Can anyone recommend a good toilet brush or a way to clean up and under?

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I was cleaning the toilet today as you do and realised that the bit that is up and under the rim of the toilet hasn't been cleaned properly. My brush is the (excuss the pun) bog standerd type. The round sort.

I feel this is a bad design as really I only use one side of the brush. There is nothing to get up and under to get it cleaned properly.

Also what do you think the best way to clean a loo is? currently I use toilet cleaner wipes, toilet duck and a harpic tablet but it doesn't get it really clean. (its used for business purposes so I want it to look as clean as poss)

Watching with interest...

Rubber gloves and elbow grease?

Pop some bleach around the toilet, making sure the noozle goes up the rim, do it regularly and leave it for a bit then scrub.

Use limescale remover too every week.

I use one of these. Works really well.

I am also lurking... we have a really ancient toilet which try as I might I can't remove all of the brown layer under the waterline :( Would love some kind of tool to clean it because all I can think when sitting close trying to scrub it is "Yuk, how many people have used this??"

What Iggly says! Nothing else really works

Bertie...I refer you to any one of the many vinegar threads on here about cleaning brown limescale off the bowl. It really works.

Bertie i had a manky old toilet in our old rented house. The way i got it clean was to push all the water past the u bend with the toilet brush then i used harpic power plus liquid on it. It clings really well especially when it doesnt get diluted by the water. Leave it a while and scrub.

You can push the water past the u-bend?

Thanks for the tips :) I'll have to get a toilet brush, for a start...

Like CuttedUpPear said, vinegar is what you need for the yucky stuff under the rim, and unfortunately you probably will need to get down on your knees and scrub with your hands (wearing gloves obviously). It does work though!! Oh and don't use a metal scourer - it scratches the toilet bowl. Once its removed regular cleaning should keep it looking clean. I use harpic powerplus, which shifts limescale, once a week when doing a big bathroom clean - a squirt under the rim making sure its all covered then i leave it while i do the rest of the bathroom then come back to it last and sweep around with the brush and flush. Then every couple of days or so in between before i jump in the shower in the morning i squirt some chlorine bleach (domestos at the moment) and then flush away after i jump out the shower just to keep on top of any germs.

How much vinegar?

I would just pour some vineger in a separate bowl and dab an old washing up sponge in it to rub up under the rim until its all gone. Its thin stuff anyway so theres no point in aiming it around the loo.

Yes you can push water past the u bend! Use the toilet brush a bit like a plunger and just keep pushing it down to the bottom of the toilet!

I put a hefty couple of spoonfuls of bicarbonate of soda down the loo, then a good slosh of vinegar. I like to watch the chemical reaction and it leaves the toilet sparkling clean.

I also bought a loo brushes I'm the Flylady website because it had a sticky up brush to get under the rim. As friends have pointed out, it does look like a giant scary sex toy - made of purple rubber with odd tickly bits....

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Not brushes I'm. Bloody autocorrect.

If all else fails try Spirits of Salts. Very potent but nasty stuff so follow safety instructions!