What cleaning agents / methods are best to remove scale marks? We're in a hard water area unfortunately and the look of what was an expensive sink is being tarnished by these. Thanks.
Cleaning a granite kitchen sink
Feb 15, 2014
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Ummm.....fit a water softener?
Might save you money in the long run, perhaps in the short to middle term.
Cheers
Dave R
Thanks, something I am considering, but other than fitting a softener, anyone any ideas?
Well obviously you need a mild acid. Maybe vinegar? WD40 takes scale off. Dunno what it tastes like!
+1 for vinegar. I wipe our stainless steel sink once a month or so. I'm assuming granite doesn't react to acids
Thanks Harry / Stuart, will give vinegar a try. Looks like baby oil could be a solution too..
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Any oil will make it *look* better for a while because light reflects off its surface. You would probably end up with a sticky mess though as mineral oil doesn't ever dry. Vinegar does a great job very quickly if the haze is caused by hard water, but often it's the residue from Jif type cleaners
Thanks Stuart. Malt vinegar best or some other type?
White has less smell IIRC
Agreed, how about starting again with stainless?
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I'm guessing it's actually a stone filled resin such as Corian rather than actual granite which could change things a bit.
See the care table on page 7 of this doc (640kB pdf):
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Better and probably cheaper than vinegar is citric acid, you can buy boxes of citric acid powder from Wilkinsons for a quid or two in the cleaning meterials section.
Thanks all for some excellent advice. Tried Malt vinegar yesterday and it worked very well though will try White or Citric Acid to reduce the smell.
Sure. Whatever's available locally. Citric is stronger than vinegar but not necessarily any "better". IME limescale is soluble in even slightly acidic solutions.
Malt vinegar comes in at under 50p a pint. For cleaning limescale from a sink you are not going to use a expensive wine based vinegar.
Not all white vinegar is wine based
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