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Annie Collyer

I tried the grapefruit and salt hack on my stained faucets — here's what happened

Before and after bathroom faucet cleaning.

My downstairs toilet has arguably the smallest sink I've ever seen. It's one of those things on our to-change list, but it keeps getting shoved to the bottom of the pile. And all the while it's in our bathroom, every time someone uses it, water splashes out of the sink and straight onto the taps. And then it sits there. Meaning that limescale forms fast, and as a result, one of these taps is covered in limescale deposits that are hard to scrub away. I've tried vinegar, and I've tested most limescale removers on the market, so I am almost getting to the end of my rope.

This was until I came across a grapefruit cleaning hack on TikTok. Suddenly, it was like a lightbulb moment — could this be the cleaning hack that finally banishes those mineral deposits from my faucets? Truthfully, my taps have looked the same since we moved in. So, I wasn't feeling bundles of hope and might have already started researching a new set and how to fit them myself.

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