Repairing chipped toilet seat

[UnquietDad]

Any suggestions for "touching up" the chipped enamel on a toilet seat? We have three small chips on the underside of ours, probably no more than 1mm square each, but they are very annopyingly visible when you look at the whole thing.

The underlying problem, by the way - one which women won't encounter - is that the damn thing won't lean back far enough to stay up without a good deal of encouragement, and sometimes slams down pre- or even mid-piss...

That reminds me, I must buy a new one.

aah yes, DP calls toilet seats that do that "Penis Fly Traps".

Sorry, that doesn't solve your problem but thought you might appreciate it

Only a man would repair a loo seat.

Think of all the bacteria breeding in those chips. EEWWWW!

Get a new one cheap skate.

Penis fly trap!!

Don't 'cheapskate' me. It's one of those everything-matching Italian bathroom suites - I wouldn't know where to start. The seat's a very odd shape. The previous owners installed it.

I'd still rather have an intact loo seat that a matching Italian job complete with chips.

What colour is it? Don't say marbled.

White. Of course.

ooo I used to have a penis fly trap in my bathroom when I was single.... sorted out the men from the boys I can tell you

But then dp moved in and bless him he is a builder and my bathroom was a project for him (in the days when he wanted to make me happy and didn't accuse me of nagging him to do jobs on the house ) and voila he sneaked a stay up loo seat in.

Unquiet dad I can't ask him at the mo where you can get odd shaped loo seats from as he will know I am on mumsnet (supposed to be doing his tax return pmsl) but will try and discreetly ask him tomorrow.

thanks...

You can move the actual toilet forward sometimes to let the seat rest further back when you put the seat up.

Most toilet plumbing fittings have a bit of give in them for shuffling them around. This is not much use if the floor you have is finished around the footprint of the loo though - as it can sometimes look a bit of a mess.

I had to do this once with a toilet once (the slamming seat was EXTREMELY annoying)but it worked fine as it was only bolted in through some thick vinyl flooring and there was also a bit of give in the bolts that attached the pan to the cistern.

Either that or practise your aim or piss in the sink.

I'll ask mt brother in law He'll know

There's no give now, unfortunately - there may have been before with the former owners' carpets, but we've ripped them up and tiled all around it...
And the cistern is discreetly concealed under a built-in shelf.

Could enlarge the holes in the pan with a diamond file, thus giving you a little play.

Try an antique shop who should know the local specialist.. Where are you?

you can get stuff to coverup the chips in enamel sinks, guess you could use it for loo seats too.

As a matter of interest - are the cistern handle and taps gold?

We is not bling.

Heres UD's toilet

Pimp My Toilet! (you'll have to scroll about half way down the page as it won't let me link to the image on its own)

Perhaps the answer to your troubles is to cease cleaning the non bling toilet in order to create a distraction from the chipped seat. With perhaps a three wick Jo Malone candle on the built in shelf that hides the cistern? There is always an answer in aesthetics.

Ah just take the weight off and sit down instead. You'll have a nice relaxed piss and not have to look at the chips. Sorted.

Just don't tell your wife

LOL @ that sitting pisser thread. Only on mumsnet.

I bought this to repair our chipped bath. Seems like the right stuff for the job but haven't quite got round to it yet so can't recommend for sure.

pmsl at DaDaDa and the other thread.

Thanks! I'll check that stuff out...