LIVING in a hard water area often means battling limescale on a daily basis.
Limescale can clog up kettles, leave unsightly marks in the toilet and grimy streaks on glass shower screens , which are nigh impossible to clean off.
However, a glass expert has revealed is not to tackle it with hazardous chemicals or scouring pads, but a couple of natural ingredients you can pick up from your local supermarket.
John Cutts, founder of MeandMyGlass.co.uk, said: “It can be challenging to clean a shower screen without leaving streak marks, especially when there’s soap scum and mineral buildup.
“Many assume that common cleaning products like bleach and scouring pads work well in cleaning the glass, but this isn’t the case.
“It can often make them look worse after rinsing with water and can result in a streaky finish,” he went on.
“We recommend to get rid of tough marks as well as condiments like salt to remove hard water build-up.”
To try the hack for yourself, get a bowl of white vinegar with water and squeeze the juice of one lime or lemon into it.
Take a soft microfibre cloth, dip it into the liquid and clean your shower screen in a firm circular motion.
Once you’ve felt the limescale start to give way, you can rinse the screen down to finish – and you should end up with a sparkling shower.
If you’ve got especially stubborn streaks to shift, you can also try pouring salt on a cut lime or lemon, then rubbing the cut end onto the glass.
Aldi sells a 750g bottle of table salt for just 69p.
The salt granules are small enough to tackle limescale without damaging the surface of the glass.
Another trick to clean your bathroom is to use some white toothpaste to get rid of old soap scum.
Squeeze some onto an old toothbrush so you can scrub it into tricky corners, then wipe out with a damp cloth.
