www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
On 08/02/2011 11:20, john reeves wrote:
Being in a hard water area the u-bend of the WC bowl gets a coating of chalk
deposited from the water.

Pumice Stone seems to scrape it off quite well without damaging the glaze of
the chinaware.

Don't have the problem anymore since fitting an EMWC Softner however I
did find simply having a good poke/rub with the end of a length of dowel
(10mm or some such size) would knock the lumps off without any damage.
Maybe not initially "frugal" but it's (softner) more than paid for it's
self in time not spent scraping off the shower glass and Viakal etc.
http://www.eastmidlandswater.com/Det...p?ProductID=87

No rude comments but the two of us now get through a bar of soap about
every 8 months, with softened water..