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Feranija wrote: Please, is there any way to determine hardness of tap water with household ingredients ? I know a soap will not produce as much suds in hard water as it will foam in soft water, but the trouble is I can't compare, I don't know how much soap foam I should expect in soft/hard water. I don't need extremely precise results, I just need to know is water soft or hard, or something in-between regarding amount of calcium and magnesium it contains. Thank you very much. There are kits that will allow you to estimate the hardness. Look for swimming pool supplies. -- Ron |
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Gary Heston wrote:
In article , Logan Shaw wrote: [ ... ] Good luck cleaning the glass dish afterwards. I have a nasty habit of putting water on for tea and then forgetting about it, so I've got more than one pan with a nasty coat of whatever was in the water. On a metal pan, that stuff is damn near impossible to clean off. I tried dish soap, lemon juice (it contais an organic acid, so it should eat away a thin layer of metal, in theory) , elbow grease, and finally stainless steel polish, and I still have a layer of something in that pan. I also did the same thing with a non-stick pan, and that pan had to go into the trash. Use something a bit stronger--LimeAway or C-L-R will get the residue off. Or wait until it's thick enough and smack the bottom of the kettle smartly. The mineral deposit will crack into small pieces which can be rinsed away. It doesn't work perfectly, but who looks inside a tea kettle anyway? When it stops whistling and cleaning the whistle mechanism doesn't work any more, recycle it and get a new one. This is another thing that people sell cheap but nearly-new at yard sales... -- Cheers, Bev ================================================== ======= "Life is actually fair. It just doesn't seem to be common knowledge that 'fair' sometimes sucks." -- Jim Cook |
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"Feranija" feranija@net... wrote in message ... Please, is there any way to determine hardness of tap water with household ingredients ? I know a soap will not produce as much suds in hard water as it will foam in soft water, but the trouble is I can't compare, I don't know how much soap foam I should expect in soft/hard water. I don't need extremely precise results, I just need to know is water soft or hard, or something in-between regarding amount of calcium and magnesium it contains. Thank you very much. If it's city water, contact the water utility and ask them. Bob |
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The Montana number is even close to correct.. this map is suspect!
Many state have monitoring wells all over and publish analysis of samples on a state website. Your water dept is a good place to contact. |
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Water Hardness
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... "Feranija" feranija@net... wrote in message ... Please, is there any way to determine hardness of tap water with household ingredients ? I know a soap will not produce as much suds in hard water as it will foam in soft water, but the trouble is I can't compare, I don't know how much soap foam I should expect in soft/hard water. I don't need extremely precise results, I just need to know is water soft or hard, or something in-between regarding amount of calcium and magnesium it contains. Thank you very much. If it's city water, contact the water utility and ask them. Bob Hope this page will help you with your info search. http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/water/g1274.htm Love from Norway |
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