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Diet Coke........

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brainache · 05/11/2008 14:56

Hi i heard a while ago and i think i have it wrong .... i think i heard that pouring coke down the loo and leaving it over night cleans it?? is this true????

If it is can i use diet coke?? i've had a party and have 2 bottles open of diet coke but we dont drink diet coke.......

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crkm · 05/11/2008 20:41

I tried the coke thing and it helped a bit . then used that harpic power stuff and that did the job!! depends how bad the problem is!!

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overbuurvrouw · 05/11/2008 20:42

I think I remember someone saying that diet coke stains... It's in the archive somewhere...

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breaghsmum · 05/11/2008 20:47

i did this once and it stained, i cant remember if it was diet or ordinary though!!!

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akhems · 05/11/2008 20:49

i did it with a can of diet coke and nothng happened, never tried with fat coke tho

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brainache · 05/11/2008 20:50

Cheers guys - i'll do a search later Oh there is no problem hehe just thought if im going to tip it in the sink i might as well see if i can tip it in the loo lol also wanted to now if it was true

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overbuurvrouw · 05/11/2008 20:50

I've used ordinary and it didn't stain. It didn't work particularly well either though, a lime scale remover is definitely better.

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brainache · 05/11/2008 20:53

*know if it was true

I think i might just tip it in the sink after all this. Will do a quick search first

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