Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

Use US Pumice.

http://www.uspumice.com/pages/cleaning.html

I have seen one at Wilcon Home Depot Libis.

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

Possibly you can use some very fine sand paper to rid off those toilet rings and rust stains. 😉 :p

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

how do you remove toilet rings and stains? i have tried most cleaners available in the supermarkets such as toilet duck, lysol, bleach, muriatic acid, baking soda, vinegar. :confused:

Four ways:

[COLOR="Navy"]Regular (every other day) scrub with just a plastic toilet brush wih some muriatic acid squirted
over it. You won't see results for two weeks, because it's a gradual process, but you don't
have to stick your hand in the toilet bowl. The brush bristles are softer than glass and about
even with most icky deposits, so there's almost no risk of scratching your toilet bowl glaze.
Make sure you have good ventilation going, as the acid vapor can damage your lungs.

[COLOR="navy"]Rubber glove, brand new Scotchbrite pad and muriatic acid. Shut off the toilet angle valve
and flush the toilet. The result will be a lowered water level in the bowl, so you can now squirt
some muriatic over the stain. Let sit for ten minutes, put on a rubber glove and scrub at the
stain with an acid-soaked scrubpad (rough side). If some of the dirty limescale remains, let it
soak in some more spritzed acid and try again. The scrubpad is softer than glass but harder
than most icky deposits, so there's almost no risk of scratching your toilet bowl glaze. Make
sure you have good ventilation going, as the acid vapor will damage your lungs.

[COLOR="navy"]Rubber glove and pumice. Shut off the toilet angle valve and flush the toilet. The result will be
a lowered water level in the bowl, so you can now scrub at the stain with pumice, which is
slightly softer than glass but harder than most icky deposits, so there's reduced chance of
scratching the toilet bowl glaze. However, the process for producing pumice powder or pumice
sticks/blocks isn't 100% foolproof, and harder grit does get in, which is why there have been
comsumer complaints about damaged glaze. A scratched porcelain glaze attracts even more
dirt and bacterial buildup.

[COLOR="navy"]Rubber glove, steel wool, then muriatic acid. Shut off the toilet angle valve and flush the toilet.
The result will be a lowered water level in the bowl, so you can now scrub at the stain with
steel wool, but with care. Steel is slightly softer than glass but only in abrasion: if you add
impact to the mix, steel can damage glaze, so you want scrubbing with only light-moderate
pressure. The steel will leave a silvery gray smear on the porcelain (it is, after all, softer than
the glaze, remember?), and this can be removed very easily with a muriatic acid rinse and
wipe afterwards. This is a two stage process, which is why nobody bothers with it anymore.
Make sure you have good ventilation going, as the acid vapor will damage your lungs.

Some people swear by pouring [COLOR="navy"]boiling water onto the stain, then scrubbing, but I havent tried
it. Besides, a low qualty toilet bowl might crack from the rapid temperature change, and I can
only imagine the smell/steam generated, lol.

If you have a deft touch, I suppose you can use fine grit sandpaper, hitting only the deposit
and not the glaze, but carbide/carborondum is harder than glaze, and is definitely going to
scratch if you aren't careful. Damage is minimized by going to finer grit: the smaller the grit,
the finer and shallower any scratches, and I'd probably risk the procedure only with #800
and finer, and only after other procedures have failed.

A friend swears by WD-40 as a limescale disruptor and pretreatment prior to scrubbing with
ordinary detergent. I haven't tried it myself, but hey... you have an opportunity here.

You will ultimately have to address the problem of hard tapwater.

JM2

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

i forgot to mention, i have also used the pumice stone. i bought it from true value. it was not effective. i have also tried using sand paper. it was not effective also. i will try the continuous brushing of the toilet bowl.

how do we solve the problem of hard water?

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

how do we solve the problem of hard water?

You can get one of those water softener cartidges at Wilcon. Difficult to install if you're not handy with pipeworks. It's a bit heavy so you'll need to use GI/metal pipes or provide a lot of support.

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

Possibly you can use some very fine sand paper to rid off those toilet rings and rust stains.

It's tedious but it will surely remove them. I'm using a number 1000 grit sand paper Ecowet.

You can soften the toilet rings and stains by applying first a Zonrox bleach. After about 10 minutes, flush the toilet and then apply the sand paper.

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

You can get one of those water softener cartidges at Wilcon. Difficult to install if you're not handy with pipeworks. It's a bit heavy so you'll need to use GI/metal pipes or provide a lot of support.

balarila, do you have this at home? if yes, how is it doing so far?

Re: how to remove toilet rings / stains

How about using a die grinder? But what attachment to use so as not to damage the porcelain bowl.