Toilet Cleaning

Toilet Cleaning

Now I'm a pretty neat and clean person, but over the last few weeks something has been beginning to bug me... My loo, my toilet, my lavatory bowl. It has brown marks on it. I don't like brown marks on the bowl of my toilet.

Cleaning my toilet is my mission this week - so I'm going to do a petite experiment and pass my findings onto you.

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Here's what I'm going to try:

Bleach
Vinegar
Pumice stone
Toilet duck
Sandpaper
Baking soda
Denture cleaning tablets
And the surprise late entry - citric acid

Everyone swears by bleach, don't they? I concept I'd go, first, with bleach overnight. It hasn't really worked all that well in the past, but I wonder if it's because I don't leave it long enough.

The Bleach Result

Well, it all smells clean, but the brown stains are still there after 12 hours of sitting. So bleach is a no-go.

Pumice Stone

I read on a couple of websites that pumice would do the trick. My toilet bowl is an odd shape, which made pumicing it a petite difficult. I scrubbed away for about ten minutes. After the cloudy water had flushed away, I could see that some of the stains had gone, but because I can't get into the corners there is still heavy calcium build-up lingering. I've chucked some vinegar and lemon toilet duck down to give it a helping hand over night. We'll see what happens in the morning.

The Pumice and Vinegar with Lemon Toilet Duck Result

Ok, so it did get rid of a bit, but by no means all, of the brown stain and calcium build up.

Late Entry: Citric Acid

Not being very scientific, I've decided to try something not on my experiment list. Before leaving for work I decided I'd try what I use on my kettle: citric acid. Citric acid does a great job on my kettle and flasks, which get quite a heavy calcium build-up, so it stands to presume that it should also work on the toilet calcium build up.

Citric Acid Result

When I got back from work the bowl was clean of brown stains, but there was still that heavy build-up of calcium. The calcium seemed to have changed a petite in appearance though - almost like it would flake off if encouraged. Of all things, I grabbed an Ikea plastic knife and poked colse to a bit. Would you believe it? That calcium build-up floated happily away from the bowl.

The bowl is fully clean now. No build-up, no brown staining. I tell you what; I'm one happy lady now. Pass the word on - citric acid (descaler!) sorts out your loo.

Toilet Cleaning

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