After boiling 8 batches of eggs, how can I clean the build up of calcium off the bottom of the pot?
1 Answer
- Put some water in the pot
- Add vinegar or citric acid (whatever you can get your hands on more easily). (Sorry, I have no measurements, I always eyeball it. I guess up to 5% for vinegar is fine, or one or two teaspoons of citric acid depending on the pot-size...)
- Heat to a rolling boil... (do NOT put your head over the pot to see it it works, especially when using vinegar)
- After it has boiled for a minute, turn off the heat and let things cool down.
- Rinse the pot
- Enjoy the (hopefully) shiny pot :)
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2I'd add that if this does not work, you can let a mix of 30/70 vinegar/water sit in the pot for 30 minutes to an hour before scrubbing with warm water and soap.– jsanc623Mar 25, 2015 at 16:45