The Best Way Quickly Clean Faucet Heads

The best way to quickly clean faucet heads is with a faucet aerator key. These keys come with your faucet install kit. You may have seen them around your house and didn't know what they were so you threw them away.
This key helps you remove an inset aerator so it can be cleaned. The aerator controls the flow of water exiting your faucet. Left unclean, bacteria and hard water mineral scale can develop impacting the flow and health of your faucet water.
Most of y’all have seen the vinegar and water filled baggie rubber banded to the faucet trick to remove hard water scale. This only cleans the external side of the faucet, not the internal part where the water flows throw and where all the real nasties like to hide.
Here’s the best way to quickly clean your faucet heads using an aerator key. Line up the teeth of the aerator key with the grooves in the aerator. Twist the key to unscrew the aerator. Soak the parts in distilled vinegar for 30 minutes, give a little toothbrush scrub to remove any remaining debris, rinse and reassemble.
No worries if you can’t find your aerator keys. You can pick up a replacement from Amazon or a local hardware store. You just have to know your faucet make and model.
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[@alexandriav3956]

Or if you’re lazy like me, get a ziplock bag of vinegar and tie it around the faucet. 😂

[@BradleyON1]

As someone who regularly remodels kitchens and bathrooms i usually just use that tool to take out the aerator and never replace it 😂
Usually the clients want me to take it out anyway

[@stephanieboothhome]

Oh wow! When they're removed, water sprays in all directions when the faucet is on. I'm surprised they want them removed.

[@BradleyON1]

@@stephanieboothhome it varies by manufacturer
Most is just a steady stream scientists call it laminar flow

[@stephanieboothhome]

@@BradleyON1 Thank you for the info! I definitely don't have the steady stream brands installed in my house. I totally forgot I took the aerators out and sprayed myself with water 🤣

[@BradleyON1]

@@stephanieboothhome lol gg