Comment on Usually, silicone nippled showerheads aren't replaced or cleaned regularly.

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tip: Anywhere you want to use vinegar for its chemical properties, but you want to avoid the smell, use citric acid instead.

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  • AmidFuror@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Additional tip: if you want to make vinegar or citric acid far less effective, first make a paste of it by mixing with baking soda. This is suggested on many life hack websites.

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    CLR is citric acid based. Not sure if that or lemon juice is cheaper though.

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    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨52⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      All I know is that citric acid is dirt cheap in powder form, especially if you don’t need food grade.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    you want to avoid the smell

    Well, not the shower head.

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  • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I just use hydrochloric acid.

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    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Hydrochloric acid has a smell. That’s definitely the only downside.

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  • ODuffer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I bought a big bag of citric acid, I descale my bean to cup coffee machine, kettle and clean my shower head with it. Good stuff.

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• Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thanks I’m heading to the store and wouldve forgot vinegar. Still might actually, I’ll see after I get home

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨29⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Update, I did forget the vinegar. But then they lost power when I was at the till, the whole hypermarket went dark. It took closer to an hour to get functionality back and during that time I remembered to also get vinegar.

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