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Day 14: You win some. You lose some.

Sometimes you just have to take a win wherever you can get one. And when you don't, all you can do is hope for better next time.

31. ✅ Replace the shower curtain in the 2nd bathroom.

I'm taking the win.

2. ⚠️ Remove the bathtub hard water stains.

I accomplished some of this. The hard water stains are gone. That was a pretty easy one to check off using some CLR and an old rag. However the brushed nickel drain stopper also had what I thought were chalky-looking mineral deposits that needed to also be removed. Upon closer inspection I realized that these were not mineral deposits. The "brushed nickel" hardware was actually just a ceramic piece painted (or otherwise treated) to look like brushed nickel. The chalky mineral deposits were actually spots where the nickel finish had chipped away and exposed the ceramic. There's not a whole lot I can do about that, short of either replacing or refinishing the hardware. Both of those things sound expensive, and I don't think they are worth it.

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