Descaling a shower head?

Gothicfairy

Thank you Pen, that makes sense.

I will give it a go and see if it can shift the limescale.

I tend to use cider vinegar in Preserves or white wine vinegar as they also seem to be on offer at my local supermarket

Gothicfairy

Ahh more acidic, wonder if doing a slightly higher vinegar to water mix might help ?

Am I going mad ? I am sure there was another reply from onetreehillgrrl ( or something like that ) Oh my poor brain

Penelope_Penguin

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Gothicfairy

No worries..Just started to doubt my own mind for a moment.

Ta for putting the link up

Caterina

I just bought red wine vinegar from Approved Food at a very cheap price, can I use it for cleaning? I like it in salads so not complaining but will it work to descale the toilet? Thank you.

Pink.

Hi Gothicfairy,

To remove limescale from a shower head just soak it in neat vinegar for an hour or so (either malt or white), rub with a cloth, rinse and then clean as you normally do. I had tried all sorts to get rid of the limescale from mine and couldn't believe how easily the vinegar got rid of it. Don't throw away the vinegar after you've used it as it will keep for next time you need it for descaling.

There is more advice in this thread that may help:

Descaling a shower head?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Gothicfairy

Ta Pink

I did not try descaling in the search bar so I bet that was why I missed the thread.

Crisp_£_note

Hi

We need to descale our showerhead and also the limescale that has gathered around the taps on the sinks in the kitchen (stainless steel) and bathroom (ceramic). Can someone please tell me if there is a more natural way I can make a concoction to do this rather than pay for a bottle of chemicals? I dont have a steam cleaner at the moment though.

Thanks

parsonswife8

White vinegar, I believe.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2952788

skintmum2012

Hi I could be barking up totally the wrong tree here but could I use Vingar to descale my loo as it's looking awfull I have tried bleach but that not worked :S