God dam elements!!

[gibbiem]

Reet ... What's the best way to get from this

To this

Without removing it?

[aamcle]

Give it a quick boil with some citric acid. Works for me!

Atb. Aamcle

[BenB]

White wine vinegar is supposed to work well as well- hope so, doing mine this weekend and they are in a much worse state than your ones in the top picture...

[Cully]

+1 on the white vinegar. We get similar residue in the slow cooker after its been cleaned ( The water round here ) and white vinegar fettles it, no bother.

[themadhippy]

id stick with citric acid as vinegars about the last thing you want anywhere near your brew,however it does make a dam fine descaler and was the weapon of choice for defuring kettles irons ect when i briefly worked in a domestic appliance repair place,only downside is the smell,you suddenly get the urge to visit the chippy

[Fil]

post use grab a kitchen scrubbie a stainless steel one is best, and a few minutes scrubbing will remove the crud built up after a brew, btw that dont look too bad ,,,,

if caught soon it seems a lot softer and unset? if left however an acid soak will shift it citric acid etc is best, lemon juice also works, you can use tissue paper to keep the element wet without pulling or mixing up 10l of solution ..

[BarnsleyBrewer]

I've used OxiClean before with the boiler tilted back to cover the element.

[vacant]

post use grab a kitchen scrubbie a stainless steel one is best, and a few minutes scrubbing will remove the crud built up after a brew, btw that dont look too bad ,,,,

if caught soon it seems a lot softer and unset? if left however an acid soak will shift it citric acid etc is best, lemon juice also works, you can use tissue paper to keep the element wet without pulling or mixing up 10l of solution ..

Agreed, they come clean with a toothbrush straight after the boil.

Otherwise citric acid. Each of my elements is only attached by three screws so taking them off every six months and dunking them in a jug to clean them to perfection isn't too much effort.

[gibbiem]

post use grab a kitchen scrubbie a stainless steel one is best, and a few minutes scrubbing will remove the crud built up after a brew, btw that dont look too bad ,,,,

if caught soon it seems a lot softer and unset? if left however an acid soak will shift it citric acid etc is best, lemon juice also works, you can use tissue paper to keep the element wet without pulling or mixing up 10l of solution ..

That sounds spot on about the kitchen roll soaked like! Will give that a blast tonight

[Fil]

wrap with cling film or pop a placky bag round it to stop it drying out and keep it damp with top ups, can take longer as less solution s in contact...

[gibbiem]

Lemon juice seems to have worked! Soaked some kitchen roll with lemon juice and wrapped around the element over night and just scrubbed with a metal scrubber this morning. All shiny again!!