2007-10-28 23:17:32 · 35 answers · asked by baba buttons 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Do you have vinegar in your kitchen??? Get a cheap spray bottle. I got mine at the dollar store. Fill it with vinegar and use it on the taps regularly. I use vinegar to keep my sinks clean. I also use it on the counters. It cuts grease better than anything filled with chemicals and is much cheaper.
2007-10-28 23:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Limescale On Taps
2016-11-12 03:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some white vinegar and a piece of kitchen roll. Soak the kitchen roll with vinegar, place in a small plastic bag and secure over the end of your tap using a rubber band. Leave it for at least 4 hours, remove and the limescale will be gone without any effort or any nasty chemicals.
2007-10-29 08:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by happy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Use Lime Lite, you can get it in a thick gel which sticks to the taps and you can physically see the limescale fizzing away. You can also now buy it as a spray and you have a choice of nozzle so you can just spray as normal or put the gauze across the nozzle so it comes out like a foam and stays on the taps until you wash it away. It really works.
2016-03-13 11:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't tried it myself (yet) but Kim 'n' Aggie mix white vinegar with a bit of lemon juice, soak cotton wool in it, pop the cotton wool in a little plastic bag and tie the bag around the tap so that the limescaley bit is wrapped in the soaked cotton wool.
They whipped it off a little while and all the limescale had gone. Hey Presto (apparently)!
2007-10-30 03:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by spanner the stig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A limescale remover should do it or you could use Pumice Stone It works, as pumice stone is softer than the taps. I got this tip from the How Clean Is Your House TV programme.
2007-10-29 09:00:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White Vinegar!! Use an old spray bottle to spray it all over the limescale, leave it for as long as you can and then scrub it off with a kitchen scourer - easy as that!
2007-10-30 00:29:58 · answer #7 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very good remedy (old fashioned but it works!) is to get some white vinegar and put it in a small plastic bag. Place a bag of this vinegar over each tap and secure with elastic bands. Leave for about 4 hours and a lot of the scale will fall off and the rest will be soft enough for you to scrape off with your finger.
Some of the commercial products are so harsh they can ruin the finish on your taps.
Good luck!
2007-10-28 23:22:07 · answer #8 · answered by Lolly9 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be 'green' use either lemon juice or vinegar. I've tried both, but have found the lemon juice method to be quick and easy. It shouldn't be used on cheaper plated taps though, as its effectiveness could prove too much, but it's fine on chrome. Simply cut a lemon in half (or quarters if easier to handle), rub the cut area onto the scale, leave for a few minutes, then give a rub with a cloth and wipe off - sparkling!
2007-10-28 23:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by uknative 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scrub with a limescale remover.
2007-10-30 00:28:20 · answer #10 · answered by Optimist E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wipe them over with white vinegar,
Ecover do a great limescale remover spray,
Glass wipes work - with a bit of elbow grease,
or lemon juice and elbow grease.
All the above work, Good luck.
2007-10-28 23:22:02 · answer #11 · answered by Clare D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋