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  • 11-06-2025 08:46PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,475 ✭✭✭✭


    Like how to remove timescale from a toilet bowl etc. White Vinegar doesn't work btw.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Just change the setting to GMT.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,172 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Timescale? Sounds like something the TARDIS picks up.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,443 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    AI is your friend for this Top Tip. Only for toilet bowls though, not the etc.

    AI OverviewThe timescale for removing limescale from a toilet bowl using vinegar typically involves leaving the vinegar in the bowl for 3-4 hours or overnight. After that, the bowl is scrubbed and flushed to remove the loosened limescale. For extremely hard limescale buildup, multiple applications of vinegar may be needed. 



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,711 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windscreen wipers turned to 'fast wipe' whenever you leave your car parked illegally.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,475 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    I did the three or four hours. May try the multiple applications.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭Quiet Achiever


    Bleach the **** out of it



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Chlorine Triflouride for when you have a problem and need a solution.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭adaminho


    Use a pumice stone to scrape it off without damaging the bowl.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,792 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    You will then have a different problem. I suspect even the porcelain would catch fire.

    From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride

    It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water—with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals—steel, copper, aluminum, etc.—because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride that protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminium keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,086 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    It's chemical formula is ClF₃. But does that mean that it used to be JlF₃ ?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,475 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Been at it with a screwdriver, it's like concrete. The Vinegar helped a bit,may need repeated applications when there's nobody around. Don't think having an open sewer is entirely safe.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭Raysin


    If you can drain the cistern, use Harpic Power Plus Max and cover with clingfilm to stop it drying out. It'll break down the limescale and you can scrub it off easily. Leave it to work overnight.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭uch


    Don't tie yer shoelace in a revolving door and use caustic soda in the jax

    21/25



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭Burt Renaults


    Sit on your penis until it goes dead. Then masturbate and it feels like you're masturbating somebody else's penis.



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