Descaling tablets

[atlas2 4,329]

I have a Bosch water heater I bought in Num Chai.

It looks bit like a coffee machine but all it does is heat a mug full of water at a time.

 

It needs a descale. Bosch say you can't use vinegar and they push you to their own tablets.......which is fine but they have to be ordered...and work out at about 680 baht.

 

I wonder what all you coffee aficionados use to descale your machines....I'm sure it's basically the same thing.

I read that Bon Coffee sell stuff wondering if there's somewhere more local than Nakula.......I'm in Jomtien.

 

I'm told Sterodent will do the job.......I was thinking of asking Jacko.

Anyway someone out there has the solution.......literally.

 

 

Edited August 21, 2017 by atlas2

[jacko 8,822]

I'm told Sterodent will do the job.......I was thinking of asking Jacko.

 

No, Preparation H, check with Bullfrog.

[Bullfrog 2,224]

No, Preparation H, check with Bullfrog.

 

Firstly I have to congratulate him on buying something from Num Chai that actually worked. Secondly Preperation H tastes bloody disgusting.

 

May I suggest eating a kg of asparagus, pissing into it and leave overnight.......Leave the house overnight I mean...

[Odense 498]

I don't see why vinegar or even better acetic acid would not do the trick. Neither are probably more aggressive than the Bosch tablets.

 

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[atlas2 4,329]

Bullfrog......Possessing the gene to produce it or the nose that can detect it.....(the science is unclear)....I love the smell of my piss after asparagus.........Not sure I would like the taste though.

Still........ some people can sup San Miguel Lite without gagging!.........

 

Baking soda.....citric acid.....and as Odense says, 'vinegar' should all work.

 

.....But I do love this machine and it wasn't cheap. I'll probably go this cycle with Bosch.

 

My last hope are the tricks the 'coffee machine people' have developed......but nothing forthcoming as yet

Edited August 21, 2017 by atlas2

[MM 6,562]

Bullfrog......Possessing the gene to produce it or the nose that can detect it.....(the science is unclear)....I love the smell of my piss after asparagus.........Not sure I would like the taste though.

Still........ some people can sup San Miguel Lite without gagging!.........

 

Baking soda.....citric acid.....and as Odense says, 'vinegar' should all work.

 

.....But I do love this machine and it wasn't cheap. I'll probably go this cycle with Bosch.

 

My last hope are the tricks the 'coffee machine people' have developed......but nothing forthcoming as yet

I buy packets of descaling powder from Bon Cafe, but as you are averse to a trip to Naklua, that's not useful to you.

 

I don't recall their cost either, but since I use a packet every 6 mos or so, it's not a big budget item.

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

I have hard water where I live. Minerals build up. I use a product called CLR. It is safe to use in coffee makers (plus a thorough rinse),

 

It may not be available there but it is a great product. I use it for buildup in showerheads, around faucets, just about any surface that minerals accumulate from household water sources.

 

http://www.jelmar.com/CLRbasic.htm

[jacko 8,822]

The big Homepro on Sukhumvit has a good selection of household products, but a trip to Bon Cafe sounds like the best idea, All the water for consumption I use is delivered in those big clear bottles and I don't see scaling problems.

[atlas2 4,329]

I buy packets of descaling powder from Bon Cafe, but as you are averse to a trip to Naklua, that's not useful to you.

 

I don't recall their cost either, but since I use a packet every 6 mos or so, it's not a big budget item.

 

Thanks I'll take a trip to the "Salt farm'.....That will be easier than Bosch........

 

 

Boring footnote worth skipping:

 

The part number ascribed to their tablets currently on the web and my maintenance booklet has changed, so they couldn't find the part-number I requested.......Thoughtfully they sent me a photograph and description of exactly what I asked for but with a different part-number. They said 'I'd gotten it wrong and please to check'......I read through the details they had just sent me and it confirms in them that this was originally the part number I requested...and it's changed.......'A rose just as sweet' then? Well you'd have thoughts so!.......I tell them it's fine just a change in part-number.........Another email arrives patiently asking me to check because they 'worry I make wrong' I guess I'm a falang so any mistake or confusion must be of my making and they don't want to share in it. "Can I send what water product I'm needing this for?' I've already done this in my earliest email. But I know they are trying to be helpful..... I reassure them..... send the name again and I add for good measure a photograph embedded and correctly orientated of my, by now famous and still beloved Bosch Water Heater..........

 

...............Their last reply was Please could I send a photograph!!!!!!

 

It's a case of the left hand and in Bosch's case (remember WWII), the far right hand not connecting. A falang customer and a falang company and some poor Thais caught up helpfully but helplessly in the middle.

 

Didn't you MM have all sorts of misunderstandings over the repair of your coffee maker?

 

The water heater is great. The customer service is trying to be really helpful....they just can't accept they are right....and so am I. How do two rights make wrong?

 

Anyhow.....It's easier to just let it go...........So off to the Salt farm, (Nakula) and Bon Cafe as you suggest MM.

 

Thanks to all.....Now I need a nice cuppa....."DOH"

Edited August 21, 2017 by atlas2

[MM 6,562]

Yes, I had a strange set of problems with my coffee machine. It worked when it was in the shop and didn't on arrival at home. Problems eventually resolved thru black magic.

BTW, here's the descaling package.

 

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