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2. How To Clean Your Microwave With Lemon In 4 Easy Steps - AOL

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   “Lemons are acidic and therefore contain antiseptic and antibacterial properties, plus they cut grease, dissolve soap scum and hard water deposits and can be mixed with baking soda and vinegar ...

3. This Common Water Problem Might Be Making Your Home Dirtier - AOL

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   That's 'soap scum' that you may also find clinging to your shower stalls and leaving your skin, hair, and laundry looking dull. ... To remove hard water stains in toilet bowls and sinks, look for ...

4. Calcium stearate - Wikipedia

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   It is also the main component of soap scum, a white solid that forms when soap is mixed with hard water. Unlike soaps containing sodium and potassium, calcium stearate is insoluble in water and does not lather well. [2] Commercially it is sold as a 50% dispersion in water or as a spray dried powder.

5. Water softening - Wikipedia

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   The surface of human skin has a light charge that the soap tends to bind with, requiring more effort and a greater volume of water to remove. [4] Hard water contains calcium or magnesium ions that form insoluble salts upon reacting with soap, leaving a coating of insoluble stearates on tub and shower surfaces, commonly called soap scum. [4] [5]

6. 11 Things You Can Clean With a Magic Eraser—and 6 You Can't ...

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   As it does, some of the sponge dissolves with it, exposing the next clean layer. ... for clearing cloudy shower doors of soap scum. Palmer recommends lightly wetting the Magic Eraser with warm ...

7. Soap scum - Wikipedia

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   Soap scum or lime soap is the white solid composed of calcium stearate, magnesium stearate, and similar alkaline earth metal derivatives of fatty acids. These materials result from the addition of soap and other anionic surfactants to hard water .