Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend

RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Dennis (Guest Post) Like many, I tried unclogging my toilet with a metal auger (snake) and it made dark scratches all over the toilet. I was scared, worried and really annoyed at it. I immediately asked my trusty friend for advice (ie. google.com) and then came up with this thread along with many and read that Bar Keepers Friend is highly recommended. Well I picked it up and tried it two days ago. All I did was add some of the powder to the standing water in the toilet, waited for 2 hrs and then flushed. All the scratches disappeared. I was so amazed. Again, POUR + WAIT + FLUSH = MAGIC I was so amazed. The only thing was that I was unable to find it in Canada as it was not higly advertised by most, so I went straight to http://www.barkeepersfriend.com/products.htm and Lisa was so helpful in sending me a list of Canadian retailers. I was not even buying from her directly and she was really helpful nonetheless. Why did I take the time to write this? Because it worked and why not contribute and add my own experience to reinforce how good this product is. It was like $4 and something after tax for this and it worked. Aside: I tried comet and it left the scratches. Maybe I needed to scrub it. Posted on 02/27/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Black Dragon (Guest Post) Thank Kathy and everyone for the tip, it works for me. Barkeeper's friend works like magic to remove the scratches in toilet bowl when you use the snake I think ceramic or similar such as toilet bowl are harder than metals, the scratches you see are actually the metal or its oxide particles deposit onto ceramic surface when the two scrubbing each other, it's very difficult to remove unless you have something can dissolve the metal/oxide particles in water. And Barkeeper's friend is just right for the job. Posted on 12/28/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Bob (Guest Post) We just used Zud Cream Cleanser. It worked in about 2 min. Posted on 11/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By Rob (Guest Post) I was also skeptical, but the Barkeeper's Friend took out some nasty scratches in just a few minutes. Posted on 08/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet caused by wire snake Bar Ke By Frank (Guest Post) This stuff worked great! All the scratches were gone in about 20 minutes.. Bar Keeper's Freind cost 2.50, toilet 200.00. Thank you Bar Keeper's Friend :) Posted on 08/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By jct (Guest Post) Comet WILL work, but you must follow these steps: 1. Drain toilet bowl so scratch area is not contacting water. You can fill a bucket of water and dump in bowl to drain, then remove excess water with plastic cup, etc.. 2. Then layer on comet over scratch. Let stand for 2 hours or so. 3. Wear gloves, using a hot sponge, begin scrubbing vigorously (yes takes some work! ;)) and watch as the scratches slowly disappear, the more effort the more scratches will come off. (My toilet is a standard porcelain one). Hope this helps! Jen Posted on 07/28/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Sonu (Guest Post) Cleaning with the toilet brush gave my bowl those hair type scratches till I found this website. I thought the bowl was gone. I put barkeeper's friend and soaked for a few hours. IT IS MAGIC. The scratches are GONE. Thanks to these posts! Posted on 07/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By Anne (Guest Post) Okay, after reading all of your responses on Barkeeper's Friend, I'm ready to go get some tonight. I have HUGE black marks on my toilet due to a snake used yesterday as well, and they aren't budging with a SOS pad, Mr. Clean Eraser, or Soft Scrub. They almost seem "greasy". Would this Barkeeper's Friend work on the greasy aspect of it as well? It seems to be spreading and not coming off at all. TIA! Posted on 04/17/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By michael (Guest Post) The bar keepers friend is a product I have used for years but never thought to try it in the toilets. I have scratched at work as apartment maintenance. I let it soak for 2 hours and flushed away the scratches with no scrubbing at all. Yet another use for a product I was already in love with. Posted on 03/24/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By Jeff (Guest Post) Worked like a charm WOW ! just put a 1/4 cup in toilet water, left it for 2 hours then flushed the scratches :) SO EZ. Got the Barkeepers friend at WalMart for 2 dollars. Posted on 11/20/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By Jeff (Guest Post) Well im glad to see there may be a solution :) I just massively scratched my friend's 1960 green toilet (which she likes), with an auger and now I can't wait to go back over tomorrow and try this out. Thanks Kathy, I may get some sleep tonight. I was feeling really bad about her toilet. Posted on 11/18/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By jess (490) Profile Blog! Contact I saw all the raves for Bar Keeper's Friend and so I bought some but didn't use it for months. I was changing my toilet seat and there were some black scratches on the porcelain from a toilet seat removal a couple of years before (we had to use a dremel). I couldn't remove them at the time but the seat connector covered them up, so I just ignored it. Well, this new seat did NOT cover them up and it looked very ugly. After trying several things, I remembered the Bar Keeper's Friend and gave it a try. Scratches gone, as if they never were there. While I was cleaning, I tried some of the cleaner on the bars of my toilet shelving unit, which were starting to look rusty by the floor. Again, it just took it off like it was never there. I was starting to think that I would need to replace it. I am now in love with Bar Keeper's Friend. I've seen it at about every grocery store, kept in the cleaning aisle, by the Comet and Bon Ami. I bought mine at Fred Meyer, which is owned by Kroeger. I bet Target and Walmart carry it too. Jess Posted on 08/10/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Sudhir (Guest Post) Wow, this is a miracle. Thanks for the tip. I was even thinking of replacing my toilet due to the scratch that was created with a snake. But with the Bar keepers friend powder I just tried today (purchased from Linen n things for 3$) it worked perfectly. I just sprayed some into the toilet in the morning and flushed it off in the evening and cannot find any trace of the scratches. Thanks again Kathy. Posted on 08/09/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Kenn Faison (Guest Post) Where do I find the product Bar Keeper's Friend ? Posted on 08/01/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By (Guest Post) it is a miracle; thank you so much kathy; i just did the downstairs toilet bowl that was really badly scratched; i put in about 1/8 cup of barkeepers friend and left it in for a couple of hours and bam; scratches gone; i was a little skeptical because comet didn't work; but wow this stuff is great; my sister bought it a lowes for 1.89 when i go down to the states i am going to stock up as i will start using it as my household cleaning product thanks again you saved the day Posted on 05/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By judy (Guest Post) Hi I have 3 toilets in my townhouse that have scratches from a toilet brush I was using. I am in Canada but my sister is coming up from the states today and I am going to ask her to try and get Bartender's Friend from Linens and Things in the states cuz I have tried here and they don't seem to have it. i tried comet as well and it didn't seem to work; wish me luck! Posted on 05/04/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Pamela (Guest Post) Kathy, I cant THANK YOU enough!!! We had to use an auger for the toilet and the scratches were what I thought were going to be impossible to get out. I did try the comet, but it did not work. (maybe it has something to do with hard well water) I found BAR KEEPERS FRIEND in the local hardware store and to my amazement it worked. I let it soak for a short time and decided to help it along with a little scrubbing. I dont think the toilet ever looked so good...every scratch is gone and it even took some of the old stains out that the hard water had left. I actually made my husband come in and look! I am going to use it on the tub and I will let you know the results. Thank you again, Scratch Free in NY :-) Posted on 04/30/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Acer (2) Contact So does this stuff work with ceramic/porcelain toilet bowls or just metal ones? I have badly scratched the bottom of the toilet trying to get rid of a piece of tile grout. Look forward to replies. Posted on 04/03/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Pittsburgh Kid (Guest Post) Let me be the first to say it works. My wife was upset when she saw the markings (I heard about it) but was delighted when I was able to "easily" have them removed. Let me tell you, I was hesitant but no need to fear, "IT WORKS." Posted on 03/19/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Ron (Guest Post) Hi: I live in Canada and you can get Barkeeper's Friend from Amazon.com and they ship to Canada. Good luck! Ron Posted on 01/10/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By dhammike (Guest Post) It works! Thanks a lot. Posted on 01/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse anybody know where i can buy it By waddy (Guest Post) Hi Im in Australia and cant find where i can buy Bar Keepers Friend. Anyone know?? Posted on 09/11/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Michele (Guest Post) Thank you for posting this remedy. I scratched my toilet with my toilet brush and didn't realize it. I thought the black line I saw was a hair or something, so I scrubbed harder! That put an even bigger line on the bowl. Anyway, the first scratch went away after an hour's soak with Comet. The big one didn't go away at first, though. So, I let the Comet stay in the bowl over night. In the morning the second scratch was gone! No scrubbing, just like you said. It's a miracle. Thank you so much for sharing this! Posted on 07/31/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Michele (Guest Post) Thank you for posting this remedy. I scratched my toilet with my toilet brush and didn't realize it. I thought the black line I saw was a hair or something, so I scrubbed harder! That put an even bigger line on the bowl. Anyway, the first scratch went away after an hour's soak with Comet. The big one didn't go away at first, though. So, I let the Comet stay in the bowl over night. In the morning the second scratch was gone! No scrubbing, just like you said. It's a miracle. Thank you so much for sharing this! Posted on 07/31/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse Comet works great on metal scratches in teh toilet bowl By dg (Guest Post) Just sprinkle it in and let it be for a couple of hours. I had scratched the toilet bowl with a wire brush in a misguided attempt to clean it 2 days before vacating the apartment. Glad to have found the forum. Nothing else worked, not liquid cleaners, not scrubbing. But Comet worked like magic Posted on 06/21/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Alicia (Guest Post) I was sceptical of this one... but it works!! I had terrible scratches in my toilet and thought I would have to replace it. I used 1/4 cup of Bar Keepers Friend and let it sit for an hour or 2. It removed about 95% of the scratches. Thank you Kathy! Posted on 04/26/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Sebringkid (1) Contact My grandson flushed a wad of toilet paper down the toilet. After removing the toilet from the floor with a hacksaw I diagnosed the clog was in the toilet and not the drain. I unclogged the toilet, but I scratched my toilet bowl with a snake. I used Bar Keeper's Friend by sprinkling it into the toilet bowl water. After about an hour I flushed the tiolet and the scratches were GONE! Thanks very much! Posted on 04/23/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Wilma (Guest Post) Thank you, Kathy! I was so upset after the handyman in my building scratched my toilet bowl with a snake. I tried Softscrub, which was recommended by a high end supplier, without any results. BarKeepers Friend did the trick! Without your advice I might actually have purchased a new toilet! Posted on 04/18/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Becky (Guest Post) Thank you so much! This worked like a charm. I used BarKeepers Friend just as you suggested - my toilet was badly scratched and it is as good as new now. I had to scrub a tiny section that didn't come out with soaking, but 90% of the scratches just disappeared without me doing a thing...and the rest came out with a little scrubbing. THANK YOU!!! Posted on 01/02/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Becky (Guest Post) Thank you so much! This worked like a charm. I used BarKeepers Friend just as you suggested - my toilet was badly scratched and it is as good as new now. I had to scrub a tiny section that didn't come out with soaking, but 90% of the scratches just disappeared without me doing a thing...and the rest came out with a little scrubbing. THANK YOU!!! Posted on 01/02/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Lisa (Guest Post) I just used a brush to clean my toilet and didn't notice the wire in the brush had scratched the toilet. I was so mad, I wanted to pitch the brush a mile! I have sinced searched the internet and found out there are better brushes out there that don't scratch the porcelein and at least I know this now for the future. I want to get rid of the scratches and stumbled upon this web site and thread. It looks like BarKeepers Friend is the answer? I am from Canada, I am trying to find out where you can get it. From searching the internet it looks like you have to order it???? Posted on 09/11/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Alanna, IA (Guest Post) Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I am currently living in my first apartment and recently scratched the toilet bowl with a metal auger when I was trying to unclog my toilet!! This of course happens to also be the week I am going to move out to another place! Thank you SO much for your post! Now I only have to explain a clogged toilet to my landlord and not ugly scratches!! Thanks to you I have a lot less to be embarassed about!! Posted on 07/27/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Christian (Guest Post) God bless you Kathy, whereever you are!!! You saved me from having to spend several hundred dollars to my landlord to replace my toilet! I had terrible metallic scratches in my toilet from where a crappy plumber had run a snake -- I poured about a quarter cup of Barkeeper's Friend in the toilet and within about 15 minutes the scratches had totally vanished! The magic ingredient is "oxalic acid" which Comet does not have, so Comet will not work. If you can't find Barkeeper's Friend, try to find a cleaner with "oxalic acid" in it. Posted on 07/15/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Naomi (Guest Post) Where do you buy Bar Keeper's Friend?? Posted on 07/12/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Jane (Guest Post) 2005-07-04 I am totally amazed. Our toilet was terribly scratched from a snake. I tried Comet first but it didn't touch it. Then I tried Barkeeper's Friend....just sprinkled it into the water...about 1/4th cup....and several hours later the scratches were totally gone. We also had scratches on our almost new white porcelain kitchen sink that was scratched from the icecube maker. I scrubbed it with Barkeeper's Friend and they are now gone, also. What a wonderful invention! Thanks, Kathy!!! Posted on 07/04/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Pat (Guest Post) I tried the Comet Cleanser on my scratched Toilet & It didn't seem to work much. I will try Bar Keepers Friend & see. But thanks for the advice. Pat Posted on 07/03/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's Friend By Susan (Guest Post) This is amazing! My super scratched up my toilet with a snake and I thought there was no way to get rid of the uglyness. (and I own my apt. so it was a problem) Barkeepers friend worked like magic! I am amazed and so thankful for this advice. THANK YOU KATHY, whoever you are. And thank goddness for the internet! Posted on 06/05/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Remove Scratches from Toilet with Comet and Bar Keeper's By Joe (Guest Post) I tried this yesterday with Barkeeper's friend, and it totally works. I'd marked up one of our toilets with an auger and was feeling sick about it, but using Kathy's solution for just fifteen minutes eliminated the problem. Thanks Kathy! Posted on 05/28/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse

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