Ahh the hard water in Missouri! Well I use distilled vinegar in the rinse aid dispenser in dishwasher and this prevents those stains. Try mixing a bit of baking soda and distilled vinegar to remove those spots. Columbia, Missouri
I would use straight vinegar, or even CLR. CLR and vinegar do not hurt glass. I am not sure about lead crystal, so if these are very expensive crystal stemwear, you might try googling for some cleaning info about that. However, I suspect it it is not, and vinegar or CLR will do the trick.
If this is a deposit that forms when they are in the dishwasher, you can pour a cup of so of vinegar in the last rinse load, and that should help prevent the problem. I had to do that in one house we lived in that had very hard water.
Put a few inches of water in a lareg bowl or kitchen sink. Add a few inches of distilled vinegar. Soak glasses for 10 min, remove, rinse immediately, then dry. If spots are not gone, you will know right away. In this case, olace back in water/vinegar a bit longer and repeat the ending steps, drying completely. This should help.
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Request: Remove Hard Water Deposits from Stemware
Archived on 08/20/2009
How do you remove hard water deposits from stemware?
Marilyn from Shell Knob, MO
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RE: Remove Hard Water Deposits From Stemware
Try a paper towel and white vinegar. The vinegar smell will dissipate as it dries.
Easier still; fill the glass to above the mark with plain vinegar, let stand overnight. If the mark hasn't dissolved fully, give it another day. I bought a gorgeous crystal vase at a thrift store for about 4 dollars that had a similar stain, overnight and the mark was gone! (11/01/2005)
RE: Remove Hard Water Deposits From Stemware
Even easier, just fill the sink with water, pour in a glug of vinegar (maybe a quart or less?), put in the glassware and let it soak a bit. Then just wipe the scum off. We have incredibly hard water and I clean the film off our glasses every few months (well, maybe more often if company is coming and I want to impress them). (11/01/2005)
By Mary
RE: Remove Hard Water Deposits From Stemware
First, I found that the dishwasher leaves a lot of hard water spots so I now wash all my glassware by hand.
When I do find hard water spots, I use Lime-Away in a spray bottle. A very small amount sprayed on the spot usually does a pretty good job. (11/02/2005)
By Doris
RE: Remove Hard Water Deposits From Stemware
Fill the stemmed piece with vinegar diluted with a little water and let stand about 20 minutes. Wash and dry. (11/02/2005)
By Beth
RE: Remove Hard Water Deposits From Stemware
I have hard water as well, when my dishwasher is on the rinse cycle I pour a little vinegar in it and I have no hard water spots. A lot easier than washing by hand! (11/04/2005)
