Toilet cleaning help needed

comping_cat

Salt and lemon juice is good to clean copper.

MrsTinks

How long have you left the vinegar soaked cloth on? If the limescale is really thick you might need to give it a couple of treatments

bibbly

try rubbing around the handle with bicarb of soda. i'm sure that will shift it?

bibbly
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Stompa

tine wrote:

How long have you left the vinegar soaked cloth on? If the limescale is really thick you might need to give it a couple of treatments

For my taps it usually needs to be left on for a couple of hours or so. I usually use some cotton wool rather than a cloth as it seems to stay moister for longer.

lewt

"Toilet cleaning help needed"

Not on your nelly.

CFC

I've never once found that vinegar will shift limescale for me. You could try putting some limescale remover on it and see if that does it. However, more fundamentally, if limescale is there, then water is there, and it shouldn't be. So you might really need to find out why this is happening. Is it condensation or leakage?

As for the discolouration of the pipes, this also sounds like condensation or leakage and you need to look at why this is happening.

For a short term fix, you can paint them (horrid job) or you can buy pipe snap ons in BandQ which will cover it up and be a permanent white. Bit expensive but lasts for ever and saves keep having to paint it.

LJM

i also use the vinegar i too leave mine for couple hours at a time then get the old toothbrush out and scrub,if it loosens it but does not quite remove it all you could reapply and leave again for a while

annie123

I add vinegar to cotton wool pop in a small plastic bag and tie it around taps, hold in place with elastic band, leave over night and in the morning all shiny.
Works on shower heads as well. )

As for the pipe, stack loo rolls up in front of it, no ones going to be looking at it anyway, having too much fun I would assume. )

Queen.Bess

HELP! In our household, we are very much "If it's yellow, let it mellow...etc"! However, this has caused a problem with our lovely white toilet bowl not being as lovely and white anymore! I've tried bleach, I tried emptying the water and pouring cheap cola down there, both without much success!

Please could I have your ideas to help us turn our bowl back to the beautiful white it once was, whilst still being able to hold onto our water saving principles!

Thanks!

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

I had a similar problem in our last home...a hard water area...not helped by me using the cola idea...i tipped it down the loo before i went away for a week..and came back to find the limescale had been dyed brown:o ...... Get your gloves on and bail out the water and pour a bottle of cheap vinegar down it and leave it over night and then attack it with a loo brush...you may have to do it a couple of times but it worked for me...:T

And kim and Aggie use a pumice stone, but it must be wet and used very gently so it doesnt scratch your loo....may be worth a try...good luck:D