Help! Hard water stains!

You can try a solution of 1/4 cup vinegar to 1 cup water in a spray bottle. Let it sit for a while, then apply elbow grease.
If that doesn't work, there are some stronger products available, like Lime-Away and CLR. I'm not sure if they are available everywhere. They are very strong. You'll need rubber gloves and open windows for them.
Good luck!
Rose

We live in an area of the country that enjoys very hard water. I would perish without my water softener!!!

We keep CLR in the house. As Rose says...it's powerful, but does the trick on hard water residue. Even our outside water is a problem. We use the well for outside watering and it's full of iron. Where the sprinklers hit the white siding on the house they eventually leave it yellowed. DH can get the iron deposits off with the CLR.

Any little working bits of plumbing, taps or chrome that get hard water deposits we just clean with CLR. I use it full strength on plumbing bits. I've even used it on glasses that have gotten hard water deposits in the dishwasher if I've happened to forget to put softener salt in the water softener.

Mindy- OMG I've had the same problem but I tried CLR and HATED IT!!
The fumes for one thing but also the fact that even if I wore gloves if it splashed on my arm or any part of skin it burned!
But I found the PERFECT SOLUTION!!
I saw it on the DIY channel so I decided to try it.
Take a bucket of warm water and add about 1-2 cups of vinegar.
Wet down the tub with the solution and a sponge, rag, whatever.
Put some baking soda on the sponge and rub it on the tub.
WALK AWAY! Let it sit for about 5 min.
Rinse it using the sponge and vinegar solution.
It's kinda fun because it bubbles so much!
I have spent so much money in the past 4 years, after buying this house and having clear glass shower doors, buying Kaboom, powder cleansers, CLR, anything that I could find that might work.
The whole time it was in my kitchen cupboards!!!!
I started using it last year and now I dont use anything else!!
I clean my whole bathroom with it.
Think of the vinegar as spray and baking soda as powder cleanser!
I even use it in my kitchen, and if I just use the vinegar on the counters, I don't have to rinse!
OK, OK I'll stop. LOL As you can tell I love the way it cleans!!
And safe for my kids and pets!!
xoxoxox
Amee

thanks! I think I have some CLR around here somewhere, and I'll take it with. I'm gonna try the baking soda and vinegar ideas first though, cause CLR gives me a headache. That way I'll have the CLR for backup if nothing else works!

My neighbor was going crazy with a rust ring around her toilet bowl. She had tried everything you could think of. She finally find this stuff on the internet called spot-x. It worked on her rust ring. I can't see why it wouln't work on your bathtub. Might test a little spot first just to make sure. Sure is cheaper than buying a whole new bathroom set. Keep us posted on what happens.

I suggest you use vinegar or lemon juice which are great for removing hard water stains. They are both acidic which will cut through the stains no problem.

Regards,

Patrick Henry
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