White Splotchy Stuff On Glass Lids...

[ICEEGRL]

I got some glass lids (used) really cheap. I have done everything I know to do. I can't get them clean! What can I do to get this white crusty/splotchy stuff off without messing the glass up? I have been trying to clean one all day, and am getting nowhere.
I have it where it looks good when wet, but when it dries (water runs off) you can't see through it.
What can I do?

Thanks!

 

[CageUK]

That sounds like the limescale you are talking about.

I half remember a TV prog about cleaning that said vinegar and lemon juice are good natural cleaners of limescale. Soak the item in a mixture of both until the limescale softens then wash off. I'm sure a quick google will establish the accuracy of my memory but it is something like that. I wouldn't use any of the commercial limescale cleaners for obvious reasons but as long as the vinegar and lemon mixture is washed off thoroughly I can't see that there'd be any problems.

Always looking to be corrected though!

Cheers

 

[tetraqueen]

a mixture of either lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda to make a paste. paine on and leave for a few mins it with bubble the stuff of. I would then rinse clear and use dechlorinated water to soak each end as much as possible. I am taking you can remove these and hold in a bucket.

Otherwise there is an expensive tank cleaning spray that they sell at the lfs its green and that is dilute but works.

 

[ICEEGRL]

I keep hearing people talk about bicarbonate of soda... What is that? Where do you get it?

I have been working with vinegar and rubbing alcohol all day. I paint it on and scrub then repeat. My room smells like a big pickle!!!! I have even tried scraping it with a knife. That did nothing.

I don't have lemon juice, but I can get some. It will take a lot to fill a bucket enough to get half of a glass strip in it.
Do you mix it 50/50 juice and soda? or juice and vinegar? Which do you think would work better? How long do you have to soak it?

How does lime get on the lids? What causes that?

Thanks for helping me!

 

[afishdude]

i use vineager all the time. scrub it good and it comes off.

 

[drewry]

I keep hearing people talk about bicarbonate of soda... What is that? Where do you get it?

I have been working with vinegar and rubbing alcohol all day. I paint it on and scrub then repeat. My room smells like a big pickle!!!! I have even tried scraping it with a knife. That did nothing.

I don't have lemon juice, but I can get some. It will take a lot to fill a bucket enough to get half of a glass strip in it.
Do you mix it 50/50 juice and soda? or juice and vinegar? Which do you think would work better? How long do you have to soak it?

How does lime get on the lids? What causes that?

Thanks for helping me!

bicarbonate of soda i think you get from chemists

lime scale on ure lid i caused by ure air stones when the bubbles reach the top they splash water on ure lid leaving lime scale after a wile

 

[afishdude]

i have limescale and havent used airstones for about 2 years.

 

[ICEEGRL]

I have used a full bottle of vinegar and torn up 2 scrub pads. I'm not getting anywhere.
I have to go finish supper. I'll try again later.

Thanks.

 

[afishdude]

oh, if its on there that bad use a flat razor knife blade. like from a utility knife. and give it a good scraping, BUT be SURE not to scratch the glass.

 

[drewry]

i have limescale and havent used airstones for about 2 years.

i knew some one would say that i posted it and relised i never put pluss water evaporation

 

[Musho3210]

bicarbonate soda is baking soda isnt it?

 

[afishdude]

its not water evaperating eather its the water bieng agitated on the surface and the water spashes up sometimes. like for example i keep one tank 2" down from the top for bettas, and another right up to the top for guppies, the one right at the top gets the limescale but the one 2" down doesnt.

 

[Musho3210]

not only water evaporates, its true that it is mostly H2O molecules but other things evaporate with it in very small amounts. If left unattended they will start to leave marks. Salt-creep is a good example of this.

 

[showjyr]

bicarbonate of soda=baking soda. It usually cleans my tops pretty well on its own but if the stuff is really nasty, as afishdude said use a razor blade.

 

[afishdude]

o yea!!! hes on my side!!