Hard water stains in toilet

[Fern]

anyone know how to get rid of hard water (blue) stains from a toilet bowl?

[flash]

If it's a copper build up, you can pumice it off. That can damage the surface, though. If you can drain the water down (plunging usually works), vinegar or a lime remover.

If it's a stain through, remove whatever crust you can, and use a denture cleaner (like Efferdent). Strange, but often true...

[boefixepa]

Plunge the water out.
Get a good coating of the toliet bowl cleaner on it and let it sit for a long while. Mine generally comes off with a light scrubbing of the toliet brush after that.

Course...mines never blue either...

[shelbylovesmelby]

have your tried "the Works" bowl cleaner??? We get alot of mineral deposits on our fixtures.

[ummabdullah]

try sand paper.. I always use it on my bowls to get the ring out.. works a charm.. as for scratches.. well not really noticable but then its inside the bowl anyway.. so whos gonna notice... ?????????

[PRICEPLUS]

I would not use sand paper it scratches the heck out of things!

Her is a site to take a look at.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/ho...bs/fcs397.html

Best of luck!

[starving_student]

Originally Posted by Fern

anyone know how to get rid of hard water (blue) stains from a toilet bowl?

I am having some success with a toothbrush and tons of baking soda. It takes a looooooong time though

[yummy64]

Find a pumice stone, rub on yellowish brown stain in toilet. Watch stain disappear.

The next step is the most important. Put pumice stone in cleaning supply bin, else you'll find your sweetie using it on his/her heels.

Then again, depending on your mood and love for your sweetie, you can skp that step.

[flash]

Baking soda itself won't have much impact if it's a lime/metal stain. Pumice works but it still scratches.

Alka Seltzer is highly recommended, but haven't tried it. There are some free samples of denture cleaner running around, might try it.

[Bookie]

Anybody every tried Coca-Cola? That showed up in a cleaning hints article I read a while back. I think the active ingredient is supposed to be critric acid in this application.

[lynclarke]

Fern- Once you get the bowl sparkling clean, you may want to invest in a product like "clean shield". It is a surface protectant that prevents furthur build up for quite a long time. For the life of me, I can not remember where I got it. I use it in the shower stall and mirrors. The package says, "...gives invisible protection on glass, porcelain, ceramics. marble, granite, fiberglass, laminates, and stainless steel. I think it was a couple of bucks. lynclarke

[cbmeeks]

You do know you're not supposed to use those blue tablets in your toilet right? I can't tell you how many plumbers I know that tell you not to use those things.

In fact, you're not supposed to use any kind of anti-bacterial soap/cleaner in sinks or toilets because it kills the bacteria in your septic (assuming you use septic). Those little critters are what keep your toilets flushing. :-)


It's better to use mild soap for everything.