Bathroom and Limescale Cleaner

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In most Indian bathrooms the problem is not dirt, it is hardness. The chalky white crust on a tap, the cloudy film that will not come off a shower panel, the blocked jets on a shower head and the dull patch on a tile are all calcium and magnesium carbonate, and an ordinary bathroom cleaner does nothing to any of them because it has no acid in it. This one does, and both acids are named with their percentages: citric acid 5 percent and lactic acid 2 percent, at a measured pH 2.6, giving a descaling capacity of 50 mg of calcium carbonate per millilitre of product, measured by weighing a marble chip before and after a 30 minute immersion. The most useful sentence on this page is not a claim, though. It is a warning. This dissolves calcium carbonate, and marble, kota stone, limestone and terrazzo are calcium carbonate. A splash on a marble sill or a kota floor etches it in seconds, the etch is permanent, and no polish or sealer brings the shine back. Granite is more resistant but many stones sold as granite in India are not, so the safe rule is that no natural stone in a bathroom gets this.

• Acids Named and Quantified: Citric acid 5.0 percent, lactic acid 2.0 percent. Total 7.0 percent organic acid engine. Zero hydrochloric acid, zero sulphuric acid, zero sulphamic acid.
• Anti-Precipitation Chemistry: Lactic acid reacts with dissolved calcium to form calcium lactate (solubility 66 g/L, 70 times more soluble than calcium citrate), ensuring dissolved minerals stay dissolved and rinse away without leaving a milky drying haze.
• Measured pH 2.60 & Stoichiometric Power: Descaling capacity verified at 50 mg calcium carbonate per ml. Dissolves stubborn limescale and soap scum through rapid chemical dissolution.
• Plant Surfactants (2.5% Active Matter): Both named: coco-glucoside 1.8 percent and caprylyl/capryl glucoside 0.7 percent. Plant-derived non-ionic surfactants that carry away the body oils and soap scum the acids release without anionic streaks.
• Dual-Mesh Foaming Trigger: Generates a dense, clinging micro-foam that sticks to vertical wall tiles and chrome fittings instead of running immediately down the drain. Eliminates inhalable liquid aerosols.
• Child-Safety Protection: Dosed with denatonium benzoate at 10 ppm (among the most bitter substances known), so a child or pet who tastes it usually spits it out at once. It deters; it does not prevent swallowing, so keep the cap on and the bottle out of reach.
• Dual Preservation at pH 2.6: Potassium sorbate 0.2 percent and sodium benzoate 0.1 percent, working synergistically in their undissociated active form below pH 4.0 against acid-tolerant moulds and yeasts.
• 100% Fragrance-Free & Hypoallergenic: Zero synthetic perfume, zero masking fragrance, zero essential oils. 0 out of 26 EU declarable allergens. Safe for enclosed shower enclosures.
• Surface Safety & Warnings: Safe on ceramic, chrome, glass panel, PVC, glazed tile, and acrylic tubs. Ruinous to marble, kota stone, limestone, and terrazzo.
• Yield & Economics: At about 10 ml per bathroom clean, the 500 ml trigger bottle delivers 50 uses (Rs 4.18/use), and the 1 L refill pouch delivers 100 uses (Rs 3.39/use). The refill pouch fills the trigger bottle twice, cutting plastic packaging by 72%.