Convenient and uncomplicated online shopping in no time at all! Our wide range offers you a huge selection of great brand products at unbeatable prices. Now, I don’t know about you but I’d rather put lemons to a better use – maybe into some delicious Lemon Marmalade or a tempting Lemon Drizzle Cake! The results were good and the shower doors certainly looked clean with very little effort – a little more attention to detail on my part would have made the doors sparkle! Test Number Three Of course a commercial product that has to last for some time needs other ingredients to stabilise the formula but these are also reassuringly from a natural origin. Cillit Bang uses the phrase ‘Naturally Powerful’ to indicate that this product is made from only natural ingredients and indeed there is a statement on the front label of the bottle at the bottom that assures us of ‘100% naturally derived ingredients’.

The side of the bottle gives us a little more information. It tells us that the cleaning active agents are ‘citric acid from natural origin – removes limescale efficiently & surficants from natural origin – remove dirt thoroughly’ The Thrifty Squirrels is a hub for sharing ideas and practical solutions to find ways to work towards a more sustainable lifestyle on a budget because we believe that saving the earth shouldn't cost the earth.The scent is very pleasant and not overly strong. Compared with chemical based products that are extremely harsh this is a very nice feature of this product. We have an old kettle that is used in the shed for when we need hot water without having to traipse through the house to the kitchen – it doesn’t get much love! It also contains a ‘freshness booster’, which is described as a natural fragrance with Tangerine & Lime Blossom essential oils (although the front of the bottle states that the fragrance is Tangerine & Orange Blossom…🤔)

Cillit Bang Lime and Grime contains sulphamic acid. Just this week used that to effectively clean some heavy rust staining and deposits from a length of rope. I have looked at the Harpic toilet cleaner with lime scale remover and it contains Hydrochloric acid.. Other cleaners in the house I have looked at have citric acid but nothing so far with oxalic acid.. All good then, this product has ‘All of the Cillit Bang expertise united with concentrated star ingredients from natural origins for cleaning that is both efficient and more responsible’.Even though we normally wipe down after every shower, we decided to leave it for a few days to see how Cillit Bang would deal with the water marks left after multiple showers. It worked well enough for me this week. Cillit Bang Power Cleaner Grime and Lime. "New formula". Nearly full bottle so cannot be very old. After the recommended 5 minutes the foam was wiped away with just a damp cloth and after a buff with a dry cloth we were really impressed – the taps were absolutely gleaming – sparkling like new with not a hint of the watermarks at all. Test Number Two So we really wanted to challenge Naturally Powerful Cillit Bang and test how good it really is at removing a build up of hard limescale, which after all is what it says it can do with only natural ingredients. At Viking, we are dedicated to ensuring that your shopping experience is always efficient and budget-friendly. That's why we're delighted to extend a free delivery option to our valued customers.

Firstly, we just sprayed the foam onto the effected areas and left for 10 minutes to give it a fair try at removal. You expect a product that says it will remove limescale to do just that and in all of our tests it did do a very good job. Significant build up of limescale will require a few treatments to get rid of it altogether but I think any non-naturally derived product would be the same. We accept all of the major credit and debit cards. Your transactions and personal data will be held in a PCIDSS accredited system using secure encryption technologies.After wiping the foam away with a damp cloth we could see – and this was quite a surprise – some of the limescale was indeed starting to dissolve and wipe away. However, it was by no means gone so we decided to give it another shot! I am not aware of any household products which contain oxalic acid. Far too dangerous. iirc Seajet got a splash or two on himself and it nearly killed him! Spraying plenty of the foam onto the doors, we then used a Minky Cloth Pad to spread the foam all over the glass and left it for the recommended 5 minutes. Living in a hard water area lime scale is a constant issue. I used the original version of CB but found Id have to waste time washing the endless bubbles away. This new Naturals version works just as well without all the suds or high chemical content. Spray on, wipe over, leave for a few moments and rinse off. Which household products available in these stores would have a high enough concentration of oxalic acid to do the job??

Non refillable plastic bottle – one of our real bugbears! The trigger doesn’t screw off the bottle and so cannot be easily used again (but it can be recycled) Now, the taps aren’t covered with hardened limescale but inevitably after use during the day they did have water marks on them. To be fair, these marks can probably be polished away with a soft dry cloth if done every day so not a tough test to begin with! As you can see in the photos there is a significant limescale build up around the rim of the kettle and inside the spout so we concentrated on these two areas. Although citric acid is more soluble it is a significantly weaker acid than oxalic acid. The reason it is somewhat slower in its action. It is a little stronger than acetic acid. Oxalic acid is in fact the strongest of the common weak organic acids.The main ingredient used is concentrated citric acid. This is exactly what you will find in lemon juice so all of those recommendations you see to wipe your taps with half a lemon will have a similar effect. Cillit Bang 100% Limescale Remover Citric Acid. Causes serious eye irritation.If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand. Removing tough limescale with a natural product can be a tough ask so we found 3 common areas where limescale can build up at different levels to see just how well it works. Test Number One