Remove limescale from your shower and taps with this ingredient: it’s better than vinegar

Fighting limescale in the shower and on the tap: with citric acid. When it comes to cleaning the house, one of the most unpleasant and frustrating things is having to deal with limescale: on taps, in the shower, on steel surfaces. And if the water coming out of our tap is “hard”, it is even more unpleasant and complicated.

Remove limescale from showers and taps: it’s better than vinegar

However, there is a way to combat it effectively: with citric acid!

Citric acid can not only help us keep our dishwasher and washing machine clean, but it is also an excellent limescale remover. Let’s see how we can use it to remove limescale and get beautiful shiny surfaces.

Citric acid and distilled water.

One way is to dissolve 150 grams of citric acid in one litre of demineralised water (also called distilled water). The result is a solution that can be poured into a spray bottle and then sprayed on the surfaces that we want to re-polish.

For faucets, it is usually best not to spray the citric acid solution directly on them, especially if the faucets are surrounded by marble or stone surfaces, which can be damaged by the acid.

In these cases, it is best to spray the product onto a cloth and then rub the areas with the most encrustations with it.

In the case of a shower, you can spray the solution on the windows and then let it sit for a few minutes. Then wipe with a microfibre cloth and then with another dry cloth to finish the job.

But you can also use vinegar.

The humble vinegar may work very well when it comes to polishing faucets, but it does an especially good job when it comes to stains on steel and glass.

If you use it for the shower, it is always a good idea to dry it with a microfibre cloth. If your water is very hard, you can also pour a little white wine vinegar on the cloth and then wipe it over the glass of the shower screen: this way you will have achieved a quick and, let’s say, acceptable cleaning.

For a deeper job, however, you can use Marseille soap flakes poured into a bucket of water along with a glass of vinegar.