Do you own a toilet brush?

Should add we are in a hard water area, but installed a water softener same time as the bathroom refurb.

Am sure this contributes to an easier- to-clean loo.

Was expensive, but worth it for easier cleaning of loo, shower etc.

Hmmm! Just wondering what happens to the rubber gloves after the toilet cleaning operation!!!! Oh! Suppose they get a good clean when doing the washing up.
We have a toilet brush which is used to give a general good clean especially under the rims. Use a good toilet cleaner like Harpic and leave the brush in the toilet soaking in Harpic or bleach. Then back into its ceramic holder.

MissAdventure

So, Amazon reviews say that the handle of these disposable things has it's own holder, which you can attach to the wall!

They do, but the attachey thing is just a double sided sticky pad. I don't bother - they stand upright on their own. I think the pressure of attaching the clip to the handle would be too much for the adhesive pad to take.

Gosh, this thread is getting very forensic, considering its subject matter .

I don't like a bin in my bathroom.
Unimaginable things (thankfully) would be put into it by my boy, I'm sure.

So, lame get this straight..

You have a brush, that's not really a brush because it smooth.
It's so smooth that it cleans poop easier than a brush..
And it stands up on it's own? Hmmm....

MissAdventure

I don't like a bin in my bathroom.
Unimaginable things (thankfully) would be put into it by my boy, I'm sure.

So all these visitors people have who do unspeakable things in bathrooms? Where do they dispose of the evidence?

Seriously, I do think a bathroom bin is A Good Thing for visitors. People don't always want to be judged on what they do in bathrooms, and might not want to carry 'things' through the house in search of a bin. I'm deliberately not mentioning what those things might be, as there is always someone ready with judgement . Look away if you are easily offended. . . .

(used cotton buds, panty liners, empty tubes of ointments - that sort of thing).

Lame... not sure why I wrote that, but I'm right.

Oh yes.
Good point about visitors.
I hadn't thought of that.

MissAdventure

So, lame get this straight..

You have a brush, that's not really a brush because it smooth.
It's so smooth that it cleans poop easier than a brush..
And it stands up on it's own? Hmmm....

No. (Oh God!)

It is basically a stick and a holder with pads in it. The stick sits outside the holder. The whole thing stands up, just like a bogbrush, really. You lift off the handle/stick and open the container with it. You then attach a pad to the stick, which can be done without touching, as there is a button on the side of the stick. When the pad hits the water it activates the cleaning solution with which it is infused. You scrub. A pleasant smell drifts into the room, and the loo is rendered inoffensive. The pad fits under the rim too, for completeness of the operation. You then dispense the pad into the bin (or flush it, or put it in the dishwasher according to your preference). The stick goes back into its place on the side of the holder. You go back to watching Corrie, happy that the bathroom is once again visitor-friendly. The End

Now Wash Your Hands Please

Thank you.
It's really hard to picture without having tried one.

Even then, I seem to not "get" how these things work, and end up wrestling with items that others' find easy.

MissAdventure

Thank you.
It's really hard to picture without having tried one.

Even then, I seem to not "get" how these things work, and end up wrestling with items that others' find easy.

No, it's all been overcomplicated by the thread 😂. It's easy - there's really only one way you can use it when you see it.

I have the silicone and clean with hot soapy water x

Haven’t had a one in years as they get manky and full of germs.

Callistemon21 - even a long weekend would be too long surely!!!

Thanks elasticatedslacks - so really, what's the difference between rinsing the stick in the next (clean) flush and using a silicone brush and rinsing that in the next clean flush?

NellieJ

I have the silicone and clean with hot soapy water x

Presumably you do that in a basin or sink? 😱

I have two, one for each toilet. Obviously, they should be scalded often and replaced entirely quite frequently.

I can see the sense of insitutions and places of work not being allowed to have a toilet brush that is used more than once, although environmentaly the use once, then throw out idea is unsound.

NotSpaghetti

Thanks elasticatedslacks - so really, what's the difference between rinsing the stick in the next (clean) flush and using a silicone brush and rinsing that in the next clean flush?

The stick doesn't at any point come into contact with faeces. Only the bit of it that connects to the pad goes into the water. The whole point of a brush of any kind, silicone or bristle, is that it does make contact.

I'm not remotely bothered what others do to clean their loos though - there seems to be a lot of the usual defensiveness and judgement creeping into the thread.

the pad fits under the rim too, for completeness of the operation

This is why a rimless toilet is useful, hardly any rim.

What is the point of rims? I am in the market for new bathroom fittings, but hadn't considered the rim question. I didn't even know there was a rim question . Do rims serve any useful purpose?

Crikey!

This is one of the most active threads on GN today 😂
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Doodledog I'm just interested. Not judging!

Obviously anything that is disturbed in the bowl will inevitably come in contact with the stick. I wondered why the whole thing isn't disposable - given the stick needs to be stored somewhere.

Well, I’ve got a toilet brush for both the upstairs and downstairs loos. They are not dirty, disgusting things because they get swilled with the toilet flush after use and then dunked in bleach. I’m reluctant to go down the route of the disposable ones because of environmental waste. Touchwood, we and any visitors seem ok, despite the use of toilet brushes 😁😁.

I didn't mean you, NS - just a general observation.

Bleach. Disposable pulped paper. Which is better/worse? I don't know, really, but my guess is that disposing of pulped paper is better for the environment. My cleaner is a fan of bleach and squirts the loos once a week with the stuff though. Who am I to complain? She brings her own products, and does things her way. I prefer the disposable pads as there is no lurking brush, and nothing else to clean. I don't expect the cleaner to deal with that sort of thing, so I assume the squirt of bleach is just routine.

In the time I've been using the pads there has never been anything in contact with the stick, as you flush the loo before cleaning, and the logistics of the operation would make contact all but impossible. How would you get the handle of a standard loo brush to come into contact with the pan of the loo? It just doesn't happen.