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2. 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.

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   This scrubber helps you clean your tub, tiles, windows, floors and more to rid them of dirt, dust, limescale, soap scum and anything else you may have lurking around.

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. 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 .

7. Calcium stearate - Wikipedia

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   2 C 17 H 35 COOH + CaO → (C 17 H 35 COO) 2 Ca + H 2 O. 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 ...