REALLY Stubborn limescale!

beautiful_ravens

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

A WORD OF WARNING! PLEASE DON'T EVER MIX BLEACH AND A LIMESCALE REMOVER - IT CAUSES A CHEMICAL REACTION THAT CREATES CHLORINE GAS AND COULD KILL!

Agreed - I did this once, and I tell you the fumes were immense, I thought I was going to faint and had to run outside. :eek: My head was strange for quite a while. Luckily none of the kids were around at the time.

chocolatepennyfarthing

Can Kilrock be used to try and clear hard limescale on shower screen, vinegar will not shift it. Any other ideas would be appreciated, have tried most of the supermarket brands but they do not seem strong enough.

Gingernutmeg

Have you tried Viakal? I think you can get it from Wilkos and it's not dear. It's worked for me on stubborn limescale, although it can take a couple of goes.

zippychick

Hi Chocolatepennyfarthing:hello:

There is a whole thread with suggetions on how to shift really stubborn limescale, so do have a look and read others suggestions. I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together

Thanks
Zip

smithyjules

Our washing machine has just given up the ghost and after taking the pump to bits it is covered inside with limescale:eek:. It's too late for this machine (RIP) but is there anything i can put in with the powder in my next one to stop this happening again?Looking for something cheaper than Calgon hopefully!

Thank you!

northwest1965

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/360687

kaya

pumps are cheap to buy, the only way to ensure no limescale is to buy a water softner, but cleaning your filter more often would have prevented pump failure

squeakyclean226

If you add soda crystals to each wash you do, it will soften the water, and you will also find you need less washing powder. I would also reccomend running a hot wash with just vinegar or citric acid to clean out the limescale from all the internal parts of the machine once a month or so. Vinegar also works as a fabric softener, so if you used it in every wash , you would also be cleaning out the limescale each wash. Hope this helps!

hethmar

I add soda crystals too, much much cheaper than calgon which I think is a bit of a con.

stef240377

You can also use cheap dishwasher tablets in every washer rather than buying calgon, was told this by an engineer when my old washer gave up the ghost, sadly i dont do this but every 2 months do a wash using Dr Beckmans washing machine rescue.