In all honesty, the hard water spots that appear on our faucets in the bathrooms and kitchen don’t particularly bother me. I notice them, but they’ve never really made it to the top of my “to-figure-out-how-to-get-rid-of” list. 
Recently Tim mentioned in passing how he really didn’t like the spots, but he wasn’t sure what we could do about them. And I remembered that I had just found a great idea on Pinterest addressing this very topic.
The next time I was at the store I picked up one lemon to see if scrubbing my faucet with fresh lemon juice would really make those hard to get rid of spots disappear.
This is what our shower faucet looked like. Pretty icky!
I sliced my lemon in half and then scrubbed that lemon all over those spots. Once I covered a section in lemon juice, I then used my scrub brush.
I was very impressed with how quickly and easily the lemon juice worked! I spent about five minutes working on this faucet, squeezing on lemon juice and then scrubbing. After I had cleaned off most of the spots, I rinsed the faucet off with water and then used a towel to dry it off (didn’t want any more spots starting to form! ).
And this is what I ended up with…
Tim was impressed when he got home from work. And so was I! A simple (and cheap) solution with a big impact. I wished that I had bought more lemons so I could do all of our faucets!
And cleaning with fresh lemon juice is just plain fun. It smells so wonderful! So much better than a commercial cleaner.
This simple solution works for me!
White vinegar works too, if you are in a bind for lemon.
btw, can’t wait to see you post some more pictures of your precious girl!
I was just wondering yesterday if vinegar would work.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for this tip, I seriously hate hard water spots. I think I will use your lemon advice though. I’m not sure I can stand my sinks smelling like vinegar even if it would sparkle, lol.
Don’t you love Pinterest??? I love that site. I’ve gained so much knowledge and ideas from that site.
I’ve known how powerful lemons were suppose to be with cleaning, but I didn’t realize it would make that much of a difference. Thanks for sharing.
Sweeeet!! I live in West Texas and we have some HARD water around here. It wreaks havoc on our plumbing.
I love the smell of lemon, too. Totally going to give this a try.
Great tip! I was going to try this once, but I never seem to have lemons on hand. So I tried my lemon dusting spray…worked great too! If you have glass shower doors, the lemon will work to get the spots off that too.
Wow – I am giving this a try today – my shower faucet looks just like yours did – darn hard water!
How very interesting and cool! I have beyond hard water– as in the faucets are actually corroding because of the water. But I might just have to try this to get the water spots off and see if it helps anything else. I also love the smell of lemon so it definitely can’t hurt! Thanks for the idea.
Great idea!! white vinegar I find also does the trick
Great tip! I’m going to pick up a lemon next time I go to the store.
pinterest is sooo cool
i love ideas like this!!
Great tip- gotta love mother nature!
I have never tried that and I love lemons, I would love to see a post with all the things lemons could do.
Thanks for the great tip! I use lemon to clean my electric kettle but didn’t realize I could clean hard water spots with it too. I love Candi’s idea of a post on the different uses of lemon.
Wow, that’s amazing! I wonder how many lemons it would take to do our shower door? Lol! I am going to buy some and try this. Thanks so much for sharing and thanks for linking up to Making Your Home Sing Monday!
That looks like a great thing to try. Thanks for the pictures! Hey…any idea how to get rust spots out from around the drain of older bathroom sinks? Then I’d be all set!
I don’t know…but that is a great question. I’d love to hear if you find a solution.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Wow!!! What a great idea ! I am soooo going to try this! We live in West Texas where the water is so hard, and hard water stains are such a challenge to get rid of! What an awesome, cheap and green way to clean! Thanks for the tip!
I am glad you tested this out! I have seen this a few times on Pinterest and always wondered how it would turn out. I have it on my to do list so I am glad you beat me to it and that it was a success : )
WOW – thanks for that idea. I will definitely try this on my shower faucet. I’m cleaning my whole house this week and wished I had a lemon right now. Going to store tomorrow!!