Peter Hotton, Globe Staff
Signs: Discolored water, water stains around the base of the toilet, corroded pipes leading to or from the toilet. Solution: Eventually, metal pipes in older homes age out and corrode. This results in rust accumulation that weakens plumbing connections. A breakdown in old drainage pipes or th...
1. Toilet Cleaner Spray WD-40 on tough limescale stains and mineral deposits in your toilet, and let it sit for a few minutes. Scrub with a toilet brush or a pumice stone, and the stains will dissolve easily! Related:The Only Recipe You Need To Keep Your Toilet Clean 2. Crayon Remover...
For example, chemistry is at work when water freezes into ice or metal rusts. Chemists explore these changes and try to understand why they happen. They study the properties of materials and how they react with one another. This knowledge helps create new products, medicines, and technologies ...
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Whenever a resident, board member or building owner gets frustrated by inaction or the process of wading through the bureaucratic red tape of board politics, it's hard to know where to turn for a solution. Hostility accomplishes little, however, and lawsuits are expensive; in matters of group...
My Pro Tip:Use the same brand of wood deck brightener as the deck cleaner or stain stripper. Step 2: Apply the Deck Brightener Wood deck brightener, also called deck neutralizer, is an acid-based product that neutralizes caustic cleaners and helps lower the pH level, making the wood more ...
Do you see brown, reddish, or gray stains in your toilet? If so, this is most likely caused by hard water or minerals in the water. Toget rid of rust stains in your toilet, you'll need the heavy-duty stuff, such as a cleaning product with diluted hydrochloric acid (check your local...
world across the sea (“Cadiz,” the line was called. On the Spanish Mediterranean. It might as well be floating on one of Saturn’s rings for a late-seventies homeowner on the Rust Belt.) It is perhaps kitsch. Perhaps a bit disco. Perhaps a bit stylistically misguided. But it has ...
The Rustik Oven Bread When you use a traditional European baking process like we do, you’ll always end up with something inspiring. The Rustik Oven is the best of both worlds, bringing together the great artisan taste and texture of a hand-crafted bread with the convenience of a bread ...