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Hand-wash crystal glasses in warm water using amild dish soap. Avoid abrasive scrub brushes and use a nonabrasivesponge instead. For severe film buildup, wash the glass withvinegar or use a commercial lime remover. Soak the glass in asolution of 1 cup of vinegar to 1 gallon of water, then scrublightly.
Also, how do you remove cloudiness from crystals?
You can remove the buildup caused by calcium andmagnesium ions in hard water by swabbing the glass with acetone(nail polish remover), and then scrub gently with a milddetergent. Soaking the glasses in plain white distilled vinegar for15 minutes is another effective home remedy.
- Pour 1 cup of distilled white vinegar into a container.
- Place one cloth into the container so that the entire cloth issaturated by the distilled white vinegar.
- Stuff the wet cloth into the plastic glass.
Subsequently, question is, why does Crystal turn cloudy?
A common reason for foggy or cloudy crystal isdried calcium deposits on the inside of the glass. These areleft from the calcium and magnesium ions in hard water that resultfrom: The water is so hot it "bakes" on food film, or thewater is so cool it leaves grease on theglass.
Glasses can go cloudy in thedishwasher for several reasons. You can work out what'scausing the cloudiness by soaking a glass in vinegar for 15minutes; if the glass comes out clean it has clouded due tolimescale deposits. If it's still cloudy then it has beenetched, perhaps because you are using too muchdetergent.