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To think about not having a toilet brush?

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JoelyJoe · 12/12/2023 15:51

So, during a particularly scintillating conversation at work today, about the state of the staff toilets, a colleague mentioned that she would never have a toilet brush in her house, because they are disgusting! Another colleague agreed.
I was surprised. While I hate the toilet brush, and its revolting little pot, I don't know of another alternative, other than putting my hand down there. Do they just use bleach? I don't really like using super strong chemicals any more than necessary.
I'd love to not have one. What do people do??

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IDoughnutKnow · 12/12/2023 17:57

Never mind brushes: the problem on here is the number of people talking about "toilets". They are lavatories or loos. Not toilets.

Purplebunnie · 12/12/2023 17:54

NightmareGirl · 12/12/2023 16:40

I have bad memories of the toilet brush when I was a child of the little basin thing it sits in being filled with gross dirty water

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Ahh but I learned on another thread to balance the toilet brush horizontally so that any liquid drips into the basin. You secure it by putting the seat down on the handle. Works a treat.

Hope I've explained this properly

I'd be loath to be flushing something else down the loo that is going to possibly block the sewers

ActDottie · 12/12/2023 17:45

We have toilet brushes. Although I recently swapped to a silicone one for downstairs loo and much prefer it to brushes.

I use the brush to give the loo a good scrub with bleach mostly as it freaks me out if I put my hand down the loo to scrub it instead. I suppose I just want to put as much distance between myself and potential poo particles as possible!

Frankley · 12/12/2023 17:41

I use Duck toilet "brush " it uses a disposable bit on it's end that you just unclip (without touching it)
after use and fush down cleaned toilet. I would never have a toilet brush again.

Topseyt123 · 12/12/2023 17:39

I am the very proud owner of two bog brushes. One beside the toilet in the bathroom upstairs and one beside the downstairs toilet.

Neither are gross. They are rinsed in the flushing water of the toilet, which I will have cleaned by brushing around it with bleach.

I think not having a bog brush is batshit.

TheCadoganArms · 12/12/2023 17:38

So who cleans their toilet brush with a hot wash in the dishwasher?

<lights blue touch paper and walks off whistling nonchalantly>

Ginandjuice57884 · 12/12/2023 17:31

Jaysus what are people doing with their brushes eating off of them? If your toilet brushes are that gross you're using them wrong.

Tulipsroses · 12/12/2023 17:28

CorvusPurpureus · 12/12/2023 17:21

Get a shetafa fitted.

No more bog brush OR bog roll.

Yes I would agree, no need for toilet paper or brush.

To think about not having a toilet brush?
CorvusPurpureus · 12/12/2023 17:21

Get a shetafa fitted.

No more bog brush OR bog roll.

ToDamp0rNotToDamp · 12/12/2023 17:19

I was really surprised when moving to the UK as a child that people used toilet brushes as they are so unhygienic. However, I come from a country where there are bidets and most toilets have almost a tap attached to them so the risk of ‘skids’ is much lower.

At home we use bleach, but I appreciate the chemicals are not for everyone. My husband was quite embarrassed at first with not having a toilet brush because it meant on occasion I would see the remnants of his toilet trips. And I am sure some guests to our house feel this also. But poop is normal and natural. Give it a bit of a bleach and close the toilet lid, it will be gone with the next flush.

I’ve never done anything beyond use bleach or another cleaner, spray it on then leave for the next flush. And we have no residual stains etc.

TheGoogleMum · 12/12/2023 17:15

I'm team toilet brush over putting my hand in. Between DH with IBS and a 5 yr old who doesn't have the hang of flushing we definitely do have skidmarks that won't be shifted just from bleach, needs scrubbing. I do remind DH to scrub it as he sometimes forgets and it isn't my job to clean up his poo

LemonLight · 12/12/2023 17:11

We have a silicone one, it's easier to clean than a bristle one and less disgusting (although still disgusting) and it gets replaced often. No flipping way is my hand going down the toilet! I want one of the disposable ones but so bad for the environment I feel too guilty to get one.

Sexlivesofthepotatomen · 12/12/2023 17:11

Didn't someone on here say they put their toilet brush in the dishwasher to clean it?

Vettrianofan · 12/12/2023 17:04

This is ground breaking stuff OP but I actually use a loo brush and bleach together to clean the loo😱

QAnoun · 12/12/2023 17:02

It is unfathomable to me how some people think sticking their hand in the toilet to clean it is less disgusting than owning a brush designed so you don’t have to put your hand in Confused

fetchacloth · 12/12/2023 16:58

PickAChew · 12/12/2023 16:53

There are many, many threads on this topic.

Don't clean your teeth with your toilet brush and you'll be fine.

😂

TheCadoganArms · 12/12/2023 16:58

ArsenicInTheAppleTart · 12/12/2023 16:53

it's mind over matter. If one is determined only to ever have a nice dry poo, nice dry poos are what one will have. It's all about self-control.

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I get it.........to defeat the poo, you must become the poo.

<plays mystic Sholin temple music>

Ittastesvile · 12/12/2023 16:55

I use a toilet brush for removing skid marks immediately. Tbh I give the toilet brush zero thought the rest of the time and don't understand the problem.

If I'm actually cleaning the toilet I use a sponge dedicated to that purpose. Hands right in there. I use Bloo tablets and sandpaper sometimes too as I live in a very hard water area and the toilet is a total pita to keep clean. The toilet brush isn't enough for that as it doesn't get in the cracks.

Toesaresoweird · 12/12/2023 16:54

TheCadoganArms · 12/12/2023 16:52

Do you shit Maltesers? You never have poo on the pan? Not even after a few Guinness and a jalfrazi?

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That was so funny 🤣
We have a loo brush. There's bigger worries.

ArsenicInTheAppleTart · 12/12/2023 16:53

TheCadoganArms · 12/12/2023 16:52

Do you shit Maltesers? You never have poo on the pan? Not even after a few Guinness and a jalfrazi?

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it's mind over matter. If one is determined only to ever have a nice dry poo, nice dry poos are what one will have. It's all about self-control.

PickAChew · 12/12/2023 16:53

There are many, many threads on this topic.

Don't clean your teeth with your toilet brush and you'll be fine.

TheCadoganArms · 12/12/2023 16:52

AHFaemale · 12/12/2023 16:44

toilet brushes in hospitals and cafes are gross - cos they are used to wipe skid marks off the toilet pan.

I have a toilet brush but it's used to give a clean pan (no skiddies) a good wash and wash under the rim. The brush is never dirty or gross so it really depends on how you use it.

Do you shit Maltesers? You never have poo on the pan? Not even after a few Guinness and a jalfrazi?

RougeFraise · 12/12/2023 16:51

GnomeDePlume · 12/12/2023 16:42

We are in a very hard water area. Bleaches will get the porcelain looking white but hard water means the surface isn't polished. A scrub will be necessary. We have toilet brushes and are not ashamed.

Also in a hard water area. The bleach is to get the skid marks off. I use limescale remover about once a week, but don’t really need to.

mumof2many1943 · 12/12/2023 16:51

HandyLittleGadget I am totally with you, clean up after yourself 🫢

RougeFraise · 12/12/2023 16:50

bleach here. The cheaper the better. Haven’t had a brush for years, they are absolutely grim.

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