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Tue, Feb 23, 10 at 10:18
| I had a problem with hard tannish-grey gunk surrounding the base of the faucet on the bathroom sink. I think it was stuff (plumbers putty?) that the handyman used when installing that had seeped out and hardened. It made a ring an eighth of an inch wide. Scrubbing didn't touch it--neither did the lime remover and I was afraid of damaging the finish as I did in the tub. Vinegar worked s l o w ly with a lot of hard scrubbing.
I don't know what made me try it, but I sprayed it with some lemon PAM that was in the kitchen, let it sit for a few minutes, then scrubbed with the vinegar wet rag. It came right off! and the finish is intact--YAY! |
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| Wow, I love when someone finds a surprising use for something. Thanks for sharing this :) |
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| I agree, excellent use of a product. |
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| I wonder why it worked, chemically speaking. Pam is vegetable oil, plumber's putty has linseed oil in it. Maybe the vegetable oil melted the hard putty? In any event, bravo! |
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