10-05-08, 06:36 PM | #1 |
Home-Wrecker
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: SE Wisconsin
Posts: 546
Thanks: 3
Thanked 165 Times in 96 Posts
|
Clean hard water stains with Rhubarb!
I have had some really tough problems with hard water staining at my house.
Both the toilet and shower have bad orange stains from our high iron content in our well water. Most cleaners "fumagate" me right out of the bathroom. I did a web search on what is actually in hard-water stain removers. It's called oxalic acid. Turns out, that oxalic acid is in rhubarb, which is why you can't eat the roots or leaves. I happened to have some rhubarb plants in my garden, so I ripped off a leaf, tore it in pieces, and marinated it in a bottle of plain, cheap, white vinegar. The next morning, I sprayed down the shower and inside of the toilet with the solution. I let it sit a while, then simply scrubbed and rinsed. Rust stains came right off. This is the best mineral stain remover ever!!!!! Try it. It you are interested. Read the "toxic effects" section of the "rhubarb" listing in Wikipedia. Rhubarb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. |
10-05-08, 09:27 PM | #2 |
Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 291
Thanks: 3
Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts
|
Sweet idea! Will have to post up on the blog,
|
10-06-08, 06:26 AM | #3 |
Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Germantown, WI
Posts: 5,525
Thanks: 1,162
Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts
|
Haha, I like it! Good investigation work Ben.
__________________
Current project - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. |
12-14-08, 09:51 PM | #4 |
Apprentice EcoRenovator
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 116
Thanks: 29
Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts
|
Great all around rust remover!
|
Tags |
rust stain |
|
|