My husband thinks IABU for NOT allowing

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Toilet brushes in the house.

I have a toilet duck one with disposable brushes which you flush after one use.
And strongly feel this is the only option for hygiene. I can't bear the thought of my toddler or baby getting their hands on a poo encrusted toilet brush, or god forbid coming anywhere near the poo water which is always to be found pooling in the bottom of the toilet brush holder.

In my opinion it is beyond minging to own them, especially if you have young children in the house.

My husband thinks I am an anal germ hater.

What say the wise users of Mumsnet?

I still don't understand. What are the mechanics of using toilet paper to remove skidmarks? What's the actual method?

The row was butter in the fridge or in the cupboard.

What about shit smears below the water line?

Oh fgs I cannot believe what I am typing.

I have a wooden butter dish. I can only imagine the retching/heaving/shuddering/dismay it would invoke :)

Only on MN is it more acceptable to stick your hand down the loo to wipe skids than use a loo brush which is never used for anything else!

PMSL Getorf that's what I wanted to ask and I just couldn't.

And putting your hand in the toilet bowl to scrub shit (especially under water line, so paper does not offer any barrier), without gloves, is more hygienic and less ewwww than using a brush?

crosspost with valium - only on MN indeed.

Wooden?

Valium that is why the OP's husband wants a loo brish in the house, because he quite simply doesn't want to shove his hand down the pan and scrub when there is a perfectly adequate product already available to do the job at arms length.

I don't know how you could get skid marks off without a loo brush. It just embarrasses any guests not to have one. I used to have one of those where you throw away the end but I found it less effective and more disgusting replacing the "brush" at the end.

Loo brush plus Harpic Power Plus is required to keep down limescale.

Wooden butter dish? I'm intrigued. Can you microwave it?

The anti-loo brush advocate in my life is my OH, who never cleans the toilet so therefore has a very informed view, obvs. I think it's lovely how we can all be so impassioned about such important topics though.

And re babies drinking - shut the door. Or baby gates. Just keep the baby away from the irresistible allure of the shitty water.

What's wrong with a butter dish?

I think it's lovely how we can all be so impassioned about such important topics though.
Ahahahahah! I know right?!

I have no idea if the wooden butter dish can be microwaved - I see no reason why not, but I've never tried, I just scrub it with hot water, Fairy liquid and a metal scourer. When I can be bothered :)

Eh? Completely baffled - disposable toilet brushes? Special flushable wipes? No toilet brush? Use a cloth with gloved hands? Replacing toilet brushes weekly? Have I stepped into OCD Anon? Who knew there are households with no loo brush? Surely a bleached brush and cleaning the holder when necessary is fine? If not, I'm well, to be honest this whole thread has left me speechless and reviewing my horrid germy ways...

..and to think people used to throw their business out the window... Gardyloo!

p.s. can I ask the cloth people with gloves where they store their gloves after scrubbing the loo with gloved hands? I think poo gloves in a cupboard is much more gross than a bleached brush next to the loo. Or do you folk throw your gloves away after every clean as well?

p.p.s. if you are worried about toothbrushes in your bathroom, you need a UV tooth brush sanitiser. My mum is very fussy about germs and cleaning (she still has loo brushes in all bathrooms though). We all got issued with these

Still mega

Don't you people wash your hands?

Method:

Do a poo
Flush
Check for skidmarks
Flush again if it's a big job
Take a few sheets of toilet roll and give the bowl a quick wipe (no need for contact )
Flush
Wash hands thoroughly
Use a Dettol wipe to wipe the handle / button.

Cannot believe I've just written genuine instructions on how to polish a turd.

If wooden butter dishes are anything like chopping boards then wood is mean to be more hygienic iirc.

meant

What if your cistern takes ages to fill? That method wouldn't work.

I don't want to use Dettol wipes etc when a perfectly good loo brush will do the trick.

I'd be washing my hands AFTER using the Dettol wipe

Do a poo
Flush
Squirt of bleach and a scrub with a brush, flush again holding the brush in the water so you don't flick bleach everywhere.
Wash hand thoroughly

You wipe the loo button with a dettol wipe everytime you do a poo?

wow how much poo do you get on your hands when wiping your bum that you need to anti bac a little button?

No I don't personally. I put that little embellishment in to appease the ones who can't bear the thought of putting a hand in the bog.

My cistern fills up nice and quickly. It's a cheapo but efficient toilet from Wickes if yer interested.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha as I read that about the wipes I was thinking 'I BET Ineed doesn't do that!'

Haha at dettol wipe.

And the thread takes a completely new direction.

The thing about the cistern though, wouldn't you just hang around for it to fill up anyway, rather than just leave your minging skids or the floaty bits that a bog brush leaves? I'd be mortified to leave a loo in that state.

lol at embellishment

But what do the loo brush haters do when confronted with a (fresh/aged) skidmark under the water line, which would defeat the loo roll wipe?

I NEED TO KNOW.

My bog brush is as clean as a whistle - gets replaced every month and bleached as my earlier post describes in detail