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Citric acid

An acid in powder form. Does what vinegar does, without the smell, and stores as a dry powder for years.

Warning

  • Harmful / irritantBecause this uses Citric acid

How to use it

Two tablespoons in half a litre of hot water gives a descaler for kettles, coffee machines, showerheads and taps. Dissolve it fully before use or the powder blocks a spray head.

Mix it as you need it. In solution the acid weakens over weeks, so a bottle made in spring is not the bottle you think it is by summer.

Safe on

The same rule as every acid: never on marble, limestone or other calcium-based stone, which it etches permanently.

Irritates eyes and airways as a loose powder. Add powder to water rather than water to powder, and keep it away from bleach.

Safe on / Never use on

Safe on

  • Ceramic
  • Chrome
  • Glass
  • Plastic

Never use on

  • Natural stone
  • Marble