I'd mix the citric acid with the hot water before I poured in but other than that it should work.
Get BlueMail for Android On Dec 29, 2021, 11:25 AM, at 11:25 AM, 'Andrey Sychev' via Brewtus <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks, will something like that work? How much do I put to get the >right concentration? I plan to pour hot water through the heating >element opening, put a few (?) spoons of dry citric acid, let it stand >for 45 mins and then unscrew the nut over the sink and let it drain. >And repeat fill/drain procedure. Will that work? > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Brewtus" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/D0231FF6-F2E3-4AEF-9154-9C869936C832%40aol.com. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 28, 2021, at 6:47 PM, Kevin Maciunas ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 29/12/21 9:58 am, Herman wrote: >>> I just use plain citric acid mixed with water and let it set for >about 45 minutes. Then I drain it and rinse it several times like seven >or eight full boilers maybe even more. It seems to do a really good job >with my water quality. I did the machine I have now at 5 years when one >of the boiler elements went out. >>> >> Yup - exactly that. Acid deals with the salts deposited from the >water, plus removes the blackened copper residues nicely. Citric is >used in food, citric is actually present in coffee... But you do need >to clean it out. I tend to just put hot water in, and spoon in the >citric. Like Herman: I'm usually paranoid about washing it out. It'll >loosen flakes of black crud too - and you DON'T want that floating >about in the machine. The little jet at the top of the e61 is 0.6mm >(from memory). >> >> I think (but do NOT know for certain..) the white stuff in the >element is just Magnesium Dioxide. You probably want to remove all >that too and flushing plus the citric rinse will achieve it. >> >> Like I said: I don't know any neat and tidy approach to this problem. >Water everywhere... I don't have any saucepan shaped dents in my head >so the mess was clearly confined to the kitchen sink area :) >> >> Cheers >> >> /Kevin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Brewtus" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/e3b6fb54-d130-26a8-8322-a75747b0a228%40gmail.com. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Brewtus" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/D0231FF6-F2E3-4AEF-9154-9C869936C832%40aol.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/cdc9d90a-8d2d-4e96-89a3-af1696406d10%40gmail.com.
