Comment on what are these floating on the surface

• acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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)?

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  • cabbagee@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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?

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      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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.

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      • LoafyLemon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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

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• acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yo it came back. It looks like this Image

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  • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • harmonea@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      the black spots you get in clothes when you leave them in a wet pile for too long

      We call that mold or mildew.

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    • acquiescent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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

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      • variants@possumpat.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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

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