Favorite toilet bowl cleaner? How to get rid of that ring?
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Comments (4)Once clean, I don't think you will have any problem with stains. I am 75 and never had a problem. You just have to clean them often and the ones rarely used need to be flushed occasionally and cleaned. I try to keep the use of chemicals to a bare minimum, so I use soap and water for most cleaning. I use cheap dish washing liquid to clean the stools and have been doing that for 2 or 3 years. If I buy shampoo that I don't like I use it to clean the stool. I haven't seen any problems doing that. My neighbor said, "but it's not sanitary", my reply was I don't drink out of it. LOL...See MoreWhats this sticky residue and how to get rid of it
Comments (32)Sailfish, No, you don't need to be worried. What happens is that, during heating, the oil changes, and the molecules in it start linking together into long chains. These polymerized oils seem tacky, but generally they're pretty nonstick. Another way of getting rid of them is to simply bake the pan at relatively high heat. Oils are made up of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon atoms. IIRC, when you start to heat them, you start driving off hydrogen and oxygen atoms, leaving free bonding points on the molecules, which then start clumping together. If you continue to bake an oil at moderate heat (350 to 375), you'll finally drive off all of the hydrogen and oxygen atoms, leaving a fine layer of carbon atoms behind. That is the process by which you "season" a cast iron frying pan to achieve a very durable non stick surface. That layer of carbon atoms is your friend....See MoreSeptic owners: keeping toilet bowl clean?
Comments (56)I learned this trick from a guy on you tube and it works! My toilet was getting hard water rings, we have well/septic. The ring was impossible to remove. This guy said to pour white vinegar into the bowl, put on some rubber gloves, and make "spit balls" with toilet paper. You dip the TP into the vinegar in the bowl and then apply the soaking TP to the ring. Let is sit over night...sparkling clean in the morning. Just flush!...See MoreCleaning the toilet bowl
Comments (37)rob333, this old fogey has discovered that no matter how many myths are busted, there's always more to come. I came back to add that I just tried something that truly surprised me. Was at my neighbor's and he was talking about the terlit buildup lately and it jogged my memory about a cleaner I saw endorsed by several people. Zep Acidic Toilet Bowl Cleaner. I had bought some and never got around to trying it so I went home and got it and we gave it a shot. Squirted it on, let it sit 5-10 min and gave it a quick brushing and I was really shocked. Half of the crusty buildup came off right away. Wasn't perfectly clean but I wonder if a sandblaster would still have crust on there. I left the bottle for him to give it another treatment in a day or two and see how it works. I don't remember where I read about it so I can't give credit but I'll be buying it from now on. I should also add that I did NOT scrub it either, just a brushing with a well-worn scratchbright pad type toilet bowl "brush". Didn't try it with the pumice stone but I'd venture a guess that pumice would help it too....See Morekrissie55
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