and herbal teas anyway with the added benefit of no limescale because distilled water doesn’t contain minerals,” he said. The salt is a hard, chalky sediment, composed mainly of calcium carbonate and magnesium, and while not dangerous it is considered unsightly.
