"Jim" <eternal_dna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40341ECB.5070204@hotmail.com...
> To continue this semi-on-topic thread,
> I've found that using bleach (for bleaching clothes)
> works great for cleaning out the crap the builds up
> inside stainless steel thermoses.
>
> Just pour in some bleach, add even more water, let
> stand for a few hours, and then wash out your shiny
> clean thermos bottle.


What's this "crap"? Other stuff than limestone?
It might be good to get the soft brown/black gunk out of washing machines
which builds up behind the drum. You only notice it when patches of this
gunk will adhere to your clothes. The expensive stuff in drug stores works
only partially.
The problem is just how the rubber gaskets react to these agents. "Kitchen
Haita" might do the same trick.


Sigi