“Every day, I wake up to clean the same yellow rings on the bathroom floor.” That’s how the call started. The villa owner from Whitefield, Bangalore, sounded exhausted. “It’s not dirt. It’s not soap scum. It’s something in the water,” she added. “Even if I scrub it today, by tomorrow morning there’s a fresh orange ring near the taps and drain.” This wasn’t new to us. Yellow-orange stains in bathrooms, on tiles, and around fixtures are almost always a sign of high iron content in borewell water. Why Do These Yellow Marks Keep Coming Back? When water has a high level of dissolved iron, it may look clear when it first comes out of the tap. But once exposed to air, iron oxidizes — turning into that unmistakable reddish- orange rust you see in tanks, on tiles, and inside your flush tanks. Over time, the iron forms stubborn stains that aren’t just ugly — they etch into surfaces, ruin fittings, and leave your bathrooms looking older than they really are. Her next question was obvious: “Can ...
Comments
Post a Comment