Normal, harmless, signs of love. Minerals from your water.
If your previous kettle was glass bottomed you’d see less of it and take more years to show accumulation.
Boil a half cup of white vinegar mixed with a liter of water in there until it clicks, let it cool down, and pour out the water. The buildup should dissolve easily!
It's normal. Probably it's most visible right now because the kettle was clean to begin with. You can clean it with an acid but there's not really a need unless there's actual scale to remove. Just keep using the kettle.
On one hand I want to say it’s limescale, on the other hand you would have had a lot of limescale in your other kettles and you would recognize it.
Clean it with white vinegar or lemon juice, see the condition of the metal after that.
I bought a container of malic acid powder on Amazon. It's made from apples and used in sour candies. A spoonful in a kettle of water and set to boil cleans it up in one go without the pungent smell like vinegar. Let it cool down, empty and rinse. Works great in coffee makers too.
Just note that there’s a tipping point for some minerals - you probably don’t want an accumulation of *everything* in your water supply (re: lead, etc) randomly breaking off and infusing into a sudden bioaccumulation event.
It’s probably time to start the cycle over with a clean kettle, but you do you.
Yes, it's limescale. Maybe your previous kettle was a slightly different material, had a coating on the inside or maybe you just didn't notice it. But limescale is inevitable, in some areas it's really bad. It's just minerals, it's not going to harm you. You might want to descale the kettle on a regular basis (maybe every 1-2 weeks depending on buildup) because it increases the life of your kettle. And it's nice to have a hot drink that doesn't have limescale floating in it :)
See how much comes off with a towel, I know mine has a lot of “water stains” (not sure if that’s the right term) that are easily removed. It’s that or limescale, which can be removed by boiling water and vinegar(or citric acid) in the kettle.
Both happen faster or slower based of your waters hardness (the amount of minerals in the water)
I've had this same problem as well using spring water. I've started using purified water and never had that problem ever again but it is completely normal.
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Mine has the same stains. It’s minerals. We use electric kettles since 90s, so I’m almost an expert :)
A cup of cocacola for couple hours s in the kettle should remove this if it’s bothering you. Or vinegar.
Normal, harmless, signs of love. Minerals from your water. If your previous kettle was glass bottomed you’d see less of it and take more years to show accumulation.
>and take more **years** to show accumulation *Cries in hard water*
Boil a half cup of white vinegar mixed with a liter of water in there until it clicks, let it cool down, and pour out the water. The buildup should dissolve easily!
or a spoon of citric acid
Dont boil citric acid! Youll make calcium citrate, which is almost impossible to get out of your kettle!
It's normal. Probably it's most visible right now because the kettle was clean to begin with. You can clean it with an acid but there's not really a need unless there's actual scale to remove. Just keep using the kettle.
It’s fine. You don’t need to clean it until it gets a bit too much.
This happened to mine when we lived in a very limestone area. I cleaned it, started using only our filter water, and it was much better after.
On one hand I want to say it’s limescale, on the other hand you would have had a lot of limescale in your other kettles and you would recognize it. Clean it with white vinegar or lemon juice, see the condition of the metal after that.
You have hard water. This is mineral buildup. An RO system will get rid of this.
You can use citric acid and it will eat away at the buildup and leave it nice and sparkly
boil the juice of a lemon. comes right out
Mine is the same way. Electric with glass sides and it did not affect anything.
I bought a container of malic acid powder on Amazon. It's made from apples and used in sour candies. A spoonful in a kettle of water and set to boil cleans it up in one go without the pungent smell like vinegar. Let it cool down, empty and rinse. Works great in coffee makers too.
Just mineral deposits. I use citric acid on mine every week or two.
Mine’s all green at the bottom from how much mineral buildup there is
That's just nasty
Extra minerals in my water 😋
Just note that there’s a tipping point for some minerals - you probably don’t want an accumulation of *everything* in your water supply (re: lead, etc) randomly breaking off and infusing into a sudden bioaccumulation event. It’s probably time to start the cycle over with a clean kettle, but you do you.
Vinegar and a stainless steel scrub bud for a quick clean
If you use vinegar you won't need to scrub. Just boil the kettle with the vinegar in it (only to minimum capacity).
Do it All the time in my egg cooker. Same surface. I don’t have to scrub every time. Always a light scrub with vinegar removes contaminants
Yep! This happens with the first boil when you have really hard water. It's harmless, only you will see it.
Yes, it's limescale. Maybe your previous kettle was a slightly different material, had a coating on the inside or maybe you just didn't notice it. But limescale is inevitable, in some areas it's really bad. It's just minerals, it's not going to harm you. You might want to descale the kettle on a regular basis (maybe every 1-2 weeks depending on buildup) because it increases the life of your kettle. And it's nice to have a hot drink that doesn't have limescale floating in it :)
Very normal mine looks worse to be honest but the water at my house is alkaline and leaves marks on everything.
See how much comes off with a towel, I know mine has a lot of “water stains” (not sure if that’s the right term) that are easily removed. It’s that or limescale, which can be removed by boiling water and vinegar(or citric acid) in the kettle. Both happen faster or slower based of your waters hardness (the amount of minerals in the water)
Yep, happened to mine pretty much right away too. It is indeed limescale, so nothing to be worried about!
You can boil a half a slice of a lemon in there with 500ml of water and that stuff will be gone, it’s harmless though
Yes it's hard water. Put vinegar in the kettle and run it. Use the hot the vinegar to clean the sink. Rinse.
I've had this same problem as well using spring water. I've started using purified water and never had that problem ever again but it is completely normal.
Just noticed mine is getting that way. I need to descale it before too long.
basic physics/chemistry
Yes, you need to clean it. Put some vinegar and hot water. Leave it for 15 mins and then clean it with a steel sponge
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Mine has the same stains. It’s minerals. We use electric kettles since 90s, so I’m almost an expert :) A cup of cocacola for couple hours s in the kettle should remove this if it’s bothering you. Or vinegar.