Page 4 | Toilet brushes - I just keep replacing

babasaclover · 2025-12-17T20:00:25+00:00

Right so they are gross - I’ve tried soaking in bleach after use I’ve tried it all and at the moment just keep buying a new one every month. what do you do if you don’t use them? if you’re going to come on and give me shit don’t bother, I’ve got OCD so cannot just do as you say but am looking for help

SoLongLuminosity · 18/12/2025 08:57

Owly11 · 18/12/2025 07:02

So you flush the toilet three times every time you go to the toilet? Wow you are wasting a fuck of a lot of water there. No wonder the government are having to invest in new reservoirs at the moment.

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Mate, we're one of the wettest countries in the world- the fact that we can't seem to stop fluctuating between droughts and floods and climate change is not my fault.

I don't shit every time i go to the toilet. I use eco toilet paper, eco products, don't flush bleach or other chemicals harmful to wildlife and also i havent replaced my plastic toilet brush in a decade and have no plans to. I also use eco menstrual products. I think my conscious is clear around my environmental impact on using the toilet.

But please, do try and blame me for the lack of water in the whole country because I flush the toilet three times on the occasions I take a shit. While you're at it, tell me how many kids you have because I bet you have more than me and they will be having a greater impact across the board, as well as all needing to flush the toilet.

Eta- I also have I also have one of those half flush things installed so I can choose that too.

Dolphinnoises · 18/12/2025 08:55

I use silicone ones and also harpic deep clean toilet tablets - they advise you to put the brush in the loo with the tablet to give it a deep clean at the same time

Cheese55 · 18/12/2025 08:51

Germs in a toilet stay right there and are not going to jump up and kill you. The toilet doesn't need to be soaked in bleach. It is used for one thing and you are not eating off it. Think about the impact on the environment

GoodQueenWenceslaus · 18/12/2025 08:37

Katemax82 · 17/12/2025 20:07

I cake the loo in thick bleach several times a day it's spotless

No it isn't. You're just dying the poo and limescale white.

Applecup · 18/12/2025 08:37

TeaRoseTallulah · 18/12/2025 08:17

You need a silicone one.

Seems to be the way to go. Better than all the brushes bought every month filling a landfill.

Applecup · 18/12/2025 08:36

Souredgrapes · 18/12/2025 08:16

I pop mine in the dishwasher . Comes out just as clean and sparkling as the plates and cups. 😉

I’m assuming that’s a joke.

Worralorra · 18/12/2025 08:26

I converted to silicon ones as like PP have said, they are easy to clean. They are soaked in a bucket of hot water and bleach weekly, and the container is thoroughly washed weekly, too.
My loos are both spotless!

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 08:18

MyThreeWords · 18/12/2025 08:09

Trouble is there will be remains even if you can’t see them

I'm not sure that is true, at least in any practical sense. If the 'remains' are so small as to be invisible, and if the bleach has zapped any germs that it contained, then what is left, really?

I'm aware that you have OCD, so I completely get that you have a problem with this. I'm sure it is exhausting to deal with this condition. But the reality is that invisible, sterile particles really are the same as 'nothing'. They are probably more nothingy than whatever film covers other things in the house, things that don't get bleached.

Thank you for this what you said makes a lot of sense I.e the bleach has killed the germs of any left - never thought of it like that.

it is exhausting, I’d give anything to not worry about things so much

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TeaRoseTallulah · 18/12/2025 08:17

You need a silicone one.

Souredgrapes · 18/12/2025 08:16

I pop mine in the dishwasher . Comes out just as clean and sparkling as the plates and cups. 😉

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 18/12/2025 08:11

wakeboarder · 17/12/2025 20:14

Top tip. Put bleach in/round toilet bowl of your toilet and leave in there (don't flush) before you go, after you have been flush and there won't be a problem as nothing "sticks". Then you always have a clean toilet brush for when you clean.

I would worry about 'bleach splash-back' on my delicate parts...😰

MyThreeWords · 18/12/2025 08:09

Trouble is there will be remains even if you can’t see them

I'm not sure that is true, at least in any practical sense. If the 'remains' are so small as to be invisible, and if the bleach has zapped any germs that it contained, then what is left, really?

I'm aware that you have OCD, so I completely get that you have a problem with this. I'm sure it is exhausting to deal with this condition. But the reality is that invisible, sterile particles really are the same as 'nothing'. They are probably more nothingy than whatever film covers other things in the house, things that don't get bleached.

Twinkletwinkly · 18/12/2025 08:08

Genuine question for those who say you don a pair of marigolds and use a scrubber beneath the water line to scrub away any shitty residue . Where do you rinse the marigolds and scrubber and where do you store till the next use?

When I see the toilet brush thread pop up every so often this method is mentioned but I can’t see that it’s more hygienic than a brush. 🤔

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 08:01

MyThreeWords · 18/12/2025 07:51

My lovely Lakeland toilet brush is spotless and I have had it for years.

Cleaning the brush is just part of the whole operation of cleaning the toilet, for me. Just carry on scrubbing and scraping the toilet until there is nothing visible left on the brush. Then swizzle it in the bleachy water and re-swizzle it in the flow of the flushing water.
If it isn't 100% clean after that, put an extra dab of bleach in the water and repeat-swizzle as needed.

I wouldn't use a toilet brush at all if it had to be stored with any remains on it.

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Trouble is there will be remains even if you can’t see them

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KiwiFall · 18/12/2025 07:58

Silicone ones. If one of kids been and it’s a bit stuck on (sorry to be gross) I use a bit of Viakal toilet cleaner (we live in an extremely hard water area) and let that sit for a minute before using silicone brush. Hold brush in flushing water to clean. Every now and then if needed (ie kids use brush but don’t rinse it properly) I put the steam cleaning on it (carefully not touching brush just using the actual jet and obviously over the toilet). Once a month use a Toilet Duck disposable one and 2 Harpic tablets (latter for the limescale under the water line). Occasionally put a bit of the toilet cleaner in the holder and let the brush sit in soak.

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:58

NotForCrumbs · 18/12/2025 07:03

I’ve been diagnosed for years and it’s a yucky job. I don’t even want a cleaner because they are unlikely to go along with my strict toilet cleaning routines.

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Same. Odd question maybe but do you drink out of the glasses in hotel rooms? I was one told the cleaners just wash in bathroom sink with any old cloth they have which makes sense so I never use. Was on a cruise recently and they had trolleys full of clean glasses with covers on from the kitchen presumably and put two in each room - I was so impressed!!!!

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Buffypaws · 18/12/2025 07:57

Arlanymor · 17/12/2025 20:04

https://uk.koh.com/products/loo-blade-charcoal

Is this good for limescale right at the bottom?

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:55

NotForCrumbs · 18/12/2025 07:01

The silicone ones are better. No one has died from using the other kind, though. I have OCD and I use disposable plastic gloves to clean the loo. Old kitchen scrubbers that I then throw away. Bleach sometimes.

I use disposable for everything even cutting chicken - otherwise don’t feel I can get my hands clean enough afterwards.

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Buffypaws · 18/12/2025 07:54

I have a silicone one but it’s not good for limescale. I think a bristley one would be better. Need a shit one and a general cleaning one! The koh one looks good. My toilet gets brown limescale on it constantly but I can’t always see because the flush is so weak it leaves big roll in there covering it up

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:53

GoldsolesLugs · 18/12/2025 00:37

Not really sure. I think it's to indicate that while nobody like the truth that they're, at base, just a fleshy tube into which food is inserted and shit comes out of the other end, she really, especially, doesn't like it.
Disregard if you've actually been diagnosed.

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Love your description and definitely feeling fleshy at the moment with all the yummy Xmas food about lol

yes I have been diagnosed, tried all sorts to fix it and I am definitely better than when young. It’s not the fact I poo it’s actually dealing with other peoples poo and the fact that toilet brushes hold old poo even if you can’t see.

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MyThreeWords · 18/12/2025 07:51

My lovely Lakeland toilet brush is spotless and I have had it for years.

Cleaning the brush is just part of the whole operation of cleaning the toilet, for me. Just carry on scrubbing and scraping the toilet until there is nothing visible left on the brush. Then swizzle it in the bleachy water and re-swizzle it in the flow of the flushing water.
If it isn't 100% clean after that, put an extra dab of bleach in the water and repeat-swizzle as needed.

I wouldn't use a toilet brush at all if it had to be stored with any remains on it.

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:48

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/12/2025 23:02

I just buy one a month for £1 xx

Thank you it’s good to know I’m not alone!!! I don’t see another way round it

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MyOliveStork · 18/12/2025 07:46

I just buy the cheap replacement brushes from the supermarket/B&M type shops. Then when they get manky I just chuck them. The pot (or whatever you call it) is a nice one but brushes always get yucky. They have a yucky job and need replacing like you would replace a mop head or a dish cloth.

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:46

EnjoythemoneyJane · 17/12/2025 22:27

That may be what I do, but I can tell you not everyone does, especially when loos are used by a whole houseful of people, teens, visitors, workmen. There’s something peculiarly sickening about picking up a toilet brush and seeing a cornflake of some random person’s shite stuck in the bristles. No thanks!

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This is it right. I am clean and not a heathen but after a recent encounter with teenage boys in the house and they tried to clean up their mess - the toilet brush looked hideous and I did indeed throw it straight in the bin. I’m not even sure how some of these people make such a mess - my poo just goes down the water bit unless ill or something why is it smeared round the pan 🤮🤮🤮

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user1476613140 · 18/12/2025 07:46

Wash the brush after cleaning your toilet by pressing the flush and wash the brush at this point. Means no debris on the brush after cleaning. I don't replace mine as its in good condition and a silicone one.