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Stubborn Toilet Stain?


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I have a brown stain at the bottom of a toilet (it looks like someone had not flushed) that I cannot get it off with a regular brush and Ajax. Can any one tell me how to remove this stain?

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August 18, 20170 found this helpful

Pour 1 cup of vinegar into the toilet bowl. Swish the solution around with your toilet brush and leave to sit for a minute. Add about 1 cup of baking soda and then add another 1-2 cups of vinegar. The solution should fizz and create a bubbly concoction. Leave to sit for about 5 minutes, and then scrub the toilet making sure the solution reaches all the stains in the toilet.

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August 19, 20170 found this helpful

You may have to carefully rub with a pumice stone.

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August 19, 20170 found this helpful

This problem is not pleasant to deal with so once it is clean you can pour a small amount of vinegar in the bowl every few days (or more often if water is bad) and that will keep the stain from building up.

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Attosa has a very good suggestion.

www.thespruce.com/hard-water-stains-in-the-toilet-2719033

One little known way to clean away this ugly stain is with WD-40. Just spray a SMALL amount in the bowl and swish around with your toilet brush.

lifehacker.com/.../use-wd-40-to-break-down-tough-toilet...

But there are other ways in case you want to try something else.

home.howstuffworks.com/.../how-to-clean-toilet-stains.htm

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August 19, 20171 found this helpful

Normally brown toilet bowl stains are caused by hard water and a lime buildup. The minerals build up in your toilet bowl and leave a stain. The dirt is picked up in the stain. The stain slowly builds up layers and layers on the inside or your toilet bowl.

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In order to get rid of these stains you will need muriatic acid. However, this is very dangerous and shouldn't be used at all. The good news is that CLR (calcium-lime-rust) cleaner or Lime-A-Way will do the trick for you. If you are looking for a cheaper solution try using vinegar and coke in your toilet. This will eat away the lime buildup in the toilet bowl.

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August 19, 20170 found this helpful

lysol toilet bowl cleaner it is a blue gel soak in toilette for an hour and it should come right off.

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August 20, 20170 found this helpful

the only way i was able to remove a stain of that sort was with a pumice stone. I tried every other product out there and in the end the only thing that would take was getting my arm all up in there and rubbing away.

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Hard work and sort of icky, but if you clean the toilet bowl first and turn off the water & wear gloves it shoudl come off but it does take like 10 - 20 minutes depending on the stain variety

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August 20, 20171 found this helpful

I ended up replacing a toilet due to brown stain. It would not come off at all. After quizzing my tenant, she finally told me she had poured brown hair dye in it. Also I had to replace the flooring in that room. Had I known first what I was dealing with, it would have saved me a lot of time and money. So, if you can narrow down the stain and the cause if it, that helps you know how or if it can be cleaned.

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August 20, 20171 found this helpful

Drop 3 or 4 Efferdent tablets in the toilet bowl last thing before you go to bed. Put the lid down and leave all night.

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The next morning scrub and flush. Also works to get tomato stain out of tupperware dishes.

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August 22, 20170 found this helpful

Lysol Brand makes a toilet bowl cleaner in a black bottle for lime and rust. I use it because we have well water and the porcelain gets an awful brown/red coating that can't be scrubbed off. Let it sit for 30 minutes or so, use the brush then apply it again if needed. I got the toilet at work so clean, everyone thought they put in a new toilet.

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August 25, 20170 found this helpful

Put a liter of coke and let sit for about 30 minutes. Then brush it off and flush it out.

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