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What's the most hygienic way to clean a toilet?

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thirdhair · 13/01/2019 17:35

Toilet brush or no toilet brush?!

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Woodward12 · 14/01/2019 10:50

How does everyone clean their toilet brushes?

arranbubonicplague · 14/01/2019 10:55

Household Bathroom Rules

Only pee, paper, and poo,
Environmentalists say.
But defiling our show loo
Is just not our household's way

More to follow? When I think of what the proposed, anatomically feasible solutions would be.

lynnepot · 14/01/2019 10:58

I don't see the toilet brush, if used correctly as being a germ factory. Just put bleach down the loo and leave it for a ten minutes or so then go in with the brush and flush. All the nasties will have been killed long before the brush enters the toilet. A correctly used toilet brush is like the chicken and the egg. If there are no germs in the bleached toilet then how is there a germ factory on the brush? If there is a germ factory on the brush then said germ factory perish in the bleachy toilet in the next toilet clean. I really do think people are over complicating the matter.

Clavinova · 14/01/2019 10:59

No brush here. Both our upstairs toilets have a bath in the room with mixer taps and spray attachments - squirt of domestos and spray with hot water from the shower hose. Simples. The 'show toilet' is downstairs.

MrsJayy · 14/01/2019 11:05

That is genuis but if i tried to shower the pan id end up soaked your aim must be spot on clavinova

Notso · 14/01/2019 11:23

Hot water and bleach. I hate using bleach but nothing else seems to work.
DH mourns the toilet brush.

BlackInk · 14/01/2019 11:29

If using bleach you should only ever use cold water. Fumes created when used with hot water are toxic, and bleach kills germs better with cold water.
www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/en/useofbleach.htm

Eatmycheese · 14/01/2019 11:32

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@treaclesoda are you channelling Harvey Denton 😂

Eatmycheese · 14/01/2019 11:33

Into which we do not pass solids GrinGrinGrin

LIVIA999 · 14/01/2019 11:43

When my DD was about two I found her sat on toilet seat brushing her hair delightedly with the toilet brush.
I threw it away and have a terrible aversion ever since.

Zoflorabore · 14/01/2019 12:37

I buy tubs of bleach tablets from Tesco and throw one down every night before bed.
Toilet gets cleaned in the morning. I don't do brushes.

I replace the toilet seat every 3/4 months probably, don't like nice when not sparkling new. I do have diagnosed OCD and am aware I'm a bit weird though.

Remember to always close the lid before flushing. So many people don't do that including my kids

Notso · 14/01/2019 14:01

I think that was aimed at me BlackInk I should have clarified I don't use them together.

Pinkprincess1978 · 14/01/2019 22:35

I use disposable anti bacterial wipes and then add a generously layer of bleach all around the bowl from rim down. No lime scale here.

Candymay · 14/01/2019 22:42

I’ve never used a brush. I’m too squeamish. I put bleach in and if needed for blobs I use a wad of loo roll and wipe. My young child is sleeping next to me right now and just did a really poo full fart as I wrote my toilet cleaning tip.

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