Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

Katiehound

Wilco sells citric acid but only in small amounts- it's used for wine making- so probably a food grade - 50g for over £1
Online it looks like they have their own brand- 250g for £1.75

One of the manufacturers is Dripak- they have a 250g pack which retails around £1.40/ £1.50- cheapest. The cheapest stockist here is Yorkshire Trading. If you have a wine making specialist locally that's the place to look first.

We have dire limescale here- very very hard water.
The citric acid cleared the loo but I did put on a rubber glove and wipe against the brown patches. All gone

the kettle had white all around the lid so I mixed up a very strong c.a. solution- hardly any water, and painted it on. Limescale gone (for a week, or maybe 2!)

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Thanks very much for your helpful replies, ToastLady and katiehound:T:A

We have a very small Wilko locally but I'll look on their website first and maybe order it that way. I know they do a 'collect in store' service:j. I think there might be a wine-making shop somewhere in the town so I'll definitely seek it out next time I'm there to check prices. Also, there's a Yorkshire Trading in the town where my sister lives. I'll ask her to have a look.


Lots of options. Thanks again:beer:

ToastLady

I should have said that the repair guy who came to fix my fridge freezer, told me to always use a teaspoon of citric acid in the small compartment next to the detergent compartment every time I use the dishwasher, as the limescale here is particularly bad. I hadn't even noticed that there was another compartment, much to my shame. He also said to use vinegar in the washing machine, but I'd been doing that for years anyway.

VfM4meplse

ToastLady wrote: »

Limescale where I live is horrendous.

You have given me something else to be grateful for: since I moved out of London, I've not been troubled by limescale to the same extent as before. It really is hard work.

Re: chemists - packs tend to be small and numbers sold restricted because heroin addicts tend to have a fondness for it!

gt568

How much citric acid would one add to a kettle to descale please?

ToastLady

gt568 wrote: »

How much citric acid would one add to a kettle to descale please?

Start off with one tablespoon. If it doesn't do the job, you can always add another.

ToastLady

VfM4meplse wrote: »

You have given me something else to be grateful for: since I moved out of London, I've not been troubled by limescale to the same extent as before. It really is hard work.

Re: chemists - packs tend to be small and numbers sold restricted because heroin addicts tend to have a fondness for it!

It surely is hard work, particularly as I had never had to deal with it before moving abroad. However, I do get the benefit of being able to see the Med from my house, so it's not all bad.

Cocketts

candygirl wrote: »

I'm exactly the same with towels/ bath sheets.The rougher the better :D

Another vote for rough towels - I love the exfoliating feel and the 'after-glow' - oooeeerrrr missus!

-taff

gt568 wrote: »

How much citric acid would one add to a kettle to descale please?

I use a slightly heaped teaspoon...:)

kboss2010

whiz90 wrote: »

Have you tried Oatly in the grey bottle? I've tried every type of non dairy milk in tea as I have a problem with dairy and Oatly is almost perfect

If you have a smoothie maker or blender, you can make your own oat milk for pennies & it has a much better consistency than the shop-bought stuff!

Just rinse a cup of oats, put in a blender with 500mls of water, blend for a minute & sieve a few times to remove all the bits.