Someone must be good at chemistry ...

[blamebrampton]

Is there anyone out there who is genuinely good at chemistry? I have a writer who assures me that using Epsom salts in the bath will cut down on soap scum. This seems crazy to me, because the addition of magnesium to water will harden it, which I would think would lead to more, not less, scum. Am I secretly insane? Am I missing something? Is there a clever cunning trick that means the Epsom salts will harden the water but stop the scum sticking to the bath?

Is there any way of stopping journalists using internet gossip sites as their sole sources of information? Is there any way to make the internet more accurate? Is there any way I can be issued with a blanket immunity to prosecution for throwing things at journalists who say 'No, that's right, it was on the internet!'

Also ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY marinelle24 ! I hope you have a lovely day!

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cheers, dear! See that lot makes sense: the ammonia et al will cut through the fat that adheres the scum to the porcelain. The wax would stop it depositing in the first place. All logical. The Epsom salts, on the other hand ...

How's the mouth? I hope it's all healing up nicely without too many cups of salt water gargled! (bleagh!)

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

on a scale from 1-10 10 being the worse it went from 10,000 to about 5-51/2. Rinsing
and gargling with Brown Listerine (URGH!), warm salt water, and Hydrogen Peroxide. *hugs* Thanks for asking.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh you poor dear! I hope it's all better soon! There's little worse than tooth and mouth pain, especially when all the cures taste so horrid.

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the pain using the cures is worse than the original pain it's self. *palms face* Thaks for your well wishes Sis. *hugs*