Hard water stains
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jsoong
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Soak with vinegar to soften (soak paper towel with vinegar, place wet mess over stains), then scrape with a razor blade (carefully!). For stubborn scales, try something stronger like CLR (the original lime & rust remover, not the soap!), but make sure you rinse really well after. <Neutralizing the residue with a bit of baking soda won't hurt either.>
With hard water like mine, I find there is a fine white haze that develop over a few years on glass that is impossible to get rid of. However, that is not obvious as long as the glass is wet.
With hard water like mine, I find there is a fine white haze that develop over a few years on glass that is impossible to get rid of. However, that is not obvious as long as the glass is wet.
Homer8
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i have really hard watter and i let my 10 gallon evaporate about 3 inches before i would replace the water. it only had a few platy fry which are now in my community tank. the water left a white residue that could not be scrubbed off so i go a razor blade and it came off nice and clean.
