Slam All Purpose Descaler 3x30ml

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We recommend you give your appliances a SLAM once every 3 months in a hard water area or you can descale every 6 months if you are lucky enough to live in a soft water area. The water turns to steam at 100 degrees Celsius – precisely the temperature most kettles aim for – but the minerals in it don’t. When limescale builds up in your kettle, it takes longer to boil, which makes it more expensive to run, and can shorten its working life.

They require a much higher temperature to boil away, so they remain in the vessel throughout and, as the kettle cools, they re-form to create calcium carbonate. Working days are defined as Monday-Friday 8am-7pm inclusive, excluding Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays.

The brains behind WD-40 recommend mixing three tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda with one tablespoon of water: “The mixture should be a little pasty. If you’re putting yours under strain by forcing it to work longer and harder, those figures might prove optimistic. In the interim, every couple of months, we wait for the kettle to go cold, remove the doughnut, and rinse it in the kitchen sink. If you’d rather not scrub, you can add a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to 500ml of water and boil several times, allowing it to cool between each boiling.

Due to this, we would strongly advise against pre-booking/making payment for third party trades to build/install your item until you are in receipt of and have inspected the goods.acid, a compound which has both cleaning and descaling properties and has been safely used for centuries.

If this doesn’t shift the limescale either increase the ratio of lemon to water, or try an alternative solution. In the UK, the areas with the hardest water form a rough triangle from Middlesbrough in the north, to Dover in the southeast, and Lyme Regis in the southwest, with another pocket between Birmingham and the Peak District. I have used this product for some time and have always found it excellent in removing the lime scale that builds up in the kettle.Be sure to wear the appropriate protective clothing, and try not to splash chemicals onto work surfaces or the exterior of your kettle, especially if it’s painted. if you don’t have a lemon handy – add a couple of tablespoons to the kettle in place of the lemon slices, and, again, top up the water to cover the area affected by limescale. Multipurpose– Use on any of your household appliances such as kettles, irons, toasters, shower heads, coffee machines and more.

If this doesn’t get rid of all the scale, reheat the water so the solution fizzes but, as with Oust, don’t allow it to boil.

All Purpose Oust Descaleris one of the best-known branded options, and can be used for shower heads, steam irons, coffee makers, and kettles. It will improve the performance and lengthen the life of your coffee machine or shower head for your benefit. Empty the kettle and rinse it, boil a fresh kettle of water without any Oust, discard it, and repeat. And, while it isn’t difficult, it does take a bit of time, particularly if you haven’t done it regularly.