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2. How to remove hard water deposits from your faucets and shower

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   Watch the video to learn how to remove hard water stains and build-up from faucets and shower heads. What is hard water? Hard water refers to water that contains a high amount of minerals.

3. How to Remove Bathtub Rings and Stop Them from Coming Back - AOL

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   Make your bathtub sparkle the next time you clean your bathroom with one of these simple methods.

4. Cleaning agent - Wikipedia

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   The active ingredients are normally strong mineral acids and chelants. Often, surfactants and corrosion inhibitors are added to the acid. Hydrochloric acid is a common mineral acid typically used for concrete. Vinegar can also be used to clean hard surfaces and remove calcium deposits.

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. Plug (sanitation) - Wikipedia

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   The insertion of a plug into a drainage outlet allows the container to be filled with water or other fluids. In contrast to screw on caps, plugs are pushed into the hole and are not put over the hole. Plugs are most commonly encountered in the bathroom or kitchen, for use in bathtubs, wash basins or sinks. [1]

7. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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   Most typical single family home systems will not require supply piping larger than 3 ⁄ 4 inch (19 mm) due to expense as well as steel piping's tendency to become obstructed from internal rusting and mineral deposits forming on the inside of the pipe over time once the internal galvanizing zinc coating has degraded. In potable water ...

8. Hard water - Wikipedia

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   A bathtub faucet with built-up calcification from hard water in Southern Arizona. Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water"). Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum, [1] which are largely made up of calcium and magnesium carbonates, bicarbonates and sulfates.

9. Limescale - Wikipedia

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   Descaling agents are commonly used to remove limescale. Prevention of fouling by scale build-up relies on the technologies of water softening or other water treatment. This column in the Bad Münstereifel church in Germany is made from the calcium carbonate deposits that built up in the Roman Eifel Aqueduct over several centuries of use.