On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 06:44:58 GMT, "Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp>
wrote:

>I am still looking for a lime scale remover to clean my washing machine. The
>Foreign Buyer's Club offered me something, but this was something to get
>stains off a bathtub or bathroom tiles (12 bottles for 7000+ yen)...
>In Japanese drug stores or home centers I could get these useless tablets to
>dissolve 90% of lime scales in hot water heaters.

OK, I checked what we have in the bathroom. The brand is "Savings",
and it's called 洗たく槽クリーナー (sentakusou KURI-NA-, in case it
gets mojibaked), and claims to get rid of mold, dirt and soap build-up
or so. I couldn't see any claims about limescale - what is the
Japanese for that anyway - I can't find it in either dictionary that
is to hand.

>Sigi

Ken