Cleaning out SS Flask

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Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

If you or a friend has a dishwasher then a teaspoon of dishwasher powder
in warm water for a few hours does a brilliant job.

If not a teaspoon bicarbonate of soda also works but not as well fro
removing caked on stuff. For the caked on stuff first put a little
boiling water in and then a teaspoon of tea leaves (rip open a tea bag
if that's all you have) put the stopper in then shake vigorously until
the leaves have scrubbed the gunge off. Beware that when you open the
flask you may get a jet of hot steam / water coming out so do it
carefully with this in mind. After the tea treatment do the bicarb bit
then all should be well with your shiny new flask.

--

Dominic Sexton

Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

Bicarb as already suggested, or (better in my view) steralising solution
courtesy of your local home brew shop.

If you have false teeth - Steradent.

Roy.

I bought a second hand flask years ago when i was a student cos i couldn't
afford a new one. It smelt horrible and had a crust of god knows what on the
inside. It was a one litre flask. I half filled it with water and put in a
handful of sand and shook it about for about ten mins, then followed with
some milton fluid and several rinses. Worked beautifully and I still have it
now. It is battered and dented and looks all of its al least 17 years but it
works fine.

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Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

Dominic Sexton said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Gordon
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

If you or a friend has a dishwasher then a teaspoon of dishwasher powder
in warm water for a few hours does a brilliant job.

And/or put it through the dishwasher. Seems to work well with ours.

Pete.
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Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

The old fashioned method, for the old thermos flasks was a Steradent
tablet, works very well

Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

Any household bleach, you are talking about stainless steel here,
whatever you put in will wash away with clean water without tainting
it. I use a flask every day for work and use Domestos to clean out the
coffe stains.

Artleknock said:

Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

Any household bleach, you are talking about stainless steel here,
whatever you put in will wash away with clean water without tainting
it. I use a flask every day for work and use Domestos to clean out the
coffe stains.

Domestos loo descaler - contains hydrochloric acid, so v. good for
stainless steel.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:55:34 GMT, Artleknock <[email hidden]>

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Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

Any household bleach, you are talking about stainless steel here,
whatever you put in will wash away with clean water without tainting
it. I use a flask every day for work and use Domestos to clean out the
coffe stains.

And the best for cleaning out a glass flask is dry rice and a drop of
warm water, shake well.

Been using flasks for decades, can't stand tea or coffee from
machines.

Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

vinegar + water over night or longer will dissolve the limescale..

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Gordon said:

Best methods for cleaning out an old, dirty SS flask?

Ta!

vinegar + water over night or longer will dissolve the limescale..

Bleach overnight will remove tea stains but do rinse many times to avoid
nasty taste.

--
Bob Mannix
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Bob Mannix said:

Bleach overnight will remove tea stains but do rinse many times to avoid
nasty taste.

Reminds me of a surreal equipment choice discussion on top of a hill a
few years ago between a couple of pals...

"Do you think it's perhaps not the best idea to use an old bleach bottle
for your drinking water?"
"Oh, it's quite all right, I've been using it for some time now and it
hardly tastes of bleach at all any more"

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/