On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:44:50 -0800 (PST), Joe wrote:

On Jan 23, 10:48*am, "Doug" wrote:
Recently (maybe 6 months ago) I replaced my 14 year old moen shower
head with another moen shower head. * When I first replaced it all
worked fine but now I'm noticing some streams of water thru the head
go in another (slanted) direction rather than straight. *I live in a
hard water area (Houston suburbs) so I expect this is the cause. *I've
seen in the past saw tv commercials to solve this like using CLR. *I'm
hesitant to believe the commercials so I ask here. *One thing, I have
gold metal trim on this shower head so I don't want to hurt the gold
trim (perhaps shiny brass??). *Suggestions?? * *Thank you.

Ask Moen customer service for advice.They know the product,
limitations, likely solutions, too.

Joe

Not a bad idea Joe