Adrian Sims wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:59:22 -0000, "stuart noble"
wrote:


Get some citric acid crystals from the chemist (100 gms about 60p IIRC).


I was recently in a supermarket in spain and for some reason found
myself in the household chemicals aisle. (What a great way to spend
part of your holiday).

I spied some stuff which appeared to be some sort of descaler and
eventually managed to work out that it was hydrochloric acid. Every
supermarket seems to have it (always right next to the household
ammonia - another chemical now rather uncommon in the UK).

Nice that you can still buy dangerous chemicals within the EU!
I would like to put HCl into my kettle and toilet from time to time.
(Actually I remember when I was young you could buy it here under the
name "spirit of salt").



You still can, in decent builders merchants and hardware shoppes. Used
as brick cleaner.

GFor bogs tho its a tad drastic. Most of teh proprietary descalers work
well, and then one of those loobloo things chucked in teh cistern
ocasionally works well too.

Or fitr a water softener. That stops it forming in the first place.

Bad enscalation can be chipped out, complete with its brown stains...not
a nice job.


Adrian