• onslaught545@lemmy.zip
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    The article doesn’t say it dissolves mineral buildup. It penetrates the buildup to separate it from the surface it’s stuck to.

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      Still not going to work. You’ll want an acid like LCR to do the job, but you also aren’t going to see any real gain from a sink faucet. I’ve done it to shower heads, but those have much smaller passages and it had to be over night.

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        I mean, that’s how it works for stuff that’s rusted shut. But you’re right that an acid, even vinegar, would be way more effective. And non-toxic in the case of vinegar.