Toilet Brushes!

Thanks icanhandthemback.

Chewbacca

Soon as I saw that comment I knew it was you MissA!

I did try to resist, but I couldn't.

Anyway, if it's good enough for the ideal home exhibition then I'm happy to use one.

MissAdventure,

Nannagarra

Is the device you use, icanhandthemback, called The Grommet?

No, Nanngarra, mine is the WC Wunder Toilet Brush sold by Nova UK. I didn't get the exclusive silver ones, just the coloured plastic ones on a deal at the Ideal Home Exhibition.

Is the device you use, icanhandthemback, called The Grommet?

Soon as I saw that comment I knew it was you MissA!

Poo pooed?

Those modern (expensive) rubber type loo brushes aren’t all that.- A woman brought hers back (unused) for a refund where I work.
Partner had purchased it but on consideration she decided it wouldn’t be up to the job! So I won’t be wasting money on one of those.?

So, the woman "looked" at it and made an irrational decision which has swayed you. I saw a demonstration, realised that this was the way forward and made a purchase. It has never let me down. Obviously you pays your money and takes your choice but it tickles me that she poo pooed her husband's choice without even trying it to see if it worked. I know what my husband would have said!

although a brush fanatic until now, I also want to try to stop biting my nails and I've just thought that if I dump my brush and start putting my hand down the toilet, I would probably NEVER EVER bite my nails again. grin]

There are some elaborate routines here. I use an eco cleaner, a wodge of loo roll and my bare hands. If there is an area that requires more attention (looking at you, GC! ) then I deploy a disposable Toilet Duck pad.

I’m lucky not to live in a limescale region, though.

All this talk of using bleach/cloths then binning them sounds horrendously un-ecofriendly. Surely using a brush, which you only touch on the handle, is much better? Come on ladies!

62Granny

Ah that’s made my day . You’ve got to love a gransnet competitive cleaning thread!

I am sorry I use a toilet brush , I can't think of anything more disgusting than using gloves and a cloth to clean sticky poo off the side of the loo and below the water line, for a start where do you store those gloves inbetween uses and do you wash the cloth after every use ? Do you wash it with other items in the machine? at least with a brush you are arms length away from any sh**t.

Those modern (expensive) rubber type loo brushes aren’t all that.- A woman brought hers back (unused) for a refund where I work.
Partner had purchased it but on consideration she decided it wouldn’t be up to the job! So I won’t be wasting money on one of those.?
For after the event I have a plastic jug in the bathroom marked bathroom only and this plus a couple of squirts of nice fragrant hand soap filled with hot water and swooosh away goes the prob then in with the brush and rinse clean in the flush.
I save the heavy duty descalers and bleach products for when I do a bathroom blitz and use loo roll and any nice smelling eco friendly product to wipe surfaces I see and touch. Tissue goes in the bin so limiting excessive flushing. Window flung open/and/or extractor on.
I don’t like the idea of toilet brushes sat in bleach because it might get splashed on some unsuspecting and well intentioned guests clothing and the basic replacement brushes can be bought for as little as 50p at hardware shops and changed as often as say, a toothbrush.
A product worth it’s salt is Neutradol The One it is an aerosol spray disinfectant for hard and soft surfaces such as toilet lid and seat, flush lever, pull cords and the like and shower curtains, bath mats, toilet brush etc.
The one in the green can smells very fresh but not noxious and gets rid of nasty niffs in a jiff? and I’ve found it very economical as a little goes a long way.

I use our toilet brushes every day without fail. I wouldn’t be without them. Husband has bowel cancer and spends hours on the toilet. I keep the three different brushes in a bleach mix. Needs must! I don’t want to place my hands down said toilets with added problem of cloths, rubber gloves etc and with a cancer sufferer no way is he sometimes able to deal with toiletting issues. Some folk really need to get a life if toilet brushes is all they have to worry over.

Grannynannywanny

Those who are using the silicone tongue, cleaning cloths and rubber gloves down the toilet please come back and tell us how and where you clean them after use and where you store them. I’ve got enough to keep me awake at night without mulling this over!

They have their own holder with room to put bleach or toilet cleaner. Mine doesn't have bristles, just slightly raised bumps. Where it is flat, it is good as a scraper. Where it is silicone, it changes it's shape to cope with the smaller areas of the loo. It is easily washed under hot running water. I like it because it doesn't retain clumps of paper (or worse) when a cretin has used it before flushing!

Baggytrazzas

icanhandthemback -. The very thought of a tongue thingie associated with cleaning a toilet bowl is so horrible it's fascinating.

In a bucket for the cloths.
So do people build up a bucketful, or wash them in with other stuff?

Our toilet-cleaning bucket is washed and dried outside. Then it's stored in the under-sink-unit in the bathroom. The cloths are used once then thrown away. These are cheap "J cloths" or old rags, made from worn-out cotton clothing. (Nothing is wasted in our household!)

Has anyone yet said where they keep the rubber gloves and cloths used for toilet-cleaning?

My money is on under the kitchen sink with the washing up sponges and tea towels.

Didn’t stay for dinner

Bleurgh! mokryna! Takes look brush hygiene to a whole new level!

Whiff

The question of marks in the toilet has been raised if when I use someone else's loo and leave a mark I wet some toilet paper and wipe it away and the paper gets flushed away. I always wash my hands well after using the toilet then again I wash my hands frequently in any case.

Exactly what I do! And I trained my children to do the same so skid marks are rarely a problem in my house.