Nu-Calgon428734 Ice Machine Cleaner 16 oz

My Kitchenaid Ice Machine had been doing some crazy things lately as well as making some horrible noise. After troubleshooting on the internet, there were a few suggestions that it possibly needed a good cleaning. I ordered the Nu-Calgon cleaner on a Thursday and selected 1 day shipping as I knew I would have time on the weekend to do this. When the product didn't show up on the Friday, I tracked my order and low and behold found that it had been held in Memphis and was un-shippable because it had been damaged. I called Amazon.com customer service on Sunday and my pleasant customer rep arranged for a new shipment which I promptly received on Tuesday morning!Reading the instructions on the bottle were a little confusing and I started to get concerned that this product was not made for Kitchenaid products. So I checked the owners manual on my particular machine and instead of using 3oz's per gallon of water, it was stated to use the entire 16oz bottle.([...] - see cleaning section) Product worked like a charm...no residue or odor and the ice is now again crystal clear. The machine is as quiet as it's ever been and the ice production is amazing. I did get some of the product on my hand when I was pouring it in but rinsed it off promptly and did not find it to be irritating or corrosive.I need to order another bottle to have on hand for the next time the machine act's up! I was extremely pleased with it's performance and would highly recommend it as well as Amazon.com service!

I bought this to try and revive our broken under-the-counter ice maker which had been sorely neglected for several years.I followed all the instructions from the manufacturer, rather than what was on the bottle and left it in it's cleaning cycle. This cleaner brought everything it came into contact with back to the expected coloration and removed all the built-up scale, as well.Unfortunately it turned out that the icemaker re-circulation pump had failed and was beyond recovery by just a simple cleaning, so I have to replace that to get the machine up and operational again.This product worked well and I purchased another two bottles for future maintenance to stop the machine getting into such a bad state in the future.I strongly recommend that you keep your expensive ice machine clean by running this cleaner through your system at least once a year, if not more. Don't let it get too bad or something expensive might just fail on you.

Previously I have had ice makers that required frequent cleaning. Now I have one that I need to clean every 6 months. That being said, the only cleaner I have ever used is this Nu-Calgon Nickel Safe Cleaner. It works on all the residential type ice makers and cleans the calcium deposits. If you have a condensate pump, let the cleaner sit in the pump (unplug the power to the pump) each time you clean. II will clean the float in the pump and prolong its life. Let is sit about 30 minutes and then plug it in and flush it out.

Based on others reviews, I give it 4 stars. I never got to use it. I bought it to use in our stand alone ice maker for the house we just bought. (I was so excited.) The previous owners said it "just needed a new filter". I thought it looked a bit gross and ordered this. We were installing a new dishwasher and the repair guys had to come out for a recall on the power cord. The tech asked when we had moved in b/c he didn't recognize me, and he had been here many times. . . . . come to find out, ALL the appliances are crap (I had already replaced the refrigerator, was in the process of the dishwasher, and have a new cooktop ready to install.) He said he had worked on that ice maker several times and it never got it working right, and it "hasn't worked in years." Wow. just wow. So nice bottle of cleaner ... what shall I do with ye? The icemaker is going to the used appliance grinder. At least the new refrigerator has 2 ice makers. I love ice. This was a top feature in the house for me!! sigh. Sounds like the stuff is great - follow the directions and you should be back in the ice making business again.

This works great on cleaning out my ice machine. Be careful with it. It’s corrosive and you must rinse very well after using it. Then throw away the first couple batches of ice after you clean to be sure it is not ingested.

A "must have" for cleaning ice machine

I have an under counter ice maker that quit making ice just before Christmas when party season was starting and we needed boatloads of ice. I called the repair guy I use and he fixed one problem just by cleaning the switch. He said I needed to get some ice machine cleaner. He said he'd gone to Lowes before coming to my house and they didn't have any so he showed me what to do. I found this on Amazon and when it came in, I used it and once again I'm up to my ears in wonderful ice cubes. Great product.

I utilized the Nu-Calgon (Nickel Safe) Ice Machine Cleaner for routine scale removal on my Scotsman Nugget Ice Machine, and it performed the task adequately. The user manual for the Scotsman machine specifically recommends utilizing the Scotsman "Clear-One" solution for cleaning every six months, but I was unable to find this product at any local retailers or on Amazon (at the time I ordered this product). The Nu-Calgon version worked just fine, and as far as I have been able to tell, most of these cleaners (specifically labeled for ice machine use) utilize pretty much the same de-scaling agent. The Nu-Calgon cleaner is a little cheaper than the Scotsman version, so I will probably stick with using it for routine semi-annual cleaning since I have already seen that it works just fine.