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How do you descale it? The maker is telling us that we need to do this, but we can't find the manual that tells us how to do it...do you run vinegar through the machine?
Re: How do you descale it? The maker is telling us that...
No, there is special descaling fluid on the market just for that purpose. Make sure you get the correct fluid and handle it with care. These fluids are corrosive and poisonous. Read the instructions carefully.
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Descaling sometimes results in the scaling that in being removed causing a blockage in the drain system. The best way to resolve this is to run your coffee maker (normal operation); however, rather thanusing water, you should use vinegar. This will dislodge and break up the scaled paricles and allow your coffer maker to function correclty.
You could try to clean it out with white vinegar, it might take several times before it works but it will usually get the lime deposits. Just run it through like it was water, but make sure that you have a filter in so that you can tell when the chunks start passing through.
To clean the reservoir of your iron, pour a solution that is one part
vinegar to one part water in. Turn the iron on. Allow it to steam for
about four minutes. Drain the iron for an hour, and be sure to repeat
the process with clean water before you iron any clothing items.
To delime a multi-cup coffee maker, mix white vinegar with water (1/3 vinegar and 2/3 water) and fill the water reservoir completely. Then turn the coffee maker on. Wait until the unit completes the "brewing" cycle and beeps 5 times. Turn off the coffee maker. Discard the liquid after the cycle. Then fill the reservoir with clean water and turn on again. When this cycle completes, again discard the liquid. Repeat the water rinse if you notice an odd taste to the coffee afterwards. (If the coffee maker still has deposits, repeat the vinegar cleaning cycle and rinse cycles.) There are commercial deliming products, mix them with water following the package directions.
Although this is in "Problem with Vacuums," I found it while searching for a solution to my steam cleaner vacuum problem. You must be talking about a Keurig or Breville-Keurig coffee maker. Tap water, especially chemically softened tap water, contains minerals that require periodic descaling, as often as every two months if you make only a couple of cups a day.
Filling the tank with white vinegar and making multiple large mugs without a Keurig coffee cup in the holder will remove most scale. There are products that claim to do better than white vinegar if this does not work. Amazon sells a couple of brands in its Keurig section.
It will take several tank fulls of clean water to rid the machine of the vinegar or commercial cleaning solution. Use distilled water for this. Then switch to good bottled water without a heavy mineral load.
The best and cheapest way to descale irons,steamers, etc. is to use white vinegar, mixed 1 cup to a quart of water. Pour in the iron and allow to steam. The vinegar will dissolve the calcium, which is the blocking scale. Do this a few times toensure that the holes are clear and operating correctly. For the last rinse, put a little lemon into plain water and allow to steam. This gets rid of any vinegar smell.
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