I have very hard water. Does it tackle mineral - calcium, lime, etc? I need to clean out the mineral build up inside my pipes.
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Whirl Out does do some cleanout of minerals, but I'm not sure exactly what, except that it cleans pretty well. The best product I've found so far is called "Oh Yuk Jetted Tub System Cleaner." It has been taking care of our bacterial iron that had been accumulating in the pipes. It dissolves a lot of it, and WhirlOut does too, but not quite as good. I have found using warm to hot water in both the cleaning and the rinse helps. The problem is, for me, that I'm not sure what harsh chemicals I can use or not use in the jacuzzi tub. If I could use anything, I would pick Iron Out. It might sound funny or silly, but for very small corroded items, Efferdent (for cleaning dentures) does an excellent job. I was looking for something to clean a partial, and one of the reviews for Efferdent was a guy who uses it to clean the minerals, calcium, etc, from his toilet. I tried Efferent in the toilet and it actually did a fairly decent job. With hot water, I think it could have done better. Hope these suggestions help. Ingrid
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The packaging doesn't list calcium as something that it removes and I haven't done any testing of the water to see. Sorry!
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Most likely, but the end result is what I'm after.....clean water that I add trace mineral drops to. There's no sense at all in drinking anything else.
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I live in an area where water is very hard. The filter doesn't remove the calcium. I can see that while boiling the filtered water; have to clean the boiler every day if I don't want to have any sediment in my tea. I find the Berkey filter more effective.
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Are you using distilled water? If you are using regular tap water it may have a calcium build up in there. It will Make it run irregular.
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I cannot be sure that it removes lime or calcium; but since using the water from its going through 4 different filters (which come with it) for our coffee machine, the coffee machine has not ever had to be cleaned of calcium deposits where as before the machine had to be cleaned just about every other month.
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I have well water which contains calcium. So far I haven't had an issue with it plugging up. The best thing is to clean it often. You can use vinegar to clean. I use 2 Tablespoons of vinegar also in my dishwasher every time I run, that way there is no build up and spots.
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Filtering is not dealing with hard water the NUVO will coat the minerals allowing for them to pass thru without klinging onto piping, faucets shower doors..... I would keep with a carbon pre filter in front of the NUVO to remove chlorine odors and larger particles before the water hits the NUVO Hope this helps
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You don't want the "soft rock" for hard water, as that is for soft water specifically. If you order the "hard rock" it works great, or any of the regular ones with two scoops per load instead of one scoop will work in hard water.
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I dont know about using mineral water..I use distilled water from my counter top water fountain filter and I get excellent results...
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Steam will not remove hard water stains. Use a remover for lime and stains. Be sure to wear gloves when applying product.I am pleased with the cleaning when using steam.
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Have you cleaned it. I use distilled water so I don't have to worry about mineral build up. I also have a water distiller which paid for itself in one year. you will also get a white powder over everything with a sonic humidifier with water from the faucet, especially if you have a water conditioner.. I clean out my sharper image humidifier half way through the winter. if you bought it from Sharper Image, they are very good about replacing items that stop working. sorry if this doesn't help.
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Yes. But, if you have a lot calcium in your water I would use distiller water.
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prevent a build-up of minerals from hard water inside the unit and it will last a lot longer. To prevent a build-up of minerals from hard water inside the unit. Just run a cup of vinegar through the unit, now it's going to smell of vinegar. So what I do is go outside and plug it in and let it do it's thing. I got this from Hints from Heloise in the late 60's
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I'm sure it is better to use distilled. However, I use tap water and just clean regularly to get rid of some of the mineral buildup.
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No never had an issue could be from your water, if it is hard, minerals, use a bottle of drinking water see if that clears it.
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I believe these are ferrous metals and other minerals. One way to reduce this buildup is to filter the water that gets put into the tanks. The build up will still occur, but at a slower rate. Distiller water will end the build up completely, but that might be an expensive option depending on your access to distilled water.