Cleaning hard water "stains" from jug and blades.

[andiesenji]

First let me say that I have been doing a lot of steaming with the Varoma.

My water, in spite of a filtering system, contains a lot of minerals which make it taste good (my own well) but will leave some evidence behind after boiling, especially for prolonged periods.

I generally use distilled white vinegar to clean it but I was all out, forgot to buy it on my last grocery store excursion, and didn't want to drive to the store just for a gallon.

My solution is what I have used to clean crystal vases, and other vessels that develop the opaque crusty formations.

I filled the jug with hot water to above the line of deposits, dropped in two denture cleaning tablets and allowed it to foam and fizz and soak for an hour.  Then put the jug on the machine, applied the lid and cup, ran it on Turbo for 30 seconds, then rinsed - twice.

Nice clean jug, lovely clean blades, no effort to speak of. 

[Cornish Cream]

Very interesting solution to the problem of staining in the jug Andie.We live a particularly hard water area so limescale is an onward battle here in the house.

[quirkycooking]

Thanks for that Andie.

My jug keeps getting whitish stains in the bottom, but I don't think it's from minerals - does anyone else get this?  What do you do to clean it?  I wonder if vinegar would work for that?

[judydawn]

Thanks Andie, seems an easy solution.

Jo, mine also gets that white stain and I use a non-scratch scotchbrite with Gumption multi purpose cleaner (a paste) to remove it - does a great job.

[quirkycooking]

Thanks JD - I used to scrub it with steel wool type stuff, then read you're not supposed to (??) - don't know why it would matter, since it's stainless steel, so you wouldn't think it would hurt it...

[AmandaN]

My bowl looks lovely after making lemonade!  The action of the ice and the lemon does a good job.