The kettle doesn't have whitish looking residue though. It's spotty specks of grey that leaves chalky white powder on my finger when I wipe them, is that still limestone?
Kitchens can be very greasy places. Do you ever cook food in a pan near your kettle? It could also be from whatever container you poured the hot water in.
What container is the water in? If it is a mixing cup or glass cup, there will likely be residual fats that linger after washing. There are also various grease,s fats, and other lipids in you water pipes, faucets, and the kitchen air since particles linger around. Everything in a kitchen will start to develop a small film of grease if it isn't cleaned constantly. It's not harmful and you have been consuming it for literally your entire life
Looks like a glass jar to contain water. Previous tenants could have used them to store literally anything so yeah, residual fats doesn't sound that surprising now that I think about it.
Maybe I should be paying more attention to the stuff around me instead of only while I'm overseas 🙃
Something else I've noticed about my own kettle that might be contributing. I store my kettle very near or sometimes just on my stovetop. If you fry anything nearby, even with a wipe down/cleaning you can still get small amounts of fat splatter on enough of the kettle that some of it may be making it's way into the spout or underside of the lid that then gets mixed in by the steam inside when you boil water next.
Wow I just learned of Hard Water vs Soft Water. I googled and yeah its a moderately hard Water area. So I assume this is normal (or at least nothing to be alarmed about)?
Yup, completely normal. I have hard water and my kettles get calcium buildup after a handful of uses. Soak with white vinegar to remove the buildup. Or if you're like me and forget until last second, boil 50/50 vinegar/water and deal with the vinegar smell, lol.
Ahh thank you! Kinda freaked out seeing so much weird stuff on the water's surface. Out of curiosity would regular consumption of such water have any adverse effects?
I'm guessing your UK, but in America it's a lot worse and most people need salt exchangers.
Just think of it as "mineral water".
But I think other people talking about residual fat are probably right. If you have hard water, you'll notice a white chalky substance on faucets and stuff, or if you leave a glass of water out to evaporate, it'll leave behind the minerals.
Scaleaway Household Descaler for £1.35 will (dis)solve the problem in less than one hour. I'm never going back to using vinegar, this stuff works much better. ;)
This looks like a specific kind of... fungus?...aging?. I can't find an English word for it, but it looks like the black spots you get in clothes when you leave them in a wet pile for too long. In Dutch, is called "spocht".
a lot of the reviews for the kettle I bought on amazon had reviews that complained about this stuff, but we buy filtered water in those refillable 5 gallon jugs and havent had an issue, we have hard water out the tap so i try to avoid using that for cooking, but also I wouldnt trust a used kettle, Id imagine its like the hotel coffee makers where people probably poop in it
Oh God, I never saw the rest of the no poop challenge. From "Help me not poop for three days," to "Help I ate gummy worms and have to not poop for three days," to "I didn't poop for three days and now I can't poop help."
52 Comments
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de · 64 pts · 2y
that's limescale
blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social · 31 pts · 2y
Limescale from the tap, or a dirty dish with limescale.
Either way it's harmless.
This is why water softeners, aka soft water is a thing in many US homes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0bMbAC2ek6o
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
The kettle doesn't have whitish looking residue though. It's spotty specks of grey that leaves chalky white powder on my finger when I wipe them, is that still limestone?
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com · 16 pts · 2y
Yup. It takes a minute for the scale to build up on the metal.
Jajcus@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
Maybe the kettle has some kind of non-sticking internal surface?
Yes, that sounds like limescale.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 2y
And I thought my water was hard. Ha he ho ha ha he he ho
Blyfh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
hard water goes hard
nodsocket@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Could you explain how fats would end up in kettles? Since tap water should be the only thing going in
NPC@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
PapaStevesy@midwest.social · 5 pts · 2y
Kitchens can be very greasy places. Do you ever cook food in a pan near your kettle? It could also be from whatever container you poured the hot water in.
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
It's a rented apartment, so very likely the previous tenants have cooked near the kettle
Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y
What container is the water in? If it is a mixing cup or glass cup, there will likely be residual fats that linger after washing. There are also various grease,s fats, and other lipids in you water pipes, faucets, and the kitchen air since particles linger around. Everything in a kitchen will start to develop a small film of grease if it isn't cleaned constantly. It's not harmful and you have been consuming it for literally your entire life
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Looks like a glass jar to contain water. Previous tenants could have used them to store literally anything so yeah, residual fats doesn't sound that surprising now that I think about it.
Maybe I should be paying more attention to the stuff around me instead of only while I'm overseas 🙃
Lemjukes@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Something else I've noticed about my own kettle that might be contributing. I store my kettle very near or sometimes just on my stovetop. If you fry anything nearby, even with a wipe down/cleaning you can still get small amounts of fat splatter on enough of the kettle that some of it may be making it's way into the spout or underside of the lid that then gets mixed in by the steam inside when you boil water next.
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah I forgot about oil particles (?) being ever present in kitchens
Alchemy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Should be, but did someone boil milk at some point?
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I wouldn't rule that out, no idea how many tenants came before us. They could have boiled orange juice in them for all I know
Alchemy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Comments you can taste.
LoafyLemon@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
In a kettle?!
Alchemy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Bet you can guess what went into our kettle when I lived with a prior partner.
LoafyLemon@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I hope you're doing better now. LOL
zzpza@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Is it a dusty room?
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
The whole apartment looks pretty clean, but the base of the kettle looked a little funky. Only realised it after drinking a cup of water
zzpza@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Do you know if it's a hard water area? It may just be calcium.
When you say "funky", was it a little furry and white? If so, that's probably calcium deposits (aka "limescale").
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Wow I just learned of Hard Water vs Soft Water. I googled and yeah its a moderately hard Water area. So I assume this is normal (or at least nothing to be alarmed about)?
cabbagee@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 2y
Yup, completely normal. I have hard water and my kettles get calcium buildup after a handful of uses. Soak with white vinegar to remove the buildup. Or if you're like me and forget until last second, boil 50/50 vinegar/water and deal with the vinegar smell, lol.
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Ahh thank you! Kinda freaked out seeing so much weird stuff on the water's surface. Out of curiosity would regular consumption of such water have any adverse effects?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Hard water is fine.
I'm guessing your UK, but in America it's a lot worse and most people need salt exchangers.
Just think of it as "mineral water".
But I think other people talking about residual fat are probably right. If you have hard water, you'll notice a white chalky substance on faucets and stuff, or if you leave a glass of water out to evaporate, it'll leave behind the minerals.
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I'm from Singapore, and fortunately the tap water is clean enough that I basically drink straight from the tap.
Damn that's an experiment I'll be trying for my stay here! Pretty cool to learn about these stuff
LoafyLemon@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Scaleaway Household Descaler for £1.35 will (dis)solve the problem in less than one hour. I'm never going back to using vinegar, this stuff works much better. ;)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07125BLQ6
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yo it came back. It looks like this
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
This looks like a specific kind of... fungus?...aging?. I can't find an English word for it, but it looks like the black spots you get in clothes when you leave them in a wet pile for too long. In Dutch, is called "spocht".
harmonea@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
We call that mold or mildew.
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I wiped them off with my finger the first time, it looks like chalky white powder.
The next batch of water we boiled looked fine. The batch afterward had this residue again
variants@possumpat.io · 1 pts · 2y
a lot of the reviews for the kettle I bought on amazon had reviews that complained about this stuff, but we buy filtered water in those refillable 5 gallon jugs and havent had an issue, we have hard water out the tap so i try to avoid using that for cooking, but also I wouldnt trust a used kettle, Id imagine its like the hotel coffee makers where people probably poop in it
cloudless@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 2y
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
mfw I saw the surface of the water right after drinking a full cup from it
SandboxScience@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Lol. Minerals?
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
This is way better than the poop guy
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I don't wanna know what that is but part of me is aching to know
tallwookie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
give it a few days & that ache will mature into a stabbing sensation
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
There's few poop guys you should know of
poop-throwing shower guy Classic ragecomic from 9gag
poop knife a reddit legend
3 days without pooping Lemmy original
Ganbat@lemmyonline.com · 2 pts · 2y
Oh God, I never saw the rest of the no poop challenge. From "Help me not poop for three days," to "Help I ate gummy worms and have to not poop for three days," to "I didn't poop for three days and now I can't poop help."
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yup, was 3 day guy Dude went on to post normal stuff and act like nothing happened and then poof, gone As bad as the safe
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That looks suspiciously like Havva...
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Hava nice day??
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Thanks, you too!
tallwookie@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
shmegma
acquiescent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I thought putting milk in a kettle was weird enough. Putting unwashed dicks too??
Coreidan@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y
Those are porn bots