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Originally Posted by frayedends
I've heard good things about Nova filter. But seriously posting to put vinegar and baking soda together? No No No. So sick of seeing vinegar mixed with baking soda being presented as a cure all cleaner. Baking soda is slightly caustic, vinegar is slightly acidic. Mixing them makes the solution about neutral. You are left with nothing but basically water.
Use vinegar alone and it will dissolve the calcium deposits. It can take a long time though because vinegar isn't that strong an acid.
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I use baking soda and vinegar to clean our drains. 1) Pour super hot water down the drain. 2) Sprinkle the baking soda around the drain. 3) Pour vinegar over the baking soda. The combo bubbles and originally it cleared a hair clog. Now I do it every few months as prevention. Maybe once the bubbling "action" stops the result is neutral, but the process kept me from paying for a plumber.
Back to the reason for the post ... for cleaning a shower head, I use CLR (be sure to read the instructions).