Salvage shower head?
 

My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

Salvage shower head?
 

On Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 9:47:13 AM UTC-4, FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

if its a spray wand with hose the hose is bad.they look fine on the outside, but the inner hose obstructs and decreases flow slowly over time

Salvage shower head?
 

bob haller wrote in
:

On Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 9:47:13 AM UTC-4, FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well
water. With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I
salvage it or is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or
HCL based toilet bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess
with? After I post this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what
they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

if its a spray wand with hose the hose is bad.they look fine on the
outside, but the inner hose obstructs and decreases flow slowly over
time


No, it's just a rigid head on a rigid water line. I prefer that type.


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4 Apr 2015 14:27:29 GMT, KenK wrote:

bob haller wrote in
:

On Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 9:47:13 AM UTC-4, FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well
water. With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I
salvage it or is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or
HCL based toilet bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess
with? After I post this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what
they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

if its a spray wand with hose the hose is bad.they look fine on the
outside, but the inner hose obstructs and decreases flow slowly over
time


No, it's just a rigid head on a rigid water line. I prefer that type.

If it is an older head, I would clean it and put it back on. These 2 gpm
new heads are terrible!
--
Mr.E

Salvage shower head?
 

Mr.E wrote:
On 4 Apr 2015 14:27:29 GMT, KenK wrote:

bob haller wrote in
:

On Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 9:47:13 AM UTC-4, FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well
water. With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I
salvage it or is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or
HCL based toilet bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess
with? After I post this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what
they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

if its a spray wand with hose the hose is bad.they look fine on the
outside, but the inner hose obstructs and decreases flow slowly over
time


No, it's just a rigid head on a rigid water line. I prefer that type.

If it is an older head, I would clean it and put it back on. These 2
gpm new heads are terrible!

And it's VERY easy to drill them out to get a decent spray .

--
Snag

Salvage shower head?
 

FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard
well water.
With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I
salvage it
or is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or
HCL based
toilet bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess
with? After
I post this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what they
cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

+2

Salvage shower head?
 

"KenK" wrote in message
...
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

As others said, vinegar.

As to cost, it depends...you could spend $10 or you could spend $100s. IMO,
about the nicest around is the Speakman Anystream.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page...owe r%20Heads


--

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____________________________

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Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change?
Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4 Apr 2015 13:42:07 GMT, KenK wrote:

My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA
CLR, or even vinegar. DON'T use HCL.

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4/4/2015 9:47 AM, FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it
not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

I've heard of people using a bag of vinegar. Tie
it on like an old nose bag for horse. Not sure
if this works, but might.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4/4/2015 5:47 PM, wrote:
On 4 Apr 2015 13:42:07 GMT, KenK wrote:

My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA
CLR, or even vinegar. DON'T use HCL.

WHAT might GO wrong, USING HCL as a SHOWER head
CLEANER?

-
..
Christopher A. YOUNG
learn MORE about Jesus
.. www.LDS.org
..
..

Salvage shower head?
 

On Sun, 05 Apr 2015 07:43:05 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 4/4/2015 5:47 PM, wrote:
On 4 Apr 2015 13:42:07 GMT, KenK wrote:

My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA
CLR, or even vinegar. DON'T use HCL.

WHAT might GO wrong, USING HCL as a SHOWER head
CLEANER?

-OK Class Clown.
Hydrochloric acid can badly pit the finish and disolve zinc (pot
metal) parts commonly used to make things like shower heads.. It will
also strip chrome from brass. Using Hydrochloric acid to remove lime
scale from chromed plumbing fixtures is an extremely stupid thing to
even consider, much less recommend.
.
Christopher A. YOUNG
learn MORE about Jesus
. www.LDS.org
.
.

Salvage shower head?
 

In article , says...

"KenK" wrote in message
...
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water. With
the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl cleaner?
Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this I'll have to
Google Walmart and see what they cost.

As others said, vinegar.

As to cost, it depends...you could spend $10 or you could spend $100s. IMO,
about the nicest around is the Speakman Anystream.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page...owe r%20Heads

I've had several Speakman showerheads and they're great. Just recently
got one of their 2.5gpm Reaction models (they also make a 2.0gpm model),
and it's plenty powerful:

http://www.speakmancompany.com/products/detail/S-4001

If you're not picky about the model, you can get some nice deals from
them periodically on heavily-discounted units. They send out email
announcements when a sale is on - not sure how to sign up for those as I
think I opted in during checkout for a previous purchase.

Salvage shower head?
 

CLR will do the job fine though you should check in any event that someone hasnt put a stupid flow limiter in there which has become clogged over time.

If it is a flow limiter, just yank it out. You will fins showers go about three times as quick with no water limiter in there!

If you have this hard water, you will of course need to repeat relatively often.

Salvage shower head?
 

FrozenNorth wrote in
:

On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water.
With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or
is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet
bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post
this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.


Took a little longer than that but worked perfectly! Thanks much!



--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Salvage shower head?
 

Stormin Mormon wrote in
:

On 4/4/2015 9:47 AM, FrozenNorth wrote:
On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water.
With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it
or is it not
worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet bowl
cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post this
I'll have to Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.

I've heard of people using a bag of vinegar. Tie
it on like an old nose bag for horse. Not sure
if this works, but might.


I used an empty bottle to hold the vinegar. Worked fine!


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Salvage shower head?
 

On 6 Apr 2015 17:39:16 GMT, KenK wrote:

FrozenNorth wrote in
:

On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water.
With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it or
is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based toilet
bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post
this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.


Took a little longer than that but worked perfectly! Thanks much!

Didja get the swamp cooler pan cleaned of minerals?

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4/5/2015 2:49 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2015 07:43:05 -0400, Stormin Mormon
CLR, or even vinegar. DON'T use HCL.

WHAT might GO wrong, USING HCL as a SHOWER head
CLEANER?

-OK Class Clown.
Hydrochloric acid can badly pit the finish and disolve zinc (pot
metal) parts commonly used to make things like shower heads.. It will
also strip chrome from brass. [Thanks, I'd not considered the
zinc metal that is often used. Makes sense, now.]
Using Hydrochloric acid to remove lime
scale from chromed plumbing fixtures is an extremely stupid thing to
even consider, much less recommend.
.
Christopher A. YOUNG
learn MORE about Jesus
. www.LDS.org
.
.

Salvage shower head?
 

Oren wrote in news:8av5ialmse355c2gov1es0qbsuaoc832h2@
4ax.com:

On 6 Apr 2015 17:39:16 GMT, KenK wrote:

FrozenNorth wrote in
:

On 4/4/2015 9:42 AM, KenK wrote:
My shower head is pretty much stopped up. Likely my hard well water.
With the head off I seem to get ample water flow. Can I salvage it
or
is it not worth the trouble? Maybe some Lime Away or HCL based
toilet
bowl cleaner? Or maybe they are too cheap to mess with? After I post
this I'll have to Google Walmart and see what they cost.

Suggestions?

TIA


Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.


Took a little longer than that but worked perfectly! Thanks much!

Didja get the swamp cooler pan cleaned of minerals?


Yes. Ended up scraping like hell! Pan survived. I may. g



--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Salvage shower head?
 

On 4/7/2015 1:25 PM, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in news:8av5ialmse355c2gov1es0qbsuaoc832h2@
Soak in white vinegar for a couple hours.


Took a little longer than that but worked perfectly! Thanks much!

Didja get the swamp cooler pan cleaned of minerals?


Yes. Ended up scraping like hell! Pan survived. I may. g


I wonder if a power washer would dislodge the
calcium scale?

-
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..