spirits of salt instructions/help/warnings?

pigeonpie

This is an old thread, but I've just done my loos. Perhaps not so clever to do both at the same time but I live in a flat and wanted to get it over with.
I followed the instructions of a bath repair co and poured a small amount of S of S into a jar (not a plastic yoghurt pot as might melt through that)
and then used a real bristle paintbrush (60p from local hardware, both items under £3) and painted the muck on to the stained area. Left for 20 mins, then flushed twice and chucked 2 buckets of water into the loo as well. The staining was under the rim so quite hard to rinse and it still pongs a bit so have left the extractors on (no windows).
I wish there were a slightly more environmentally safe way to do it, but nothing else had worked. Not even stardrops and scouring pad.
Now I'm just a bit nervous to use the loo!

neilsolaris

My toilet bowl is in a bit of a state now after our water saving idea! Basically, when we have a shower we leave the plug in the bath, and instead of flushing the toilet, we use a bucket to transfer the water from the bath to the toilet. However, the toilet bowl has a disgusting looking build-up of something, and is no longer white.

I tried coke and caustic soda (at different times) overnight, but neither has had any effect. I can try the spirit of salt, but does anyone know what the residue actually is, and what's causing it? Maybe soap or limescale?

Thanks for your suggestions!

Gastines2

Spirits of salts is the thing. When re-furbing stores around the country, my first job would be to clean the sink/toilet etc before I or my workforce used them.Amazed at how the shop staff were quite content to use things in the state they were in and some of the staff!! Usual to find a sink full of mugs/cups sitting in a bowl of brown water as it seemed no-one liked washing up.