Clean Toilet Brush

WeegieWumman

Re: Brushes for toilets.
When I was 13/14, I was part of a group who spent a week at a camp in the country.
Instead of taking supervised healthy walks, I volunteered to help in the kitchen (because I wanted to sneak a sly cigarette around the side of the building). I was told to find the brush to scrub the dirt off the potatoes. A duty which I carried out daily.
On the last day everyone helped clean up the camp. 2 girls were told to scrub the wooden seats on the latrines. It was only then that I realised that I'd been scrubbing the potatoes with the wrong brush all week!!!!

Valli

aaewwwwwwww

SailorSam

I've always used toilet brushes.

missindecisive

just squirt thick bleach underneath rim of loo and let it do its job, it will penetrate through anything that might be stuck on to the sides of loo, and break it down. no need for a loo brush.

Kaz2904

missindecisive wrote: »

just squirt thick bleach underneath rim of loo and let it do its job, it will penetrate through anything that might be stuck on to the sides of loo, and break it down. no need for a loo brush.

Not to be indelicate although can't think how to phrase this otherwise , sometimes you just need to scrub the loo. Squirting liquid will not get solids off the enamel :eek:
Also, if I didn't use a loo brush, I'd never get rid of the limescale on my toilet bowl. Our water is really hard and has a pink tinge to it so if you don't scrub the toilet every day, it does build up a thick layer of scale very quickly and this gets dyed pink

I make sure there's loads of cleaner on the brush and sitting in the holder though and replace them regularly. If I've forgotten to get a new one, I use DH's toothbrush instead :eek: (joke _pale_ :rotfl:).

Trazy

chunkychocky wrote: »

I use a toilet brush with a disposable head. The thought of fecal matter and bacteria getting trapped in the bristles of an old-fashioned loo brush and then having that sitting in the bathroom where we clean ourselves is just disgusting to me. http://www.scjohnson.co.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=5859

This is what I use too.
I hate the idea of loo brushes, horrible things:o

rising_from_the_ashes

I'm a disposable head brush fan too - I know they're slightly more expensive than a budget brush but I hate the thought of them lying around in the bathrooms....

I stock up when they're on offer and it saves using bleech / toilet cleaner etc so balances out the cost a bit.

Softstuff

I use an old green scourer and do it by hand. The brush just wasn't keeping the limescale off. I'm not a very squeamish person though, when you've worked in an old folks home you get to do a lot worse than that :rotfl:

ragz_2

Softstuff wrote: »

I use an old green scourer and do it by hand. The brush just wasn't keeping the limescale off. I'm not a very squeamish person though, when you've worked in an old folks home you get to do a lot worse than that :rotfl:

Ditto. I use the brush as and when it needs it but for the limescale (which beach only whitens, doesn't actually shift it) I get the yellow gloves on and scrub with scourer and pumice stone...

It's only a toilet, it's only poo... I change nappies every day so poo doesn't freak me out that much - and I grew up with compost toilets so I am just grateful for a flush these days!

ETA - hope you're all enjoying your breakfasts

geri1965_2

I don't use one, very rarely need to put my hand down the toilet to scrub it either.