My bathroom is horrible, industrial strength cleaning needed
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I've been putting off getting a new bathroom fitted for the 7 years I have been in my house.
My motto has been that as long as water comes out of the shower head and goes down the drain then its fine.
Problem is, amongst other things water has stopped going down the drain.
Frankly the whole thing is horrible but I still cant bring myself to spend a packet on getting a new one fitted so I thought I'd give it one last "deep clean" to see if I can get another year or two out of it.
All the normal Mr. Muscle household cleaners are rubbish, I need something that will properly kill all the limescale, water marks, and mould that has appeared over the last couple of weeks.
Any sugestions? I'm thinking some evil chemicals might do the trick but not sure what to get.
I'm also planning on using rain-x on the glass surfaces as thats supposed to work quite well according to another recent thread.
Cheers
ETA would investing in a steam cleaner be a good idea?
My motto has been that as long as water comes out of the shower head and goes down the drain then its fine.
Problem is, amongst other things water has stopped going down the drain.
Frankly the whole thing is horrible but I still cant bring myself to spend a packet on getting a new one fitted so I thought I'd give it one last "deep clean" to see if I can get another year or two out of it.
All the normal Mr. Muscle household cleaners are rubbish, I need something that will properly kill all the limescale, water marks, and mould that has appeared over the last couple of weeks.
Any sugestions? I'm thinking some evil chemicals might do the trick but not sure what to get.
I'm also planning on using rain-x on the glass surfaces as thats supposed to work quite well according to another recent thread.
Cheers
ETA would investing in a steam cleaner be a good idea?
Edited by davido140 on Friday 17th October 08:45
Hoppy2008 said:
Get a woman to do it.
You dirty, dirty man.
I wont do it for him but here is a womans suggestions....You dirty, dirty man.
Harpic Duraguard limescale remover works brilliantly on my toilet and other surfaces that are really bad with limescale but be careful on metal surfaces as it does mark it permanently.
Vinegar in hot water will remove limescale from showerheads etc or pur the vinegar directly around the tap base or onto tissue wrapped around the tap to remove limescale there. Would need to leave it a few hours to work and possibly repeat.
Jif on tiles works the best IMHO, as does clearn bleach on the grout to bring it back to white. Use a thick toilet bleach and use the spout to run along the grout, leave a few hours and rinse. Dont use a coloured bleach as your grout will become that colour...
HTH
Edited by Firkin D on Friday 17th October 08:56
Good tip for mould. Buy some Tesco Value thin bleach. Spray it on with a spray bottle of some sort. Leave for an hour or so and rince off. Does wonders to killing it off. Will clean up stains also, but not limescale
Open the window though as it gets everywhere and nasty pasty on the lungs.
Open the window though as it gets everywhere and nasty pasty on the lungs.
shadowninja said:
paoloh said:
A product called " Vanisol". It will eat thru limescale in about 3 seconds. Do NOT get on plastic loo seat ( it will melt ).
Or your hands, then!!!And don't get it mixed up with Anusol if you have piles.
Edited by shadowninja on Friday 17th October 09:02
Forget everything you have heard before this post......What you need is KILROCK-K.
You can get it in B&Q and its lethal, basically, you use it to de-scale kettles but just pour it neat on limescaled chrome plug surround, loos,tile grouting, work it in with an old tooth brush and it with get rid of all limescale.
However, it gives off some pretty nasty vapours so open the windows and be careful & don't mix it with anything else, it'll probably kill you!
You can get it in B&Q and its lethal, basically, you use it to de-scale kettles but just pour it neat on limescaled chrome plug surround, loos,tile grouting, work it in with an old tooth brush and it with get rid of all limescale.
However, it gives off some pretty nasty vapours so open the windows and be careful & don't mix it with anything else, it'll probably kill you!
Lordbenny said:
Forget everything you have heard before this post......What you need is KILROCK-K.
You can get it in B&Q and its lethal, basically, you use it to de-scale kettles but just pour it neat on limescaled chrome plug surround, loos,tile grouting, work it in with an old tooth brush and it with get rid of all limescale.
However, it gives off some pretty nasty vapours so open the windows and be careful & don't mix it with anything else, it'll probably kill you!
That's the very stuff I was going to recommend. It's great as a limescale remover, but use caution when using it...You can get it in B&Q and its lethal, basically, you use it to de-scale kettles but just pour it neat on limescaled chrome plug surround, loos,tile grouting, work it in with an old tooth brush and it with get rid of all limescale.
However, it gives off some pretty nasty vapours so open the windows and be careful & don't mix it with anything else, it'll probably kill you!
It's one of the few domestic chemicals I'd say actually use gloves & goggles when using - you really don't want it in your eyes...
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