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Mared Gruffydd & Nicola Roy

Mrs Hinch fans share 30p shower cleaning hack that 'cuts through limescale'

Cleaning influencer Mrs Hinch is known for sharing helpful cleaning tips and advice for getting your home in order.

As well as harnessing millions of followers across her social media platform, she's also inspired countless Facebook groups for people to come together and share their cleaning troubles and dilemmas.

Recently, one woman posted that she'd been having trouble getting rid of limescale on her shower screen and door after trying out multiple different products and not having any luck.

Plenty of Mrs Hinch fans soon came to her rescue and suggested their top tips for cutting through the pesky limescale, the Express reports.

In the group, which has over 100,000 members, the woman posted: "I’ve just moved into a property, there is limescale on the shower screen which I have been really struggling to get off.

"I have used three different limescale products and it’s not budging. Any suggestions what I can use?"

The products she had used were HG Limescale Remover, Viakal, and Mr Muscle Soap, Scum and Limescale Remover.

But apparently the most effective way to remove limescale is often just a lemon - which tends to cost around 30p to buy from the supermarket.

Lemons have plenty of natural cleaning properties (Getty Images)

Someone commented: "Half fresh lemon rubbed over, rinse off and dry. May have to repeat."

Another added: "Half a lemon, sprinkle with salt, rub on the affected areas, and leave for five to 10 minutes and rinse."

For extra cleaning power, someone else suggested: "Fresh lemon and bicarbonate soda."

While another added: "Bicarbonate soda on a lemon and squeeze and scrub."

It wasn't just the lemon trick that people had suggested for getting rid of limescale in the shower. Tea also seemed to be a popular choice, with one person saying: "Tea bag and hot water. Boil some water and add a tea bag to it, like you would when making a cup of tea, and wipe it on the screen with a cloth. Then rinse and wipe down."

Another added: "Cold brewed tea in a squirty bottle, spray, leave for a couple of minutes, and then wipe with a microfibre cloth, and rinse."

One final suggestion was to mix white vinegar with water and washing up liquid, give the door a scrub and leave for 10 minutes before wiping it away.

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