How to clean the faucet in the bathroom: outside and inside

Appearance of the mixer, as well as its technical condition depend not only on the proper care of them, but the quality of the water inside the pipes. On cranes are often visible white spots. Not always they leave stains on the soap. Often this can be the deposition of salts.

water particles together with the salt deposited on the surface, and then dry out and become dense plaque. Traces of soap is very easy to wash off with water, and the need to remove plaque detergents and make some effort.

How to clean the faucet on the outside of the lime deposits: general guidelines

Chrome is a beautiful material, but it is too easy it becomes unfit for use, if it is properly exploited. Mechanical damage, exposure to chemicals spoil the appearance. If you follow uncomplicated recommendations can extend the life of the product:

1. To remove plaque from the surface coated with chromium, in no case can not use the products of the coarse material. There are no brushes or scrapers made of metal, graters or sponges with hard bristles. All this can cause considerable damage to the surface: there are scratches, and after, and oxides in their place. Subsequent exposure to water forms a rust field oxidation.
2. Cleaners containing abrasive and chloro applicable for purification, are harmful and acidic substance. Despite the fact that they are well removed from the plaque surface, they both left on the metal black spots. Fix it will be impossible. If you look at the information on these cleaning agents, it can be seen, and a warning that it is not recommended to use them with chrome. So... Sometimes it is helpful to read the instructions.
3. Once contamination is finished, the entire surface to be polished. This can be done using a normal tissue. Polishing will keep the shine longer.
4. Places where access is difficult can be cleaned with ordinary toothbrush or adapt for this Yorshik for washing bottles.
5. With wet aluminum foil of good rust is removed. In contact with the surface of aluminum, on which there is damage, the reaction occurs, causing missing spots.
6. Professional cleaning compounds should not be applied to the surface for a long time.
7. If the work is used vinegar or other chemicals, always ventilate the room. All these substances are harmful to the body and often cause allergies.

Traditional methods

When the plaque is only formed, it is easy to give in cleaning. And it is quite easy to remove substances having in the kitchen of any home. It is not difficult to find:

• vinegar essence;
• baking soda;
• common salt;
• soap;
• citric acid;
• means for cleaning glasses;
• a microfiber cloth.

vinegar essence

Vinegar is used not alone, and diluted with water. solution ratio - one to one. The resulting composition of the spray or ordinary sponge is applied to the surface and are half-hour or an hour. There is already a need to see how everything is contaminated. After that, everything is wiped with a sponge and wash off.

Very often on the old dirt impose vinegar compress. Hot vinegar solution was poured onto the fabric, and which is applied to the desired location. An hour later, the compress can be removed and washed everything with water. Vinegar evaporate perfectly cope with lime, then rub even nothing. But if the first approach to compress much fruit is not brought, it can be repeated again.

Attention! When you work with caution. Vapors may harm the mucous membrane.

Baking soda

Causing the soda to a brush with soft bristles, you should rub the surface of the product. To rub it easier, baking soda can be diluted with water and make a kind of porridge, and has a sponge to rub the mixer. Should act carefully, without making any extra effort. Then all rinse with water.

Salt

Copes with cleaning and common salt. Covering again gleams dissolve plaque and stains of soap. Spreading salt with water to porridge state, it is necessary to impose on portions of the surface having contamination. Twenty minutes later, everything can be cleaned and rinse with water.

Laundry soap

Every woman has in her everyday life soap. If a quarter of this piece grate and diluted with water to give a semblance of cream, then such a composition can be processed tap. The composition is applied to the problem area and left as such for 15-20 minutes. Then by wiping the sponge faucet, soap can be washed away. To effect was stronger, you can add a spoonful of soda.

Lemon acid

Copes with cleaning and citric acid. Moreover, in any of its manifestations. Cleans and powder, and natural juice, even concentrate. Citric acid is used as vinegar.

Means for cleaning glass

Means that wash windows and mirrors, but no less quality to cope with it and cleaning the chrome-plated surfaces. If it add ammonium chloride, then the effect will be stronger.

microfibre cloth

Just appeared plaque can be easily removed with this material. Even no chemicals will not be necessary. All that is required - simply wipe the surface. However, no scratches, no divorce, even lint left.

industrial facilities

If confidence in the national media do not have or they are simply not coped with the task, you can use what is available in stores. Almost every well-known manufacturer has compositions that are specifically designed for cleaning mixers. But when you buy be sure to double-check that it is a means for the mixer, rather than a bath or toilet.

The most popular Cif, Sillit, and SunClean. You can purchase and something expensive, for example, Ravak, Grohe or HG.

Integrated cleaning: how to disassemble and clean the inside of the mixer

Before attempting to disassemble the faucet, you need to understand what type it belongs.

The most frequently encountered:

• with two valves and head parts;
• with the cartridge and a lever;
• Ball taps.

These models often can be found in an assortment of shops.

Parse mixer with two valves

Many in the bathtub faucet with two valves.

Disassemble a faucet is not very difficult:

1. It is necessary to cut off the water. The closing valve can be found either in the toilet or in the bathtub itself. In any case, near the place where the pipe enters the apartment.
2. Then you have to remove mixer. First, unscrew the nuts that secure the housing to the eccentric. Act will need to carefully, as excessive force may crush nuts.
3. Getting rid of the caps on the valves.
4. Under these plugs have a screw. It is required to unscrew, after which the valve can be removed from the head parts stock.
5. Turn off the head parts and remove it from its seat.
6. In the second valve perform similar procedures, then you can do a switch from soul to gander. Likewise, remove the cover, unscrew the fixing screw, take out the lever, then unscrew the crank.
7. Now you need to unscrew the faucet from the gander. This can be done by loosening the union nut.
8. Now we turn away shower hose. It is better to do by hand, so as not to scratch the chrome surface.
9. All that apart, you need to remember. not be able to raise otherwise. We'll have to run to the store for a new mixer.
10. Dismantling the mixer, you can start to clean it. First, all the seals must be removed. This is important, especially if the old head parts. They are short-lived installation.
11. We assess the state of the gasket. If it ceased to be flexible, it is better to change it to a new one.
12. The new crane models have head parts with ceramic tap plates. This part should be replaced. It is worth it inexpensive.
13. We remove all connections and check the condition of the seals. Decayed - replace. Remove the aerator, which is mounted on the end of the goose, remove the mesh. The mesh need to be cleaned from all that has accumulated on it.

Himself the cabinet cleaned from rust and lime raid. To cope with this help cleaners mixers.

Prevention of plaque formation

Even chronic plaque will not be able to resist the means of the household or the store. Here are just mixers have complicated shape and it is very inconvenient to clean them. To such a headache occurred as rarely as possible, listen to some advice:

1. Often wash the mixer, do not wait until the accumulated dirt.
2. Do preventive cleaning, the disassembling and cleaning the mixer all of the internal elements.
3. Apply a moisture barrier. On sale you can find compositions that are not only clean the surface, but also protect it from moisture. But they are hard to find, and the compositions of the professional series are expensive. It is possible to cover the surface of a cosmetic oil, or a conventional plant. Treat the surface with a sponge onto which the oil, and only then polish cloth. The formation of plaque that you can not prevent, but to remove it would be much easier. Water in oil is not delayed and flows, so that special and plaque appears.
4. Use wax polish. Chrome machine parts are often treated with such compositions. Not the best option, but there are benefits. Most importantly, make sure that the structure is safe.
5. Put the main filter to make the water softer. You can find a variety of options such devices, which differ not only in design, but also the cost and efficiency. The most effective - ion exchange, and reverse osmosis device.

Once and for all close the question with a hint of the removal of its causes. Do not wait until there will be persistent lime stains. After each use, wipe mixer. If it is possible to install a water filter - install. With such an attitude taps and mixers are always brilliant and my job will be to carry out properly.