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As a kid, we never had rings on the toilet bowl (where the water line is). Nor did I in college.
In Phoenix, my wife and I bought a new house and toilet bowl rings showed up in months.
Then in Seattle, we got them as well.
Just recently, we moved into a 6 year old house with no toilet bowl rings. What do we need to do to prevent buildup of toilet bowl rings? I'm willing to clean daily if necessary.
I use #180 drywall sanding paper. It will cut rubber gloves and butcher your hands but there is no other way to do it. At first glance a pumice stone looks promising, then it requires a gallon of elbow grease, and that stuff isn't cheap.
Maybe my original question didn't come through. I'm not wondering how to remove toilet bowl rings after they formed, I'm wondering how do you care for toilets (clean) to make sure they don't form in the first place?
Considering that less than 1% of the earth's water is fresh water, and the demand for fresh water grows everyday; we are now using less "ground water" and are increasingly relying on reclaimated water.
That water; though approved at "certain levels" to be deemed safe to drink has lots of crap in it-literally! Along with a bunch of other stuff that would be harmful if consumed in large quantities. But in this instance, we're talking ppm.
We have 3 bathrooms in the house. Only 1 has nasty rings..
Even when we are gone on vacation, we come back and that one has rings!!!
maybe the toilet needs to be replaced, or tank, or water line???
I am curious as well.
I had some problems with rings in toilet bowl. I started using Lysol toilet bowl cleaner Complete Clean in a black bottle. I use this with a scotch brite sponge.
Anything that is abrasive is not good for porcelain; scratching the porcelain just helps the mold and mildew because it gives the bacteria a place to attach itself.
If the ring isn't bad....and for general prevention.....two denture cleaning tablets in the bowl overnight, or during the day while your at work. Basically any eight hour period or more.
Just drop them in....and let them do the work.
Saw this on a British TV show that used to air...featured to middle aged women.... expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie who visited extremely filthy homes and then cleaned them to perfection. And I mean FILTHY!
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I will try that.
When we had well water, I put a round tablet in the tank that was not chlorine, but a rust inhibitor. It worked great. Now I have city water and I get a black ring. I suppose I need a chlorine tablet in the tank now, but I hate the smell.
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