Aggravating Hard Water Deposits

I've been having a problem with ugly, scaly, hard water deposits around my bathroom faucet.  I've tried Lime Away, vinegar, and a number of other things that just wouldn't get rid of it.  I don't remember having this much difficulty in Illinois.  Does Hawaii have more minerals in the water?

My fingernails have taken a beating trying to remove what I could from it.

Art thought he'd try this Soft Scrub Total.

It has a spray and foam option.  He thought the foam clung better.

We let it soak for a while and then scrubbed it with a teflon Dobie pad.

It didn't remove all of it, but most.  I could also scrape off the left over deposits easier when it was dry.

Not bad.

I can live with this.