Why You Should Rub Your Bathroom Faucet With Chapstick: An Unusual Life Hack

25.01.2024 03:30

Hygienic lipstick is not only a means for improving the condition of the skin of the lips in the cold season.

This product can be used for other purposes, for example, to protect plumbing.

First of all, we are talking about the faucet in the bathroom, which periodically becomes dirty and covered with limescale.

The problem may be less serious if you rub the clean device with lip balm.

What will the procedure give?

A thin invisible film will appear on the plumbing, thanks to which water containing impurities will not linger on the surface.

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This means that the tap will remain clean and shiny for a long time.

This unusual property of hygienic lipstick is explained by the presence of beeswax or petroleum jelly in its composition.

Of course, sooner or later the protective layer will disappear. But occasionally covering the tap with a "preventive" agent is much easier than constantly fighting limescale.

By the way, hygienic lipstick also protects metal products from corrosion.

We previously covered how to clean shower curtains .

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief