Hard water problems

loulou41

No matter how much I wash the glasses, they look horrible with water marks and put you off from drinking from them. They are a problem if we have visitors and the glasses look dirty and I know what they are not. The same for cutleries, the spoons have got water marks left on them. Please is there a solution to this problem? The water is so hard where I live. Thanks

ForOurFuture

Hello - we also have very hard water... I used to have a dishwasher but it has just broken down so now back to washing up bowl. I have found that if you have a washing up bowl of hot water to rinse the glasses etc in after you have washed them then the marks do not tend to remain. You may need to give them a good scouring to get the existing water marks off especially on the bottoms of the glasses where the water can not drain away. You may also find it better to dry them with a tea towel straight away rather than leaving them to dry naturally this will help with any deposits that are left on.

Queenie

Hard water here too.

All I do is rinse the glassware as soon as I've washed it.

You could add a splash of vinegar to the rinse water if you wish, or better yet, any lemon peel you may have. I keep the lemon shells from when I make hummus or whatever and use those when washing up.

Use a linen tea towel when drying them too so they don't end up with fluffy bits of lint from the toweling style tea towels

Yesterday my boys did an experiment with stained tea mugs, one used salt (aka Anthea Turner) and one used lemon - they left them soaking during the day and then tested their results when they got home from school. Both worked, but the lemon had the slight edge in that it didn't take quite the same level of scrubbing :rotfl: