acid, a compound which has both cleaning and descaling properties and has been safely used for centuries. Put your scratch on then give it a day then float it out and leave that till it drys out and then skim it. I don't have a good before photo but all the blue is thick limescape that you could chip off if you really dug at it. I always chuck white vinegar in the toilets as my last job before leaving the house to go on holiday as it works magic over a week or two, even without bailing the water out first. The water in our area is hard and leaves terrible white streaks on everything, despite trying to keep the shower fresh and clean, the limescale build up looked shabby.

I would take the plaster off the bottom of the wall to a height of 18-20 inches then coat it with a 5 or 6 sand 1 lime 1 cement scratch coat and the same for float coat and then skim as normal. All wooden wedges/plugs and nails removed (I'm going to plug and screw some new batten in for the skirting). They're now much better, I plunged the water out as far as I could, then left toilet paper soaked in vinegar on every bit of limescale for several hours (used a whole bottle of white vinegar per toilet).Its formula starts working on contact to remove limescale, soap scum, hard water stains, white spots, bathroom and kitchen grime. You will have to kill the suction on the brick wall (Your plasterer should know how to do that) before you put any muck on it and then it should all dry out equally.

Was assuming I'm going to have to get the rubber gloves on and scrub scrub scrub, but there's some good ideas here too. We use it to clean the bathroom of lime scale and give vases/glasses/the cat's water bowl etc a good soak in a bucket of the stuff every month. DH and I just got one and it makes a huge difference for sensitive skin; also eliminates the hard water spots on the shower stall glass.

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Suction on brick - is dampening with water likely to be sufficient, or would you suggest a bonding agent? SoS is concentrated hydrochloric acid, high corrosive, must not be mixed with any other toilet cleaner and should be used sparingly.If I took off 18-20 inches as you suggested, could this be used instead of bonding to be on the safe side? It's only in one corner of the room too, the other walls are generally fine, and where the plaster has blown elsewhere - there isn't any of the soft white stuff on the brickwork. Limelite Surface Spray removes Limescale, Soap Scum, Water Marks and Bathroom Grim with the Limelite Surface Spray.