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One of the biggest problems I've had with my cat fountains has been mineral buildup. I switched from a plastic fountain to a stainless one so I could scrape the fountain if necessary.
So I scraped first time I took it apart. Headache.
Second time I tried a paste of baking soda and vinegar. Huge mess.
This time I was faced with more mineral buildup. On my counter I saw my bottle of Keurig descaler... and the bottle said "for removing hard water scale in your coffee maker". So I figured if it's safe for the plastic inside the Keurig it should be ok on my stainless fountain.
It worked like a dream! I poured a little on a wash cloth. All the mineral build-up came off with a wipe except for a couple of spots. Those I left a saturated cloth on.
Everything came right off.
So the fountain is now being fully sanitized in the dishwasher while Delilah naps.
So I scraped first time I took it apart. Headache.
Second time I tried a paste of baking soda and vinegar. Huge mess.
This time I was faced with more mineral buildup. On my counter I saw my bottle of Keurig descaler... and the bottle said "for removing hard water scale in your coffee maker". So I figured if it's safe for the plastic inside the Keurig it should be ok on my stainless fountain.
It worked like a dream! I poured a little on a wash cloth. All the mineral build-up came off with a wipe except for a couple of spots. Those I left a saturated cloth on.
Everything came right off.
So the fountain is now being fully sanitized in the dishwasher while Delilah naps.