Dishwasher tablet boiled in the kettle
Rex says
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"Detergent built for a sealed machine, boiled in something your next guest drinks from."
The science
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It's made for a closed box.
Tablets combine sodium carbonate, sodium percarbonate, enzymes and surfactants. They're designed for a sealed dishwasher with a full rinse cycle, not an open kettle on a counter.
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Boiling turns it into foam.
Percarbonate releases oxygen as it heats, and the surfactants trap it. The result is a strongly alkaline foam that can boil out of the spout onto hands and counters.
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It's the wrong chemistry anyway.
Kettle scale is calcium carbonate, which dissolves in acid. An alkaline tablet barely touches it, and the residue it leaves in the lid seal and seams ends up in someone's tea.
Do this instead
Descale with a product labeled for kettles (usually citric acid). Then boil plain water twice and pour it away before the kettle goes back on the counter.
Where this came from
From the Clean Report hacks libraryModernLiving_X
"Dropping a dishwasher tab into a glass electric kettle and boiling the water targets interior buildup."
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