mc@allegra.UUCP (Mark Cravatts) (02/02/88)
I discovered a better way to clean out coffee makers and similar appliances. I experimented with my babies' bottle warmer. After using vinegar for a while, I noticed it kept taking longer to warm bottles. I figured that the vinegar wasn't good enough. I then decided to try salt. A small amount, mixed with water does a great job. But there is a difference. You must operate the warmer or coffee maker with the salt solution in it. You should have seen the warmer jump around on the counter top the first time I tried it!!!. I used too much salt and must have been drawing nearly 10 Amps!!! Start out with an 1/8 teaspoon per 8 ounces and work up/down from there. But after doing this once, and many times since, the warmer works like new. Mark Cravatts
bhargav@td2cad.intel.com (Krish S. Bhargavan) (02/05/88)
In article <8536@allegra.UUCP> mc@allegra.UUCP (Mark Cravatts) writes:
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:I discovered a better way to clean out coffee makers and similar appliances.
:I experimented with my babies' bottle warmer. After using vinegar for a while,
:I noticed it kept taking longer to warm bottles. I figured that the vinegar
:wasn't good enough. I then decided to try salt. A small amount, mixed
:with water does a great job. But there is a difference. You must operate the
:warmer or coffee maker with the salt solution in it. You should have seen
:the warmer jump around on the counter top the first time I tried it!!!. I used
:too much salt and must have been drawing nearly 10 Amps!!! Start out with an
:1/8 teaspoon per 8 ounces and work up/down from there. But after doing this
:once, and many times since, the warmer works like new.
:
:Mark Cravatts
Did I miss a funny face somewhere here. What is Mark trying to clean
here? I thought the whole idea behind this cleaning ritual is to get
*rid* of the salt deposits that build up from the "hardness" in the
water! I don't know where he got the idea of trying salt water.
His description about the machine drawing too much current makes it even
bizarre. As some one else suggested orange juice may work better.
(How do you judge if it *works* or not :-)
My suggestion is to use peanut butter mixed with olive oil :-))))
If you don't know what you are talking about, please don't confuse
the gullible people on the net. half:)
Krish..
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