AFTER noticing the limescale build up in her kettle, one woman tried various DIY hacks to tackle it.
She revealed which of the viral cleaning tricks worked best and left her appliance spotless.
In her video, TikTok user Roo (@rooshome) explained that she felt like she had “been drinking pure limescale” anytime she used her kettle.
She decided to try viral DIY techniques for descaling the appliance, beginning with lemons.
Roo sliced up several lemons and placed them in her kettle with water before boiling.
After showing her audience the limescale build up, she joked that she was praying for “a straight up miracle.”
She inspected the kettle after it had boiled and shared her disappointment that there was still visible limescale at the base.
Roo decided to “go in for round two” after turning to Google for suggestions.
“I officially now have a PhD in kettle descaling, I’ve decided that baking soda will work and I’m actually going to let it sit this time for at least half an hour,” she explained.
After leaving it to sit, the TikToker inspected the kettle and found that the hack “didn’t really work.”
She joked that she wasn’t “dealing with regular limescale” and instead called it “teenage mutant ninja limescale.”
Roo explained that she lives in a “hardwater area” and pointed out that the limescale in her kettle is “no joke.”
For her final effort, she decided to pour distilled white vinegar into her kettle.
“At this point I am ready to commit to a lifetime of limescale-y tea but I am not going to lie, this actually turned out OK,” Roo said.
She showed her viewers the much cleaner looking base of her kettle.
The content creator added that she might leave the vinegar in the appliance overnight.
You can pick up a 568 mililitre bottle of white vinegar for just 35p from Aldi.
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TikTok users shared their thoughts on the cleaning hack in the comments section.
“I use vinegar all the time! First time I left it over night because it was so bad! But now I just use vinegar every month and boil it once and dump,” wrote one viewer.
“Just use straight white vinegar and it works the best out of everything. All you have to do is boil the vinegar,” advised another follower.
“Lemons work but you need to leave them in the water in there for a few hours. Same with vinegar. You were too quick!” commented a third person.
“I add like two cups of water and a splash of vinegar,” shared another TikTok user.
“You can put vinegar and hot water and just wipe it off so easily with a brush!” suggested one viewer.
Roo poured distilled white vinegar into her kettle in an effort to remove the limescale build up inside[/caption]
