Lime-encrusted shower head? Clean it effortlessly using a basin and very little else

In most homes, the water flowing through the pipes is often hard enough to leave limescale stains on the bathroom fixtures and leave mineral deposits on the taps. We usually first notice this with the naked eye, but the deposits of limescale in the taps is often slower and much less easily detected. This also frequently happens with shower heads, to the extent that some of the water dispensing holes no longer deliver the water as they should. This is because they are blocked by an accumulation of limescale that must be eliminated to restore the shower head to optimum working order.

If it is the case of shower heads with a movable and flexible feeder tubes, fortunately, the method to solve the problem is easy and requires very little effort. In fact, it is enough just to have a basin and very little else. Read on to learn how to use this DIY method to decalcify your shower head.

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Take a basin - it does not matter what shape it is and it's fine even if it's small - it just needs to contain enough water to keep the shower head submerged in it, and no more.

Then fill the basin with boiling water and white vinegar in equal parts, or boiling water and 200 grams of citric acid. Place the shower head inside the basin and ... forget it for a few hours or even leave it for the whole night. If you use citric acid, you may have to wait longer than with vinegar to get satisfactory results.

That said, if you want to increase the chances of success with this method, before immersing the shower head in the water, squeeze a lemon and collect the juice in a glass. Then dip a toothbrush with very stiff bristles into the lemon juice, and scrub it on the shower head, trying to insert the bristles into the small holes. Instead of lemon juice, you can use white vinegar.

Alternatively, you can try to unblock the holes using a needle or a metal pin (perhaps after having first moistened the area with an acidic substance such as lemon juice or vinegar), although moving the pins inside the holes could damage them so proceed very carefully.

If you want to try baking soda instead, you can use it to replace the citric acid in the basin, although using baking soda is perhaps more suitable in cases of periodic, routine cleaning, when not too much limescale has formed yet.

What's your favorite method of unblocking your bathroom's shower head?