Help!! What can I use to get if thick lime scale in toilet??

HappySad

Inside the toilet where the water sits at the bottom, is very thick lime scale. What can I use to remove it ideally remove quickly?? I have tried a bottle of coke over night and it does not seam to have made a difference. The lime scale is very thick and is effecting the flow of waste when flushing...Help!


Should I scape it off with a knife or will that damage the toilet bowl??? Also what does I be doing to prevent thus in the first place??

Thanks

evoke

Get rid of the water from the bottom of the bowl first. Then use a strong limescale removing gel. Leave it for a few hours and scrape the residue away with a good toilet brush

I wouldn't use anything sharp as that will scratch the toilet and will make things worse for you in the future.

Use a plunger to expel the water first and then treat with a limescale remover that is safe for toilets.

phill99

I use the Harpic Power Plus. (The one in a black bottle).

Leave it over night and it shifts lime scale. If its bad you may have to do it 2 or 3 times, but its worked for me.

paddyrg

Basically, you need as concentrated an acid as you can find, and you need to make sure it stays in contact with the limescale. The big bottle of coke thing may well work if you make sure the water is drained first, but as above, a gel or purpose-supplied acid product will work at least as well. It may take time - if it's taken years to build up, it won't vanish overnight, you may need to take several runs at it.

Also consider, could there be a blockage elsewhere in the pipe - it would take quite a lot of limescale to impede flush flow.

Klug

Limescale is usually a result of hard water. I find the best product to use are the Harpic tablets that you leave overnight. They usually shift most if not all.

cattie

What I did many years ago after buying a house with a toilet with a limescale build up was to remove as much of the water as I possibly could by bailing it out with a plastic cup, then pouring a bottle of good old vinegar into the wc pan & leave it to soak in for a few hours.

Later I went back with an old toothbrush to use on any stubborn bits that the vinegar hadn't quite managed to dissolve.

Vinegar is the solution I use for most limescale problems. Limescale in awkward places can generally be removed by soaking some toilet/tissue paper with vinegar & then carefully laying over the area that you wish to treat. Leave it to soak for a while & then use an old toothbrush to help clean away any stubborn areas. At around 25p per bottle, it is very cost effective.

Plumbers_Shop_Lee

If you remove as much water as you can then nip to your local plumbers merchant and pick up a bottle of spirit of salts pour this in and within a few hours you should be sorted

evoke

^ Indeed, that would almost certainly work - it's diluted hydrochloric acid!

pink.1970

The rental property we moved into had this problem. You couldnt see the bottom of the toilet pan. We used Morrisons 100% Limescale remover, worked a treat.

daveyjp

One Shot drain cleaner is strong acid. You can dilute it and it will work, just be careful, gloves and goggles are required.

to remove the water turn the water off and flush the toilet. Any residual water can be removed using a car sponge.

Jonesya

Everyone recommends 'spirits of salt' but I've yet to find a high-street retailer that sells it. I tried vinegar but it didn't work, shifted some but not all of it.

I ended up using some 'professional' limescale removed from Homebase, was quite pricey at a £5 but it did the job. Subsequently I've used ALDI toilet cleaner and limescale remover and left for 12 hours that's quite effective.