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2. 10 Surprising Ways To Clean With Dish Soap Around The House - AOL

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   Eliminate Soap Scum. You’ve likely heard of the solubility rule, “like dissolves like,” making dish soap the perfect solution to removing soap scum from your tub and shower. Just squirt your ...

3. How Long Should You Let Cleaning Products Sit Before ... - AOL

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   Shower cleaners (e.g., soap scum removers): 5-15 minutes to break down buildup, depending on the level of grime. Degreasers (e.g., kitchen cleaners): 5-10 minutes to dissolve grease and oil.

4. 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 .

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. Limescale - Wikipedia

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   Soap scum forms when calcium cations from hard water combine with soap, which would dissolve in soft water. This precipitates out in a thin film on the interior surfaces of baths, sinks, and drainage pipes.

7. 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 ...