Toilet bowl stained - yuck!

[Miss-taken]

Hi all, I've recently moved into a new house and the toilet bowl is stained a manky colour - looks like I haven't cleaned it but I have! I've tried leaving bleach in it and toilet duck but to no avail (toilet is white by the way). Any suggestions anyone??

[n00dles]

Hi Miss-taken

Gel Kilrock (not the ordinary descaler) is a thick non-drip gel which is excellent for removing stubborn limescale, that other products don't shift. Same problem as you, when we moved here......Took quite a few applications, but got there in the end! Leave on for 30 mins then pour boilding water over, and scrub! Worth the aggro, believe me.

Another product by Cillet Bang is their new one: Stain and Drain. Very strong bleach, but like their other 2 very good, does what they say it will do!

[sense4all]

This sounds like your problem could be limescale based. Buy Harpic toilet stuff,with limescale remover - apply a couple of times a day for a week, and if it is limescale, you will notice a marked improvement.

[n00dles]

Even *boiling* water is good ha ha ha

Had almost given up sending a reply, the one just posted took 3 goes - gremlins at work again!!

[Miss-taken]

Thanks everyone!

[rhona_j]

Leave a bottle of coke to go flat, then pour it down, leave it for a while, a couple of hours, then flush, something in the coke breaks down the limescale. I would never have believed it if my friend hadn't showed me it on the toilets at work.
Hmm, makes you wonder what coke actually does to your tummy!

[rogerr]

An American from the air base told my other half that he used Coke to clean engine parts and free up bits that had set solid. Well known use for coke in America! So I guess that putting down the loo is probably a good idea. I'm going to try it.

[janetsflower]

We must all have nice clean bellies those of us that drink coke! I would recommend that harpic limescale stuff or any other one thats specifically aimed at limescale, but go to the loo first (and flush) so you can leave it to soak. whenever i put stuff like that (which isn't cheap) in our loo invariably someone goes to use it straight after and flushes it away before its had chance to work

[Alibobs]

Caustic soda - harsh but does the trick. I have heard the cola thing works too

[Sarah1970]

Im a childminder so I dont like to use chemicals so I always use ordinary malt vinegar to descale the loo and I also use it on the taps and shower head. Think I might give the coke one a go too!