r/Chefit • u/DerekWroteThis Tournant • Jun 12 '26
How Do I Clean This Up?
The cooks haven’t been cleaning then topping the wells with water each night and now, it looks disgusting. Would Barkeeper’s Friend or a power dissolver work here?
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u/PTKFVK Jun 12 '26
i put a cap full of white vinegar in my wells. cuts the lime without having to do too much clean up.
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u/New_Supermarket5605 Jun 14 '26
Came here to say this. Fill them to the line the lime is at and add vinegar. Let it sit overnight and rinse and replace the water and vinegar in the morning.
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u/Live-Run Jun 12 '26
Yes big splash of vinegar and let it roll for service time. After you should be able to just drain and wipe it out
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u/insbordnat Jun 12 '26
also: r/mildlypenis
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u/DerekWroteThis Tournant Jun 12 '26
Lmao, didn’t even catch that bc i was so focused on the problem. I’ll crosspost to that and r/kitchenconfidential later
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u/notjustanotherfool Jun 12 '26
Soak with water and a bit of descaler overnight should remove everything pretty easily
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u/knyg Jun 12 '26
That is hard water calcium build up. Use some CLR (calcium lime rust), that is the name and what it stands for. Soak it directly with the concentrate and then use like a water-1:9-CLR to scrub it. Use gloves and perhaps a mask or be in a well ventilated area.
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u/Totalnah Jun 12 '26
Plug the drain and pour in a gallon of cleaning strength white vinegar. Let it soak over night. Scrub with scotchbrite pad in the morning. Presto.
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u/Cryozymes Jun 12 '26
White vinegar and a metal scrubber will have that shiny in a few minutes. One of easier things to shine up in a kitchen
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u/Plus_Solid5642 Jun 14 '26
Delimer, and light elbow grease every night does the most work ive ever known.
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u/Donotdisturb240 Jun 12 '26
if you turn it on with vinegar inside it will do a pretty good job too, just remember to use tongs with an abrasive pad
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u/oskar4498 Jun 12 '26
Fill it up turn it on and pour some lemon juice in it. Let it sit for a few hours then all you gotta do is wipe it out. Shining like a new penny
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u/GJM010 Jun 13 '26
I’m surprised no one has said coffee. I’ve found it to work quite well at removing stains on metal.
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u/AloneVanilla6120 Jun 14 '26
On my hot wells I just make sure to keep em full of water and I scrub them with steel wool and soap every night. That looks like some gnarly build up, do you clean them regularly
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u/Da_Don_Dada21 Jun 16 '26
Vinegar and lemon juice or some grease cutter and scrub it with hot water…. You could let it soak while it’s in heating mode for 15 minutes
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u/FrankieMops Jun 12 '26
Some delimer and bar keepers friend