hard water deposits
hard water deposits
I get hard water deposits left on my stainless boiler after a brew, Does anyone have any tricks on how to remove ? I don't really want to use a scouring pad
Re: hard water deposits
Cheap supermarket lemon juice or white vinegar. Just wipe with a non scratch scouring sponge.
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Re: hard water deposits
pretty sure ive got some white vinegar in the cupboard to i will give that a bash
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Re: hard water deposits
Old starsan solution.
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I also go for the Starsan. I find the deposits appear a few days after brewing once all the water has dried out. By that time I've got lots of starsan solution knocking around. I know some people manage to keep Starsan for weeks/months but whenever I've tried this the bottom of the FV lid goes all mouldy which puts me off using so I just dump it. Nowadays I dump it via the kettle. I've got a little recirc pump I use for sterilising the boiler tap so I just use that to spray the starsan all over the sides of the kettle. Makes it good and shiny.
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Re: hard water deposits
Reducing the alkalinity in your brewing water makes life a lot easier as you don't get the same level of deposit. I can usually spray the crud off my elements for example with very little scrubbing needed.
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Re: hard water deposits
Citric Acid is good stuff. I'll have to try the Starsan though
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This. Doesn't work retrospectively though.orlando wrote:Reducing the alkalinity in your brewing water makes life a lot easier as you don't get the same level of deposit. I can usually spray the crud off my elements for example with very little scrubbing needed.
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Use RO or deionised water as a final rinse water
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Re: hard water deposits
My water is quite hard (230ppm CaCO3) too. After cleaning kit my final rinse is with a weak citric acid solution (made up with my tap water). Starsan is fine (although I make it up with soft bottled water), but citric acid solution is a bit stronger and makes things nice and shiny.
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Jocky, when you say weak citric acid solution, what amounts we talking?
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About a tablespoon in 3 to 5 litres.
Not sure of the actual strength if I'm honest.
Not sure of the actual strength if I'm honest.
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Re: hard water deposits
Cheers. I'll also give that a go next time. I've only cleaned the element with citric by boiling with a few litres but everything above that has a white misty coating.
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Oh you definitely don't need to boil the element to clean it.
A bit of citric even in cold water should bring it up super shiny.
A bit of citric even in cold water should bring it up super shiny.
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