REALLY Stubborn limescale!

ChocClare

If you can get it, the absolute best thing for limescale is Kilrock (see here). Our local discount store sells it, so it's not very expensive.

Our motto now is that we don't faff about with ANYTHING else. This stuff, you pour it on/in and leave it for a bit, then you rinse it off. No scrubbing, no nothing. Brilliant stuff. Cilit Bang leaves me feeling like I've inhaled lots of toxic fumes, so I don't really like it - this stuff smells like descaler, but it doesn't hang in the air for ages.

Peartree

My area is only medium lime scale but for some reason it really build up in the loo and I've tried everything. I've just bought a 'magnaloo' from TK Maxx (much cheaper than their online price) and am hoping for the best. I agree that you need the 'heavy guns' on limescale but unfortunately haven't found anything that measures up. Aldi do Kilrok on offer from time to time but I haven't been that impressed.

In your situation I'd have thought a good steam cleaner would be worth a try?

MrsE_2

susyrosy wrote: »

Does anyone else have this problem, where Kim and Aggie's 'green' tips don't actually work nearly as well as horribly strong chemicals?

I really like cleaning products, they are made to do the job - well.

maryb

It's horses for courses. I use Ecover cleaning solution well diluted in a spray bottle with a microfibre cloth to clean the granite worktops in the kitchen because anything stronger leaves a deposit. Also home made glass cleaner in a spray bottle works fine and wax polish in a tin is far superior to Pledge

But CB is brilliant for cleaning the bathroom and vinegar spray just doesn't cut it. Nor does bicarbonate of soda clean the tea stains from the sink as well as CB

WASHER

I live in a very hard water area, I have tried vingear, Bicarbonate, lemon juice etc, nothing will shift the limescale as well as Cillit Bang.

I dip into OS when it suits me, cleaning the house isn't OS in my home, I want the job done well first time, life is too short to waste faffing about with lemon juice/bicarbonate when you live in a hard water area.

angeltreats

Sigh... just this morning I've noticed hard limescale building up on the kitchen taps. We've only lived here a couple of months So I'll be buying some Cillit Bang next time I'm at the shops.

To be honest, I'd use bicarbonate of soda if only I could buy it in bulk for cheap, but it's really hard to find these days.

maryb

If you are anywhere near a Chinese supermarket, they sell bicarb cheaply in bulk

rosie383

Give the limescale remover from Lidl a try. It's not a spray one, but works as well as CB IMHO. I agree, when it comes to limescale, you do have to bring out the big guns. The people who lived in our house before us obviously had never bothered to try to de-scale the loo. I tried everything on it. Cheap coke only stained it worse!!! Eventually I had to empty all the water out and cover the stuff with chemicals and it literally came off in chunks.
Anyway, try the Lild one in the blue bottle, think it's their W5 range.

MooBag_2

Can I ask if everyone applies these rules to their washing machine? I have done my first load this morning with Soda Crystals and Vinegar, vowing to change my ways. There is liquid Calgon sat in my cupboard but wanted to try out the OS way with laundry! I live in a very hard water area, also. I'm afraid of my washing machine because you can't see the damage and usually find out about it with a sopping load half way through cycle! What do you all do for washing laundry in hard water areas? Many thanks.

BitterAndTwisted

If I had a bottle of Calgon in my cupboard I'd just use it up. I'm not absolutely convinced by all the ads on TV warning about calcium build-up in washing-machines: I thought that was what the detergent was for. Still, I suppose it all depends on how often you're heating the water in it.

I'm mystified at the OP's lack of success with getting the taps de-scaled. I also live in an area with very hard water and a bit of cotton-wool soaked in vinegar with a sandwich-bag fixed over it with a rubber-band overnight left the taps a clean as a whistle. The cold-water tap in the kitchen had a whole lump of calcified something or other fall out afterwards