Question for Petmate or Drinkwell users

How do you clean the darn thing? We have hard water around these parts, and my Drinkwell fountain gets all kinds of crudded up. I use filtered water in it, but it still gets hard water deposits.

Do you think it's safe to use a product like Lime Away, since it is plastic? It works perfectly well. I'd hate to have to buy a new fountain just because it's dirty.

Soak it in vinegar. That's what we use, to clean the hard water deposits out of the coffee maker. A cup of vinegar, in a quart of water should do the job. Let it soak for about an hour and wash well.

Pure genius! I love that idea! Thanks a million!

There aren't too many things, that cannot be cleaned with either vinegar, bleach or baking soda.

And although I keep a huge jug of vinegar in my pantry for just that, I never think of it. I think I am "cleaning challenged".

Thanks again, Cindy.

When I was growing up, my mom used vinegar to clean everything! She mopped the floor with it, cleaned the kitchen counters with it...everything! It worked great and for some reason I loved the tart smell! I always use it to clean my drip coffee maker...it works great!

Maybe after cleaning it using bottled water would help.