Thick Limescale on taps

[WannabeNigella]

Any ideas how to get rid of it? It's about a cm thick and I've tried Kim and Aggie's tip of soaking them in vinegar but no joy.

You can buy some stuff to paint on called KILROCK.
You apply it , leave for a few minutes then rinse.
You repeat if it's bad limescale.
It made a big difference to my taps but didn't remove it completely - but then mine was horrendous when I moved in here.
I'd love to know if there's anything that will get it all off
My loo is also the bain of my life that has limescale on the ubend bit that I can't shift.

Viakal.

Pour it in a small sandwich bag and tie it to the tap so the limescaley bit is in the liquid. Leave and then scrub away.

Job done. Sparkly taps.

Toilet cleaner - use an old toothbrush and mind you don't flick it in your eye. Rinse very well.

Ataka which you can find in boots, its absolutely brilliant for lime scale. Pour some around areas with lime scale, leave for few minutes and then wipe away, it all comes off leaving sparkly surface behind! Only around £1.70 range and in orange bottle i think.

I never found that vinegar trick worked

Lady
Put on your marigolds and use a pumice stone on lime scale in toilets-the pumice won't damage the toilet.

It's the only way I can get rid of ours (hard water area).

Thanks Thingumy i'll give that a try later

Vinegar isn't going to be any good for old, hardened limescale. An old toothbrush and lots of Viakal usually gets rid of it in the end. Otherwise ask for an industrial strength product in a good specialist hardware store.

If you're nifty with a scraping implement - a fine flat screwdriver would be my choice, scrape off the thicker bits before applying Viakal or whatever. You have to be really careful not to scratch the taps obv. I also use a bathroom non-scratch scourer to shift the final residue.

Limelight (i use the gel) is good - you literally pour on a dribble and it fizzes abit and after 30 seconds effortless wipe away.

Another vote for Kilrock - we tried Limelite and caustic soda on ours, which didn't work half so well. It's the best thing on the loo that we've tried, although there is a tiny amount constantly in the u-bend, so thanks Thingumy, I'll try your suggestion.

thanks oopsadaisy for the plastic bag over the tap trick, am trying that now with clingfilm and viakal!

Thingumy, I tried the pumice stone trick on the bottom of my tap spouts where the limescale was really thick, and it all came off. My pumice stone is slightly the worse for wear, but the toilet is next so who cares?

Now I feel considerably less twitchy about 15m.o. DS leaning over the sink & sucking on the tap...

This is hilairious . So entertaining!

This KILROCK sounds of interest. We have bad limescale desposits underneath the taps (as they drip when in use). When used on taps, does it ruin the silver finish - or is only good for down loos?