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Toilet brushes - I just keep replacing

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babasaclover · 17/12/2025 20:00

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

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:44

EnjoythemoneyJane · 17/12/2025 22:19

Toilet duck fresh brush. Game changer for me - got one beside every loo. Flushable, biodegradable cleaning pads & you can also use the stick thing with a bit of bleach and loo roll.

No need to touch anything, no need to have a gopping brush in a soup of bleach and tag nuts sat in the bathroom 🤮. No need to chuck a load of plastic in landfill, especially if you’re throwing them out so frequently.

Thank you I’m definitely going to give these a go they look quite sturdy for disposable ones.

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:42

Biker47 · 17/12/2025 21:54

Rinse them in bleach water then stick them in the dishwasher, before the next time you clean the dishwasher.

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My friend has a separate dishwasher in the boot room she puts all horsey bits in. Great idea

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ResusciAnnie · 18/12/2025 07:42

Teenagerantruns · 18/12/2025 00:33

I dont understand toilet brushes, they seem gross to me. I just clean toilet a couple of times a week with bleach and a wipe. Why does a toilet need a brush?

Because limescale is a thing in some areas and I don’t want to put my hand in toilet water to scrub limescale off. Maybe that’s the difference, I’m not using it to clean poo much.

I’m surprised people don’t seem to shut their brush in the loo seat to drip dry. I agree a loo brush holder full of old loo water is a bit gross. Ours goes back in the holder dry, holder goes back into bathroom product caddy, bathroom product caddy goes back into utility room.

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:39

EmeraldShamrock000 · 17/12/2025 21:05

I don't live in a hard water area. I have never needed to use a toilet brush to clean the loo.

I’m so jealous ours is terrible. Have to descale the kettle weekly!

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:37

Starship74 · 17/12/2025 20:37

I bought a toiet brush from Amazon where you can replace the screw on brush, it came with the long stick and 4 spare brushes.

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I’ve been using similar from ikea then just throw it away every now and then.

I blame teenage boys tbh!

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:36

RogueFemale · 17/12/2025 20:29

@babasaclover I've recently bought an old house, a massive do-er upper, and it has an ancient 'traditional' toilet from maybe 1970s. The cistern flush is incredible and so powerful that everything is flushed. I've not had to use a toilet brush since I moved in. So that's maybe an option, to buy a late 20th century toilet?

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This is amazing. So we have 3 toilets and one came with the house so at least 20 years old and is better - not as old as yours but good. Each newer one is worse! Hadn’t really thought about that before.

would love an older house with high ceilings :-)

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babasaclover · 18/12/2025 07:32

Arlanymor · 17/12/2025 20:04

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

So this looks incredible thank you!

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Freysimo · 18/12/2025 07:27

NemesisInferior · 17/12/2025 23:02

Not to mention using bleach willy-nilly is horrible for the environment.

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Throwing plastic brushes away every week isn't good for the environment either.

Zanatdy · 18/12/2025 07:05

I couldn’t survive without one as health issue means one is definitely required! Otherwise I don’t think i’d need one, but is handy to have. I have the silicone style one which is better.

NotForCrumbs · 18/12/2025 07:03

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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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.

Owly11 · 18/12/2025 07:02

SoLongLuminosity · 17/12/2025 20:16

What are you doing to them that needs that much replacing?!

I flush.after the toilet, squirt some hand-wash down, scrub, flush, flush again to wash the brush and dunk it back in the pot. Its been going 10 years and still looks new.

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.

Gettingbysomehow · 18/12/2025 07:02

Bristles are disgusting and Im certainly not a clean freak. I'll be looking into silicone too.

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.

Franjipanl8r · 18/12/2025 06:56

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/12/2025 23:02

I just buy one a month for £1 xx

Dear lord the waste! Your monthly loo brushes will sit in landfill for hundreds of years and break down to microplastics polluting the earth: what a legacy to leave for future generations!

ZaZathecat · 18/12/2025 01:12

Teenagerantruns · 18/12/2025 00:33

I dont understand toilet brushes, they seem gross to me. I just clean toilet a couple of times a week with bleach and a wipe. Why does a toilet need a brush?

You obviously don't live in a hard water area. Limescale forms and gets stained. It needs scrubbing off even when harpic 100% limescale remover is left on it for half an hour

TinyHousemouse · 18/12/2025 00:45

Silicone blade one. Begone the days of the icky brush, hello easy to clean thingy that doesn’t give me the heebie jeebies

GoldsolesLugs · 18/12/2025 00:37

DallazMajor · 17/12/2025 23:28

What’s having OCD got to do with toilet brushes ?

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.

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 18/12/2025 00:36

Biker47 · 17/12/2025 21:54

Rinse them in bleach water then stick them in the dishwasher, before the next time you clean the dishwasher.

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Don’t be insane

Teenagerantruns · 18/12/2025 00:33

I dont understand toilet brushes, they seem gross to me. I just clean toilet a couple of times a week with bleach and a wipe. Why does a toilet need a brush?

DirtyBird · 18/12/2025 00:27

I have a silicone one. But I always wipe away anything left over, flush then use the brush. Wash and then rinse. Never leaves anything in the holder and I’ve had it for years

sidebirds · 18/12/2025 00:13

babasaclover · 17/12/2025 20:00

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

"if you’re going to come on and give me shit don’t bother" - reckless 🤨

This brush is an invaluable 'find':

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Epistar-Toilet-Stainless-Handle-Stylish/dp/B07HP2VGTT/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Expertly reviewed here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R1IEE78BN2A3W7?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp

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DrFoxtrot · 17/12/2025 23:59

I bleach sometimes but also use tissue to wipe any shit stains in between 😇 even just slightly below the waterline.

Skyrmion · 17/12/2025 23:57

I hate the ones sitting in a pot! Just why, when there are options like those (photo incoming).
Clean with bleach or toilet cleaner, flush and rinse brush while flushing, let dry like a previous poster had said, handle stuck under the seat, and put it back into its HOLDER, not a pot.

Toilet brushes - I just keep replacing
Cursula · 17/12/2025 23:32

Northerngirlabroad · 17/12/2025 22:20

So many people seem to be loving silicone brushes on this thread but I just can't get on with them - am I using mine wrong? I just don't seem to be able to scrub hard enough with it. I do live in a really hard water area though so I do need to give it a decent going over to get all the scale off.

If hard water, you need to gently brush every day.

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