cleaning loos

My mum swore by Spirit of Salts for cleaning the loo

...’Harpic Power Tablets’ ....garlic ????

Garlic power tablets. Brilliant while my son in law was on hols with my grandchildren, I rolled up my sleeves and scoured his loo.... he’s great in everything else...but loo leaves lot to be desired. Put two in overnight and started to work ....put two on the following night and by morning the gunk was gone ....all it needed then was elbow grease! Harpic power tabs!!

Pumice stone was the only thing that really worked for me in a hard water area, and it didn’t scratch the toilet

Cat lover pour a bottle of coke around the loo, leave overnight.

Auntieflo

*Annaraml*. I am another who fell for that SparkleBowl ad, in lock down boredom. It was expensive and took ages to arrive.

When it didn't work as shown in the ad, I emailed the company, who replied that 'your loo has to be really dirty for it to work'. Not just normal staining.
(In the ad, the product foams right up to the rim of the bowl, in real life, it doesn't).

So, another lesson learned.

I have found the very thick limescale remover, in the black bottle works.

Does anyone else think that the ceramics used in modern day toilets, are not as long lasting as in 'the olden days'?
I am sure the limescale builds up much faster.

I'm glad you both commented on this product as I too was interested in it!

I wouldn’t advise using spirits of salts. I know someone who used it - probably a little over-enthusiastically - and her loo exploded leaving a very large hole and rendering it totally unusable. I imagine it was beautifully lime scale free though but be careful with the stuff as it’s very strong.

A real pumice stone works well and doesn't scratch.

Annaraml. I am another who fell for that SparkleBowl ad, in lock down boredom. It was expensive and took ages to arrive.

When it didn't work as shown in the ad, I emailed the company, who replied that 'your loo has to be really dirty for it to work'. Not just normal staining.
(In the ad, the product foams right up to the rim of the bowl, in real life, it doesn't).

So, another lesson learned.

I have found the very thick limescale remover, in the black bottle works.

Does anyone else think that the ceramics used in modern day toilets, are not as long lasting as in 'the olden days'?
I am sure the limescale builds up much faster.

Harpic limescale tablets. They dissolve like Alka Seltzer (don't get them mixed up) and you can leave overnight.

I fell for an online ad for a product called Sparklebowl. It claims that if you use 2 spoonfuls in your loo it will fizz up to the top and when you flush it after an hour or two it will be brilliantly clean. It is quite expensive and did not work in my loo at all.

harpic 100% limescale remover, the blue bottle.

Use a toilet brush vigerously, last thing at night, which will push most of the water round the U bend, then either fill up with a can of coke, or with a sachet of descaler and leave overnight. Try one one night, and one the next - and tell us which works best!

We’ve never use beach or disinfectants but that’s to do more with not polluting the drainage area around our septic tank.

I use rubber gloves and softish green scouring pad.

A little bleach is OK if you choose to use it.

A side issue with drainage and septic tanks is to be aware of where you drain to.

We were responsible for selling the house a close relative lived in last year, after her death. It had a septic tank that drained to surface water! Oh Boy! This is not allowed any more and tanks have to be replaced with treatment plants. Huge expense. See EA binding rules if you need to know more. It’s now illegal to drainage to surface water from septic tanks.

This just came up in my email wonder if it would scratch the toilet?
www.idealhome.co.uk/news/toilet-cleaning-hack-238624

I know someone who drinks a can of coke every day and has had a few broken bones. She has to take calcium tablets to strengthen her bones - I think I had better tell her about the chicken bone experiment? Or maybe one can of coke is not enough to cause any damage?

Jillybird

P.S. And vinegar doesn't strip the chrome off either!

Jillybird, I use a half-inch painting brush and keep dabbing the neat vinegar around the base of the taps in the Bathrooms and kitchen. Rinse a few times and repeat and then "gleaming" with not a sign of a stain. ? wonderful.

Coca cola! Or possibly a cheaper equivalent? It seems to dissolve limescale. When we were kids, we used to do a biology experiment leaving a chicken bone in cola for several days. The cola dissolved the calcium but left the connective tissue, so we were left with a flexible "bone"!

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A strong mixture of vinegar and the water in the toilet bowl if the stain is below water level, leave for a few minutes then flush.

If the stain(s) are above where the water level is (example around the rim of the toilet) brush well with undiluted vinegar and leave for a few minutes, then rinse.

Repeat if necessary.

Always works a treat for me and my wife and we live in one of the hardest water areas in the country.

My daughter used to clean her bicycle spokes with cola - whatever does it do to your insides?
Just for fun, put a penny in a glass of cola and see how shiny it comes out.

Coca cola....brilliant for cleaning toilets. How people can drink it I do not know...hahaha

Drain the cistern and bowl, soak your solution onto kitchen towels and place them around the walls of the bowl. Remove them in the morning. I remember Kim and Agie doing this to stop the solution running away.

Also have a septic tank and just looked a Glaze - it doesn’t actually say it’s safe for tanks. I, too, occasionally use a little bleach.