Limescale removal

andygb

We live in an extremely hard water area in the South East, and we have problems with limescale. I am using the Astonish limescale remover, and it is OK, but I need to use it a few times and use scourers as well.
Any recs please?

FreeBear

Might be worthwhile looking at fitting a water softener under the sink.

Last time I had need to remove some limescale, I used hydrochloric acid (40% fuming. Nasty stuff to work with) - Not recommended on kettles or anything else that comes in to contact with food.

Head_The_Ball

What are you removing the limescale from? Sanitary ware? Taps? Kettles?

We live in a hard water area but have a water softener which means that only our kettle, which we fill with hard water from an inline filter, needs descaling and we use citric acid to descale that. Citric acid is easily and cheaply available on eBay etc and is far cheaper than Astonish or other branded products. It is also safe to use in kettles as it is a mild acid that is present in many foods that we eat.

For sanitary ware I would recommend Kilrock Gel as it will stick to vertical surfaces such as toilet bowls. You can smear it on taps and leave it to do its work.

As above fit a water softener if you can. You will eliminate the scaling problems, reduce usage of detergents and soap etc and showers and baths will be more pleasant. It won't save you money as they are not cheap and require regular doses of salt but they are well worth having.

andygb

All the taps, sinks and bath/shower area. I guess Lakeland is the place to get Kilrock?

JJ_Egan

Lots of sellers.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=Lb04W4vTJoHOwQKWh5mgBw&q=Kilrock+Gel&oq=Kilrock+Gel&gs_l=psy-ab.13..0l4j0i22i30k1l6.4703.4703.0.7832.1.1.0.0.0.0.139.139.0j1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.psy-ab..0.1.138....0._BcNG7-Z2Z8

Head_The_Ball

andygb wrote: »

All the taps, sinks and bath/shower area. I guess Lakeland is the place to get Kilrock?

It is widely available, including online. I usually buy it in Robert Dyas as there is one in our town.

Callie22

The black Harpic loo cleaner is amazing for limescale. I do try to use more natural things for cleaning but living in the SW I occasionally have to pull out the nuclear option. This stuff was the only product that got rid of the limescale in our horrible loo, which had been neglected for years before we moved in. I have also used it on taps, by putting a bit in a sandwich bag, putting the bag over the tap and and securing it on with a rubber band (*disclaimer, our bathroom is ancient and I just want it clean, I probably wouldn't use it on sanitaryware if it was posher and more modern!)