Comments on: soap scum

By: Adonis

Adonis — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:08:15 +0000

Sorry, but as a Chemist, I feel I must make comment. Homegrown (naturally-derived) soap is the kind of soap that chemically leaves the soap scum. It’s no fault of industry- just a fact of life that calcium-fatty acid salts don’t like to dissolve in water, but sodium-fatty acid salts do. They’re not designed to get you to spend more money- it just happens to be that way, since we first discovered soap. Historically, this has been the type of soap in use since the ancient Babylonians.

The kind of soap that you use to alleviate your scumming issues are NOT naturally derived- they must be synthesized by said corporations/industries.

Just a quick FYI.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:47:06 +0000

So……….no one has a black cast iron sink with calcium/hard water stains ?????

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:13:11 +0000

Wow, what great comments. We have a slightly different problem: Stains or etching in our kitchen BLACK cast iron sink. We had low pH water and added a calcite tank to raise pH. That worked well, BUT the calcium stains on the sink were awful. My wife used various items and a lot of elbow grease….to no avail.

Now, we just installed a water softener which helped a lot. There are some new sodium staining and left over calcium stains so we will be looking to buy some Stain Bully and try some of the other solutions mentioned in the 237 posts.

To narrow down our products, has anyone had staining in their BLACK CAST IRON SINKS? And how did you resolve (or dissolve) them ?

Many thanks

By: Duane Ralston

Duane Ralston — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:15:58 +0000

CAUTION—just used Bi-Marts “Stain Bully” and it instantly dissolved the brass finish on my bathroom fixtures. Pist off to say the least

By: Scum Boy

Scum Boy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:10:41 +0000

Ok – I know this is a stretch, but what about that white film left on glasses (clear drinking glasses)that have been cleaned in the dishwasher? I did not take the time to read all 235 posts – I had to skip about a hundred of them. Hoping I am not asking you guys to cover the same old ground.

I can either buy a new dishwasher (as presently being demanded by the wife), or find a way to clean the glasses.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:34:08 +0000

What were you expecting to find, a cookie?

By: miranda

miranda — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:53:53 +0000

What- this is it?
After spending all afternoon reading these comments I’ve come to the end? I feel like I just read an entire book and got to the last chapter and found out that someone ripped out the last three pages.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:28:09 +0000

There were some suggestions on this site I thought were helpful. I aim for non-toxic solutions and will try the Ivory Liquid. I have used vinegar (my favorite cleaner; non-toxic and inexpensive) baking soda (same as above) and Bar Keeper’s friend (same as above). I am commenting mainly to let anyone interested to purchase a cotton duck shower curtain which is easy to wash, will last for years and no liner is necessary (saving the landfills). The cotton duck swells and does not let H2O pass and does not billow. One can use cotton duck curtain even with decorative shower curtain. Also, there are no emissions of toxins as there are from vinyl/plastic liners.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:13:42 +0000

I’ve read alot of you guys storys, well here goese mine.
What I been using and it work great and this is no bull shit.
cause i got tired of all these products not working so i did my own
research and also trying diffrent products.
what i have found that work the best is Malco water spot remover for $28 bucks i got it at van car detail shop.
after im done taken the soap scum off i fallow using Top job twice a week that i bought at lowe’s for about $2.69
http://www.fleetoilandtrucksupply.com/Malco/Malco-KA-88-105601/8649/370-5008/Product
http://www.malcopro.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=121&category_id=42&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=101
KA-88 cleaner made by malco works great youtube has a demo for this.
top job you get it at lowe’s
malco water spot remover

By: Mary Webb

Mary Webb — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:41:43 +0000

I had alot of iron in my water… the kids all turned into redheads, the clear glass dishes looked an antique rusty color and the showers were awful… BiMart sells a product called “The Stain Bully”, I pour some on a Mr. Clean sponge and wipe and the stains immediately vanish!