Toilet limescale, I've found the ultimate product

[TheCanyon]

My dm recently visited and brought this stuff with her to see what I thought of it. AMAZING! Since we moved in here almost 8 years ago, there's been a grotty line of limescale round the front rim, have tried everything over the years. Tried this and next time I went for a pee an hour later, gave it a wee rub with the toilet brush and all gone. I'm even more excited than when I got my last washing machine

Unfortunately from my very brief googling I think you can only bulk buy it, not checked amazon or eBay though.

Oooo thanks!

Phosphoric acid based cleaner apparently.
Please follow safety instructions and use rubber gloves, avoid spills etc
Sounds magic! I'm very tempted.

@Branster, good point and also i just have left it sitting in my bathroom, the bottle looks friendly enough but I should definitely put it away from the dc.

i just squirted it up under the rim and also on the rim facing that had the grotty limescale, no scrubbing, just a wipe with the toilet brush to get the gel off and it was gone. I wish I had taken pics. Honest to god, I've tried EVERYTHING on it over 8 years and nowt helped.

I'm happy to send a sample if I safely can?! I doubt it though eh?

Black Harpic is amazing too!

I love finding things that actually work.

Can you use it with a septic system? I inherited limescaley loos but haven't managed to shift it yet. Bathroom is being ripped out and replaced in the next year so won't be a problem for too much longer either way.

No this is https://www.homebase.co.uk/hg-toilet-renovation-kit-500ml/12827907.html?utmsource=google&utmmmedium=organic&utmcampaign=shopping&affil=thggps&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&afil=thgppc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq6Kbp8zP8gIVrYBQBh2KaQcUEAQYAiABEgLGkkD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

It made the disgusting (not been cleaned for about 30 years) toilet, that was in my DHs factory when he moved in white again. I was all for ripping it out and getting a new one!

I put 1/4 cup of white vinegar in and leave it overnight and all the limescale’s fallen off by morning. Works better than any toilet cleaner.

@hedgehogger1

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It made the disgusting (not been cleaned for about 30 years) toilet, that was in my DHs factory when he moved in white again. I was all for ripping it out and getting a new one!

2nd this. Amazing

My loo timescale problem is in the bottom of the toilet, where the water sits. I don't understand it. The downstairs loo is fine but upstairs is thick with it. We've replaced both loos since we moved in 20 years ago and the old loos were the same. Upstairs all furred up, downstairs fine

I live for threads like this and im not even 40 🙈

I just use a box of citric acid. It’s £1.75 from Ocado so I’m sure it’s even cheaper elsewhere. Tip half a box into the loo, leave it overnight, give it a scrub (with a toilet brush ) in the morning.

NB The toilet brush lives with the cleaning products and is only used on a clean loo

I discovered a product called HG last week. You can buy on amazon. Absolute miracle

Black harpic is brilliant

And like PP I've used citric acid before too, works much better than vinegar for limescale and if you mix it with salt and hot water it magics away rust stains on fabric

Spirits of salt is what works on ours. Sil does end of tenancy cleans and she recommended it

@Helenahandkart

I put 1/4 cup of white vinegar in and leave it overnight and all the limescale’s fallen off by morning. Works better than any toilet cleaner.

I'm going to try this !

I love that your DM bought toilet cleaner with her when she came to visit. #DM's are nutters

@Moonshine5

I love that your DM bought toilet cleaner with her when she came to visit. #DM's are nutters

Can you imagine if it was MIL who brought it?

I just googled ‘spirits of salt’ and it’s hydrochloric acid. No wonder it cleans well!

Black Harpic left overnight (with the water taken out) worked for me

So good I thought I would try it in the marked up taps with had everything thrown at them

Oh it worked wonders, and stripped all 'shine ' off them

I recently used the black Harpic for the same reason and whilst it got rid of the stain I hadn't been able to shift for years I didn't wipe the bottle properly, put it down next to the sink and burned a bottom of the bottle shaped ring into the bathroom worktop

These work, unwrap one and pop in the toilet bowl. It will dissolve overnight (or a few hours when the toilet will not be in use. It does not have to be dark outside for it to work.)

I too used to have a clean downstairs toilet pan but the upstairs thick with limescale.

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It's available in a spray format for shower screens, taps etc. The gel format is useful too.

Do you need to empty the water and if so, how do you do that ? Limescale in my toilet is below the water , so anything I’ve used doesn’t work .

@Carboncheque

I just googled ‘spirits of salt’ and it’s hydrochloric acid. No wonder it cleans well!

It's 32%.I saw some in Robert Dyas yesterday.

@MoriaRoseForever - you can just ladle/scoop the water out into a bucket .Use a yoghurt pot ,tin can or something else that will hold water and is disposable .