coke for the toilet???

healingtouch

Hi,

I'm allergic to most chemicals and normally my sister comes in once a week and does bathroom etc. But she has discovered boys so hasn't been coming round so often. I heard that coke is good for cleaning the toilet??? Is this right. Can it be used instead of bleach? Also any ideas for chemical free ways to clean the bath. At the moment i use fairy liquid for everything but this doesn't shift limescale etc. I heard a lot of old-style cleaning uses lemons and vinegar, but i can't use these. So any other suggestions be geratly appreciated.

HT

Burlesque_Babe

Hi - I saw this on a Kim and Aggie proramme once - they put a 2 litre bottle of Coke (wasn't Diet, not sure if this is important or not though!) and they left it for one hour.

Flushed the loo and it was sparkly clean!! (and you can imagine how bad it was for Kim and Aggie to be there in the first place!! :eek: )

Anne_Marie_2

Coke down the loo last thing at night and left, or last thing in the morning if your house is going to be vacant during the day brings up loo nice and gleaming.
For non-chemical cleaners why not invest in some of these microfibre cloths, they are absolutely brilliant and all you need to add is water, no chemicals whatsoever. Brings up windows, mirrors and glass an absolute treat, so can see no reason why they wouldn't work on the bath.

comping_cat

Coke is excellent for cleaning really dirty toilets, i just use water and vinegar now, and it keeps the toilet (and bathroom and kitchen) lovely and clean. I use 50/50 water to vinegar and a few drops of essential oil to give a different smell!!!! For greasy hobs/worktops i use vinegar and a little bicarb, cuts through the grease lovely!!!!

HappySad

Teatree oil is a mild anticeptic so add a few drops also.

Catowen....When you use the vinegar & bicarb do you mix it in a bottle that can be used at any time?

RacyRed

keren29 wrote:

Hi - I saw this on a Kim and Aggie proramme once - they put a 2 litre bottle of Coke (wasn't Diet, not sure if this is important or not though!) and they left it for one hour.

Flushed the loo and it was sparkly clean!! (and you can imagine how bad it was for Kim and Aggie to be there in the first place!! :eek: )

Yes it is important, my loo had a little bit of a limescale build up so I tried a cheap bottle of diet coke, poured it in, left it overnight... and it took me HOURS of scrubbing and bleaching to get rid of the brown stains it left :mad:

Tesco value diet coke (19p for 2 litres if I remember) NOT recommended for this job

GIRLPOWER_2

how strange.. I use tesco value coke in my loo and it works a treat.. never had a stain from it.

arkonite_babe

This previous thread may be of interest......


Cleaning my toilet pan
HTH

susank

Good answer if you are allergic to chemicals is not to have them in the house and invest in a steam cleaner - you then dont need any cleaning things at all and it works for the loo a treat
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Curry_Queen

RacyRed wrote:

Yes it is important, my loo had a little bit of a limescale build up so I tried a cheap bottle of diet coke, poured it in, left it overnight... and it took me HOURS of scrubbing and bleaching to get rid of the brown stains it left :mad:

Tesco value diet coke (19p for 2 litres if I remember) NOT recommended for this job

Ohhhhhhhhhh so that's why it didn't work for me either then as I'd used diet coke too :doh:


(must remember to stick a bottle of normal value coke on the shopping list this week )


Also, it's a good idea to warn other members of the household that you've put coke down the loo, otherwise you get some very strange looks when they find a mass of brown water sitting in the loo :rotfl:

RacyRed

Curry_Queen wrote:

Ohhhhhhhhhh so that's why it didn't work for me either then as I'd used diet coke too :doh:


(must remember to stick a bottle of normal value coke on the shopping list this week )


Also, it's a good idea to warn other members of the household that you've put coke down the loo, otherwise you get some very strange looks when they find a mass of brown water sitting in the loo :rotfl:

I waited until OH was away, after trying to explain vinegar and microfibre cloths I couldn't face the "but WHY have you poured cola down the loo" scenario

Susank, thanks for the steam cleaner tip, I have been thinking about getting one but have managed to resist temptation so far.

Ark, that is useful, many thanks