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Make sure enough deposit has accumulated. Make sure it is very dry. Then use a small brass brush to brush-off the gum. And it will become like new, well almost.

Yeah, I let it fully dry too, but I have been using a toothbrush.

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

Chip wrote:I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

I use bottle brushes too. I keep stealing my daughter's and have to buy new ones.

IPT wrote:

Chip wrote:I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

I use bottle brushes too. I keep stealing my daughter's and have to buy new ones.

Ya gotta clean your spouts ... you never know what you may find in there. I once found a family of TeaChat trolls I had banned trying to sabotage my kyusu-s.

Chip wrote:Ya gotta clean your spouts ... you never know what you may find in there.

Good advice in all areas of life!

I rub the wet leaves thru the grate with my fingers while running water over it, that usually works, of course if it doesn't I let it dry (but we don't always have enough time between teas!!!)

Chip wrote:Yeah, I let it fully dry too, but I have been using a toothbrush.

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

Pipe cleaners are good for cleaning the spout. Look for the ones with stiffer bristles.

Chip wrote:Yeah, I let it fully dry too, but I have been using a toothbrush.

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

Darn that gunkage!

IPT wrote:Darn that gunkage!

Ditto! on that darn gunkage.
The more I try to ignore it the more it tries to take over.

On how to clean a Metal Strainer, I let it dry, then whack it on the side of the sink.

And now how to make it sparkling clean

The attached pictures shows the top of the strainer not cleaned and the bottom sparkling.

I guess you want to know how

Here I spill the secret: boil it briefly in vinegar.
Then clean with a toothbrash and laundry soap. The vinegar can be reused for another clean boiling. Use the cheap kind not that Italian balsamic one.

chittychat wrote:And now how to make it sparkling clean
Here I spill the secret: boil it briefly in vinegar.

Wow, I'd forgotten how mine use to look like.
Thanks for the boiling vinegar trick. I'll try it tomorrow when I can open all the windows and doors.

I took out the metal band from my kyusu, let it try, rubbed it a little, then soaked it in water (and kind of "plunged" it up and down), removed quite a bit of the little particles. I didn't have a brush handy (that was clean) so I took a straight pin and just popped out the somewhat larger pieces with the point