Thread: Removing a stubborn stain re: toilet bowl

Put half a cup of caustic soda flakes in it and let it work overnight.
OR
If the stain is definately calcium buildup a very weak acid will work but can also eat the glazing away.

Both of these things are not great for septic tanks.

B 4 trying any of these acid and caustic treatments, please for the sake of the environment try some Sterident tablets (any good supermarket has them, and chemist also) I have used these for removing some pretty horrible stains from various things over the years. They work great in Thermos flasks where you cant easilly get anything in there to scrub.

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We need a domestic science forum...

Al

yeah,... we could all experiment on Al

Originally Posted by echnidna

yeah,... we could all experiment on Al

You couldn't put Al in there, no hair

Originally Posted by Steve.Bisson@te

One greenie to Gumby coming up

Cheers!

Gumby, mate, what can I say? the wretched system won't let me send you a greenie, it tells me that I must spread some more around first, so here's an IOYaG

such is life. I'm, waiting for my new dados, I might as well wait for a greeny too

In the last drought, we were doing if it's yellow let it mellow, and ended up with a stained bowl-bet you REALLY wanted to know that, but I got rid of it by pouring half a bottle of vinegar into bowl and leaving for half a day before scrubbing. unless you are on septic or composting, remember you're swimming and fishing in it.

I used to have an Applied Chemicals granite cleaner which was an alkaline bleach I think. Horrible stuff but a table spoon of granules left in the bowl for half an hour then a quick brush and flush and the bowl was spotless no stains. Wish I'd thought of the cat though the method has merit.

Often wondered how many kilometres of pipe got cleaned as well but it wasn't meant to be that harmful once diluted.

JohnC

The cat idea sounded good but didn't work for me. It seems that cats are agile and can climb up their own tails.

Anybody know how to get blood-stains outta plaster?

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

The cat idea sounded good but didn't work for me. It seems that cats are agile and can climb up their own tails.

Didn't you condition the cat first by keeping it in the freezer for an hour before use ? It needs that to make it a semi stiff brush.

Peter.

Originally Posted by helga

In the last drought, we were doing if it's yellow let it mellow, and ended up with a stained bowl-bet you REALLY wanted to know that, .

We did the same but to save staining the bowl, we decanted it into a jar and put it in the fridge. Then the wife got the idea that to save even more water, we should do the same for number 2's. That went in the fridge too.

I won't talk about the night I had to cook spaggy bol and grabbed the wrong container when putting on the bolognaise sauce.

It wasn't pretty. :eek:

Seriously...

Leave ther cat alone;just bell it.

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Cheers,
Theva

And I always thought the only good cat was a dead cat, I now stand corrected.

I was informed that hydraulic acid will eat the stain and then some, it could make the stain the preferable option if the enamel is eaten away as well.

This weekend the stain will be tackled and maybe even a cat or two.

Thanks for the ideas

Pulpo