Cillit Bang Naturals Ingredient Citric Acid Powder I Descaler, Degreaser and Removes Rust I Size: 500g

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Cillit Bang uses the phrase ‘Naturally Powerful’ to indicate that this product is made from only natural ingredients and indeed there is a statement on the front label of the bottle at the bottom that assures us of ‘100% naturally derived ingredients’. Convenient and uncomplicated online shopping in no time at all! Our wide range offers you a huge selection of great brand products at unbeatable prices.

Cillit Bang Lime and Grime contains sulphamic acid. Just this week used that to effectively clean some heavy rust staining and deposits from a length of rope. We have an old kettle that is used in the shed for when we need hot water without having to traipse through the house to the kitchen – it doesn’t get much love! Removing tough limescale with a natural product can be a tough ask so we found 3 common areas where limescale can build up at different levels to see just how well it works. Test Number One The scent is very pleasant and not overly strong. Compared with chemical based products that are extremely harsh this is a very nice feature of this product.All good then, this product has ‘All of the Cillit Bang expertise united with concentrated star ingredients from natural origins for cleaning that is both efficient and more responsible’. The side of the bottle gives us a little more information. It tells us that the cleaning active agents are ‘citric acid from natural origin – removes limescale efficiently & surficants from natural origin – remove dirt thoroughly’ Living in a hard water area lime scale is a constant issue. I used the original version of CB but found Id have to waste time washing the endless bubbles away. This new Naturals version works just as well without all the suds or high chemical content. Spray on, wipe over, leave for a few moments and rinse off.

Of course a commercial product that has to last for some time needs other ingredients to stabilise the formula but these are also reassuringly from a natural origin. Now, the taps aren’t covered with hardened limescale but inevitably after use during the day they did have water marks on them. To be fair, these marks can probably be polished away with a soft dry cloth if done every day so not a tough test to begin with! I have looked at the Harpic toilet cleaner with lime scale remover and it contains Hydrochloric acid.. Other cleaners in the house I have looked at have citric acid but nothing so far with oxalic acid.. Non refillable plastic bottle – one of our real bugbears! The trigger doesn’t screw off the bottle and so cannot be easily used again (but it can be recycled)

All natural ingredients – this is the main selling point of this product and it is nice to have something that is 100% naturally derived from a big name company and will be easy to find in supermarkets After the recommended 5 minutes the foam was wiped away with just a damp cloth and after a buff with a dry cloth we were really impressed – the taps were absolutely gleaming – sparkling like new with not a hint of the watermarks at all. Test Number Two

Cillit Bang 100% Limescale Remover Citric Acid. Causes serious eye irritation.If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand. You expect a product that says it will remove limescale to do just that and in all of our tests it did do a very good job. Significant build up of limescale will require a few treatments to get rid of it altogether but I think any non-naturally derived product would be the same.Which household products available in these stores would have a high enough concentration of oxalic acid to do the job??

Spraying plenty of the foam onto the doors, we then used a Minky Cloth Pad to spread the foam all over the glass and left it for the recommended 5 minutes. Although citric acid is more soluble it is a significantly weaker acid than oxalic acid. The reason it is somewhat slower in its action. It is a little stronger than acetic acid. Oxalic acid is in fact the strongest of the common weak organic acids. Now, I don’t know about you but I’d rather put lemons to a better use – maybe into some delicious Lemon Marmalade or a tempting Lemon Drizzle Cake! After wiping the foam away with a damp cloth we could see – and this was quite a surprise – some of the limescale was indeed starting to dissolve and wipe away. However, it was by no means gone so we decided to give it another shot! As you can see in the photos there is a significant limescale build up around the rim of the kettle and inside the spout so we concentrated on these two areas.

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