Is baking soda effective in removing scale?

We have often heard of the method of using baking soda to remove scale, but many people do not know why these methods can help them effectively remove scale. Not everyone can recognize and understand its principles. So let us introduce in detail the effect of baking soda in removing scale, as well as the correct method of how to do it.

1. Use baking soda to remove scale: Generally, the heating plate of electric kettles is made of aluminum. When boiling water in the electric kettle, scale is easily formed. Generally, we can put 1 teaspoon of baking soda and boil it for a few minutes to remove the scale. Alternatively, you can pour in about 500 grams of 1% baking soda water, shake it gently, and the scale can be removed.

2. Boil eggs to remove scale: Generally, electric kettles will accumulate hard and difficult-to-remove scale after being used for a long time. If you use it to boil eggs twice, you will get the desired effect. Crush two egg shells slightly, put them in a bottle, then fill in half a pot of water, stir with a blender or spoon, then boil it, let it sit for about half an hour, pour out the egg shells, and then rinse it twice with clean water.

Descaling an electric kettle by boiling sweet potatoes: Put more than half of the sweet potatoes in the kettle, fill it with water, and cook the potatoes. Next time you boil water, there will be no scale accumulation. But be careful not to scrub the inner wall of the kettle after boiling sweet potatoes, otherwise the descaling effect will be lost. For old kettles that are full of scale, after boiling them once or twice using the above method, not only will the original scale gradually fall off, but it will also prevent scale from accumulating again.

Through the above understanding, we all know that when using baking soda to remove scale, it does not mean that you can just pour a little baking soda in. There must be a certain proportion to match it, so that you can achieve the ideal effect of removing scale. Therefore, everyone still needs to know more about these common sense, rather than blindly solving them.