2006-09-25 15:20:57 · 5 answers · asked by paranoid 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Good name, "Paranoid"!
I haven't seen BLACK residue, just white mineral residue which can be cleaned out with a healthy slug of white vinegar.
Black residue sounds like a fungus or mildew to me. Do you use the kettle at least once a day? Have you stored it while it still had water in it?
Try boiling up about a 1/4 cup of WHITE vinegar in a few cups of water in the kettle and see if that helps. Vinegar tastes nasty but isn't toxic to ingest like 409 or other household cleaners could be.
If it doesn't, toss it out and get a new one. It's the "black" part that worries me...
Don't forget to rinse REALLY well with fresh water or you'll have a nasty "taste treat" if you make tea or coffee with a kettle that may still have white vinegar in it. Been there, done that...
Hope this helps!
2006-09-25 15:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Electric Kettle
2016-12-12 03:56:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have actually only delimed my kettle! if you're contained in the united kingdom you should purchase sachets of fluid from the food market that you pour right into a nil.5-finished, boiled kettle and go away to foam for a lengthy time period. then you definitely empty the kettle, boil/rinse various circumstances and the precedence will be a great deal decreased. i will't shop in ideas what the emblem is yet they promote small (hand-sized) bins of a few sachets, contained in the cleansing products aisle :) if you're else the position, i'm particular they have an identical products yet in case you stay in a problematic water section evaluate a water air purifier to pour your chilly water into the kettle to reduce the aptitude for limescale contained in the destiny :)
2016-11-24 19:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by amass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it rates up there with the eboli virus but you definately wouldn't want to eat it. A little 409 should whip it.
2006-09-25 15:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by james_spader_jr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably just some dried mineral salts or rust, or whatever you have in your local water. I wouldn't eat the stuff, myself. In its concentrated form, it might make you sick, and since the particles are (relatively) insoluble in water, you could be asking for peritonitis by swallowing it, so DON'T ! ! !
2006-09-25 15:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋