- Where does scum come from?
- Remove from scale with citric acid
- Remover for rust and scale
Any room should always be clean and well-groomed, be it your own house, shop, office. Each corner should please its beauty and purity, but the eternal problem of rust and scale in the bathroom or household appliances always accompanies both housewives and professional cleaners of the company. To get rid of brown stains, spoiling ceramic plumbing, lime scale on the faucets in the bathroom and kitchen, as well as household appliances, you need to know what means of scale and rust to use to solve the problem as soon as possible.
to the contents ↑Where does the scum come from?
Scum comes from the large content in the water of impurities of salts, metals, as well as all kinds of small dirt particles. With long-term use of contaminated water, the so-called "heavy", on the surface of teapots, washing machines and dishwashers, other household items, a calcareous deposit is formed.
Important! You probably noticed that when the scale is formed, the electric kettle warms up much more slowly. Therefore, to find a suitable means for removing scale and rust should be immediately, as soon as the first signs of sediment and the accumulation of dirt on the internal surface of the device.
to the contents ↑Get rid of lime with acid citrate
To get rid of an unpleasant plaque, use a folk remedy - citric acid or special anti-scale agents.
The process of lime scale peeling occurs as follows:
- Pour water into the kettle at a level higher than the traces of the formed plaque.
- Add a teaspoon of citric acid.
- Boil the water with the remedy in the kettle. In the process of boiling you will hear a characteristic hiss. This means that the lime scale is intensively removed.
- After 30 minutes of boiling, turn off the kettle.
- Dispense the water contaminated with the coating.
- Thoroughly rinse the kettle with water.
Tips:
- You do not need to buy all kinds of anti-scaling agents for washing machines. Necessary substances are already in the detergent, if it is quality products.
- If the steam holes of the iron are clogged, then use vinegar to remove it. Fill the tank with vinegar, heat the iron to the maximum temperature and release the steam by pressing the button. After the cleaning procedure, thoroughly wash the iron reservoir.
- The coffee maker can not be descaled with vinegar. Acetic acid is a real destroyer of the plastic parts of the device. In addition, the vinegar can stay for a long time in the coffee machine, and get rid of its smell will be difficult.
- It is better to clean the coffee maker with a special anti-scale agent.
- Salt traces on the walls of the shower booths must be wiped with acetic essence: 1 tsp.dilute the product in 1 tbsp.water.
- Cranes must be cleaned of salt marks with acetic essence, diluted in water in a proportion of 1 to 3. With the prepared solution, wipe all surfaces of metal.
Important! Strongly entrained lime scale at night, cover with strips of paper soaked in vinegar. Scale will be malleable and can be cleaned with a damp cloth, and the wipers wipe with a dry cloth until shine.
to the contents ↑Remover for rust and scale
Professional means of scale should be systematically used, because if you do not remove the lime scale, soon the technique will become unusable. But there is another unpleasant fact - rust. It not only spoils the appearance of metal surfaces, but also leads to corrosion, which corrodes the metal. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of scale and rust at the same time, purchase a tool designed to remove various deposits, including calcareous ones.
Many companies produce products that can cope with the problems of rust, scale, limescale deposits simultaneously. Consider several such products, presented in the market of household chemicals.
Pulsar Kalk Free
Concentrated Pulsar Kalk Free, designed for removing scale, limescale from teapots, dishwashers and washing machines, as well as rust from various acid-resistant surfaces. Produced in Germany.
Important! A product of 1 liter and 10 liters is produced. From one liter of the product is obtained from 20 to 200 liters of ready-to-use solution. The amount depends on the degree of contamination. This product is suitable even for cleaning after construction.
Composition Pulsar Kalk Free:
- Phosphoric acid.
- Less than 5% of non-ionic surfactants.
The cleaner can be used for daily cleaning in sanitary areas, as well as for cleaning washing machines and dishwashers, kettles and even paving slabs.
Important! Do not use on natural and glossy surfaces.
Dosage
Because the product is sufficiently concentrated, the dosage is as follows:
- For daily cleaning of the sanitary units, 5 ml per 1 liter of water is sufficient.
- For descaling - 30 ml per 1 liter of water.
- For cleaning floors and post-construction cleaning - 50-100 ml per 1 liter of water.
Method of application:
- Prepare a working solution( the shelf life of the mixture is 5 days).
- Apply a soft sponge, cloth or spray to the surface to be treated.
- Leave the surface cleaner on for 5-7 minutes.
- If necessary, rub with a sponge or brush.
- Wash surface with clean water.
Important! Work with chemical composition only in protective gloves. Keep this product from scaling and rust in tightly closed containers in places inaccessible to children. After contact with skin, wash immediately with plenty of water.
Professional tools from Diversey
Professional chemistry of American production Diversey does not mask the problems of scale, scale and rust, but completely destroys them. For example, Diversey Suma Calc D5 is a professional tool for treating boilers, tank-like coffee makers and dishwashers.
The cleaner effectively copes with pollution of these devices and natural problems of chemical deposits that can not be avoided. The purifier is sold both in voluminous containers of 20 liters, and in containers of 2-5 liters, which are convenient to use at home for high-quality cleaning of household appliances.
Important! For coffee machines, Diversey offers tablets Suma Coffee Tabs. Tablets are placed inside the espresso machine instead of the capsule and effectively clean the device, eliminating all deposits, scum.
The chemical composition of Diversey cleansers effectively and quickly fights not only with different deposits, but also rust. The company took care that the cleaners could overcome even the flaws that appear over time on metal surfaces. For example, the cleaner CIf Kitchen Deskaler is perfect for all kitchen equipment, as well as metal surfaces.
Remover for rust and scale "Antirzhavin"
The product is a mixture of mineral and organic acids, effective corrosion inhibitors, complexing agents, functional additives.
Recommended application
The purifier is designed to remove various deposits from internal and external surfaces of heat exchanger tubes, boilers, boilers, heating systems, condensers, turbines, pumping and other heat engineering equipment, as well as for the preparation and cleaning of metal structures before painting. This remedy is used from scale and rust not only in everyday life, but also at energy, utilities, boiler plants and others.
Important! The problem of scaling on the internal surfaces of equipment is directly related to energy efficiency.
Pros
"Antirust" has several advantages:
- Due to the unique composition, it acts on the whole complex complex composition. During processing, the deposits become soluble and removed.
- The preparation allows processing technical devices made of a variety of metals and alloys, including copper and brass.
- Does not corrode the surface being treated, does not destroy seals, gaskets, welds, parts of assemblies.
- High efficiency of removing deposits, protecting metal from corrosion.
- In the process of processing a protective layer is formed, which prevents further rusting.
- The product allows to carry out effective cleaning in 6-8 hours, which is very important when carrying out works in the winter season or when it is necessary to bring the object into operation in the shortest possible time.
- "Antirzhavin" significantly extends the service life of the equipment, respectively - reduces the cost of its replacement.
- An agent for scale and rust is presented in the form of a concentrate, which allows it to be used for a long time. The concentrate is diluted with water in a proportion of 1 to 5-15, depending on the type and amount of deposits.
- The product includes a number of new components, thanks to which the deposits dissolve much faster, more efficiently.
- Available in plastic containers of 20-200 liters capacity.
- The product is classified as hazard class 3( moderately hazardous).
Important! Use the products of this brand is necessary, using personal protective equipment: rubber gloves, goggles, protective clothing, respirator.
The product described above is designed as a universal descaling agent, calcareous stone, rust in large volumes from metal surfaces. It has a reduced corrosive effect on the treated surfaces.
We hope that the information provided will help you to get rid of problems of scale, rust, other troubles. Choose the best option for you from the above tools, and you will be surprised at how easily the problem of spoiling plumbing or household appliances can be.