Pumie Scouring StickI would have never believed how well this works if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes a year ago when the cleaning lady at the office where I worked used it on a toilet bowl that we all thought was beyond help.
Well, here I am a year later desperately trying everything I can find to get rid of hard water stains in our old country home bathroom. And wouldn't you know it I remembered this little, inexpensive tool, and tried it.
And it worked like a charm. No chemicals. No soaking. Just a few minutes of elbow grease and it was done. I am in love with this product. Bizarre, maybe. But when I can find something that works as well as this did without breaking the budget or fuming up my house, I'm all over it.
Vinegar
I decided to try a little experiment. Everything under my kitchen sink didn't seem to be doing the trick of removing the hard water scum on my bathtub and shower walls. Some worked better than others, but nothing worked great. And I hated the fumes and smells that came from those bottles. And I hated spending money on something that didn't work. 
So I grabbed a bottle of vinegar, diluted it a bit with some filtered water, and sprayed the shower and bathtub. I let it sit for about a minutes, went back over it with a wet sponge and couldn't believe how well that cut through the scum. I used it in the sink, on the counter top, the toilet, the floor, you name it. So simple, so inexpensive. I'm a fan.
