Boiler - burner - hex cleaning.

[Old Account]

hi lads, I was wondering how you guys clean the burner of Vaillant or viessman boilers?
Do you guys use any products to get that cleaned out? I only use water, occasionally cola due to its phosphate... all the other products I know off they aren’t good for cleaning as they are very aggressive and could harm in long term the boiler.

I have see people who has befor ad after pictures and they cleaned the burner back to its original stainless steel without any leftovers. I have asked a couple of other people and they said water, coke, and elbow grease.

What is elbow grease and what should I get?

Kind regards,

Ron

 

[townfanjon]

Combination of fairy liquid ( true ) white vinegar and water , you could do with buying the Viessmann cleaning knife , it gets in between the hex bends and then its just elbow grease , if they are done every year , they clean dead easy .

 

[rpm]

You can buy Elbow grease in Poundland or those type of shops.

 

[townfanjon]

You can buy Elbow grease in Poundland or those type of shops.

Are you sure , these young lads dont seem to have any these days , present op accepted of course. lol

 

[rpm]

Are you sure , these young lads dont seem to have any these days , present op accepted of course. lol

I always keep a bottle in the van Jon for the rare times I spill something in customers house.

 

[Welder]

You can buy Elbow grease in Poundland or those type of shops.

AFAIK the most popular brand was Scandanavien 'Scru barder'. Haven't seen it for years tho. No doubt Google would help.

 

[rpm]

For the record I am not saying it will work on stainless steel, it might or might not, that is for others to try.

 

[Old Account]

Combination of fairy liquid ( true ) white vinegar and water , you could do with buying the Viessmann cleaning knife , it gets in between the hex bends and then its just elbow grease , if they are done every year , they clean dead easy .

Thank you for your answer ... does elbow grease really help?

 

[Old Account]

Thank you all for the help. I’ll try next time with elbow grease to see what’s the outcome.

However, how long do you guys spend on dong a proper service ? Somehow it takes me at least a good 1.5h to do a good scrup and changing the sparks, seals, checking the exp. vessel, etc. Seems like I never come across a good boiler which has been serviced accordingly.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

half a day i allow for a full service