How to Clean a Chrome Showerhead

Hard water can leave spots and lime buildup on all the surfaces in your home where you use water most often. These deposits can easily be cleaned, but when they buildup in fixtures like showerheads they can be a little more difficult to deal with. However, if you are willing to take the time to clean your chrome showerheads they will shine like new and your water will begin to flow more freely.

Things You'll Need

• Vinegar
• Water
• Container
• Toothbrush

Instructions

1. Create a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water. You can use commercially-available cleaners made specifically for cleaning hard water stains but using vinegar is less expensive, less harsh and better for the environment (and it works just as well).

2. Remove the chrome showerhead by unscrewing it.

3. Place the showerhead in the container containing the vinegar and water solution.

4. Let the showerhead sit in the solution. How long you have to let it sit will depend on the amount of calcium built up in the showerhead. It may require as little as an hour or as much as overnight.

5. Remove the showerhead from the solution and brush it lightly with a toothbrush to dislodge the rest of the buildup.

6. Rinse the showerhead and replace it.

Tips & Warnings

• For a showerhead that is not easily removed, place the vinegar and water solution in a baggie. Place it over the showerhead and tie it off so that the showerhead is sitting in the solution. Let it sit. Then brush it as described above.