descale

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If you don't descale them regularly the pipes will get blocked with lime.

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remove the scales from; "scale fish"

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verb

remove the scales from; "scale fish"

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verb

remove the scales from; "scale fish"

Example sentences

If you don't descale them regularly the pipes will get blocked with lime.

You just fill the machine with water and clean your mug and maybe descale the thing a couple of times a year.

I've had a Zojirushi boiler for about 6 years and have only descaled it twice.

Use distilled water in these machines, and you don't have to descale them, and you avoid coloring the taste of the coffee.

I will clean my keyboard in the dishwasher every time after I've descaled/cleaned the dishwasher and run a rinse cycle to clear everything else out, so maybe every other month.

I have a souped up PID'd Silvia with a super fancy burr grinder as well, which is also great, but the bang for the buck of the Gaggia is hard to beat and it is serviceable, so you can take it apart and descale or repair it for decades to come.