How do you clean your toilet?

[MediumOrchid]

Inspired by the 'does your dh clean the loo' thread...

How do you clean your toilet? I don't mean inside the bowl, that's reasonably obvious (bleach and toilet brush, though I'm intrigued by how those without toilet brushes manage), but how do you clean the seat, underneath the seat and the top of the bowl? Do you use a sponge or cloth and do you reuse these or throw them away straight after?

I do clean these parts myself of course but I'm interested to see how other people do it (in case I've been doing it wrong for years)!

Is it a white plastic toilet seat? The staining is probably bleach isn't it?

Dettol spray and loo roll to clean the whole toilet, seat, lid, flush etc (several different piece of loo roll!) every day. Zoflora into the bowl daily and use the brush to clean.

It is a plastic white seat. The yellow staining is a consequence of having a boy who is incapable of aiming into the toilet. It exists purely on the underside of the seat where it touches the toilet bowl. In my next life I would just like to have daughters.

Easterly - when we were kids my mum used biotex for everything that should have been white- I came across some in Waitrose recently and bought a box but haven't used it. I wonder if a paste made from biotex and water left on the seat for a while might do the trick. You could hold it on with clingfilm.

If you use bio washing powder you could try a paste made with that first.

Oooooh, I didn't think of biological washing powders. I'll add it to the shopping list for next week and give it a try.

How interesting - I use antibacterial wipes but don't find them very good. I think I'm going to switch to cheap sponges and cloths, and use a cream cleaner.

Fingers crossed that it works , we only use fairy so I am no expert but I am going to try the biotex on some old bedding as an experiment.

Wipes always seem like a waste of money to me. I use a J cloth (once I've done the rest of the bathroom) and chuck it away afterwards. Then dry everything off with loo roll.

Have been meaning to repurpose a couple of old t-shirts though, I'm sure they'd do the same job.

Advice please. My parents are now in their seventies and struggling to keep their house clean. I am trying to persuade them to get a cleaner but they've never had one and it will take time to convince them. I have to be careful what I say about the state of the house because I don't want them to be embarrassed but the bathrooms (especially the toilets) are just dreadful. I persuaded them to let me "do a quick clean" today and did so with creme cleaner and a scourer which sorted the basins but the baths still have loads of lime scale and the toilets are horrid. They are going away for a week in a month's time and I'm thinking of having another go when they're away. What do I need to do to shift years old limesscale in toilet bowl and bath? One bath/toilet is plastic and one (I think) is enamel.
Many thanks in advance for your help.

Vinegar...I swear by it..see post up thread - plunge the loo with a loo brush (so most of the water goes down the ubend) Tip in loads of vinegar and top up to the water mark with hot water ...and leave for a couple of hours. Repeat as necessary.
Vinegar for the baths too - and I find the best thing for getting rid of soap scum is neat washing up liquid and vinegar and a sponge cleaner - the kind with a green scouring pad (maybe one of the less scratchy ones for the plastic bath?) If nec you can scrub it on and leave it for a while for the vinegar to work. (I say this as a former fan of cillit bang)
Also a cheap dishwasher brush is good for cleaning grout (better than a toothbrush cos it they are stiffer bristles and cover more area per stroke) .

Magic erasers are also good - but you probably will go through more than one.

And if you can take the loo seats off (unscrew the fixings underneath if nec -usually just a wing nut type thing) - do it and so they can have a soak and good wash in the bath. (My loo seat isn't one of the special 'removable' ones but it comes off easily -just need to pull out two plastic plugs that hod the seat and lid in place)