Would a whole house water softener be worth it? [more inside]
posted by M Edward on May 12, 2012 - 13 answers

HardWaterFilter: My mother is frustrated because she now has to soak her dishes in lime-away to get them as clean as they used to get in the dishwasher. She believes this is because the amount of phosphates in diswashing soap has recently been lowered. She is on well water and it is pretty hard water. Is there anything she can do to get her dishes clean in the dishwasher again? [more inside]
posted by Mozzie on Nov 29, 2010 - 16 answers

What product is effective in doing dishes in hard water?
posted by page123 on Mar 12, 2009 - 6 answers

How do you clean hard water rust stains from plastic and rubber? The fridge front door where you get water and ice has nasty brown stains on the rubber levers and plastic drip tray.
posted by hardbop on Jan 25, 2009 - 10 answers

Green "rocks" in my plumbing fixtures: what are they? [more inside]
posted by chazlarson on Jan 31, 2006 - 15 answers

H2OFilter: Laptop disaster! The cat spilled a vase-full of water on the keyboard of my Dell Latitude C800 laptop. I managed to avoid getting the thing completely drenched, but the machined did shut down immediately, unprompted. [more inside]
posted by yellowcandy on Dec 16, 2005 - 14 answers