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Do you have a toilet brush?

145 replies

GermanHouseCat · 13/07/2015 09:57

My cleaner insists that I have a toilet brush - a proper old fashioned one that always seem to get filthy.

I bought what I thought was a compromise in one of those toilet duck ones that have disposable heads, but she refuses to use it.

What does everyone else do? I was never brought up wirh one, and previous cleaners have put rubber gloves on and got stuck in.

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Sparklingbrook · 13/07/2015 11:22

Really? it steams my face and I can't touch the plates when i open mine.

SwingingBalls · 13/07/2015 11:23

My name is Swinging and I own a toilet brush.

It isn't covered in shit. It gets rinsed and placed in the cupboard under the since.

Tequilashotfor1 · 13/07/2015 11:25

No.

If you squirt a load of bleach down and close the lid and leave for an hour it will be spotless when you go back to it.

Passmethecrisps · 13/07/2015 11:26

Love a toilet brush thread.

I have one in each loo. I have never, ever been bothered by it.

Toddler child has never licked either of them or, in fact, shown any interest in them.

People poo. Sometimes poo is splatty. Brushes are helpful. Using bleach all the time is not nice

ouryve · 13/07/2015 11:26

Personally I'd rather use a loo brush than mix bleach and acid, as some people in this thread seem to be advocating.

Any my loo brush is all enclosed in a tin when not in use. No worse having a rinsed bog brush put away out of sight than having a loo full of skiddies in between dousings of noxious chemicals which are harmful to the enviromnent (ie chlorine based bleach).

Tequilashotfor1 · 13/07/2015 11:26

Gagging at the thougg of the shit brush in the dish washer!

sebsmummy1 · 13/07/2015 11:28

I'm just telling you what I was told

I suspect if I emailed Siemens and asked their advice they would probably suggest I didn't use the dishwasher to sanitise toilet brushes. But you never know!

Sparklingbrook · 13/07/2015 11:29

Do it sebs and post the reply.

sebsmummy1 · 13/07/2015 11:30

My toddler did on a recent trip to Center Parcs run around the bedroom brandishing a shit covered loo brush that he'd found in the bathroom. I was chasing him around and had to hide them outside the patio door.

HoneyDragon · 13/07/2015 11:36

Toilet brushes, toilet brushes in dishwashers, shitty toilet brush in Centerparcs.

Seb, are you trying to win MN bingo single handedly?

AlisonBlunderland · 13/07/2015 11:40

Why not buy a standard toilet brush that your cleaner alone can use to her heart's content, and you carry on doing what you normally do without a brush for the other 6 and a half days a week.

After reading about them on here, I have just bought black IKEA loo brushes.
Yes, they might still be minging but at least they don't look it!

Sparklingbrook · 13/07/2015 11:40

I watched an A&E documentary once. They told a story of a man who got a loo brush stuck up his bum. He tripped apparently. Fine (ish) but it was inserted bristles first.

YeOldTrout · 13/07/2015 11:47

I sometimes find peas & bits of cabbage in my dishwasher. No way is a poo brush going in there.

KoalaDU's post was good.

sebsmummy1 · 13/07/2015 11:47

HoneyDragon I chuckled at that . Was my CenterParcs loo brush story a stealth boast?

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 13/07/2015 11:58

Of course I have a loo brush, not only for scrubbing limescale etc off with but in case any guest needs to remove embarassing marks. It would very unfair to leave them hunting around for bleach and hoping no one else needed to use the loo before it's had time to do its work. I wouldn't dream of not having one.

member · 13/07/2015 12:08

What Koala said about scrubbing neat toilet cleaner with a brush then rinsing brush in the clean flush water is what I do/agree with.

Do the bleach & leave brigade realise that they are just removing the colour & germs from the skid marks and that residue is still there? Residue which is more likely to allow germs to multiply more quickly?Scrubbing/agitation is required for proper cleaning!

Superexcited · 13/07/2015 12:11

Heaving at the thought of anybody putting a loo brush in the dishwasher.
A simple 'hold the loo brush under the fresh flushing water' should be enough to ensure it is clean and then you just pop it back in the holder where most people have a solution of cleaning fluid to sanitise it.

I really don't understand all this angst about loo brushes. If you have people in your house who know how to keep things clean then having a loo but should not be a problem.
I'd rather a loo brush than be sticking my hand in the loo with soggy bits of loo paper and I am not going to scrub under the rim with a tiny scourer in my hand. Sure bleach might make the toilet look squeaky clean but isn't it a bit like painting over graffiti on a wall instead of removing the graffiti properly ( I.e. You can't see it but it is still there)?

LuisSuarezTeeth · 13/07/2015 14:29

Sebsmummy that was me last time as well

MrsF1 · 13/07/2015 14:31

Ikea do really cheap toilet brushes and holders for 40 pence each! They even come in an array of colours (I chose black - fits in with decor and hides any nasties BUT they do get covered in bleach with alarming regularity...). Neither toddler has felt the need (as yet) to leg it round with them (shuddering at the thought) and we live in an area with stubborn limescale that not even industrial strength cleaner can shift without some brush-like assistance, so when the bristles look a bit beyond useful, I ditch and unwrap another because at 40p, why not.

mrsnicholls · 13/07/2015 15:05

It's never occurred to me to not have a toilet brush.
In fact I'm rather proud of my asda version that has a standard scrubby brush and a wire brush pointing up the other way to get under the rim!

Every 4/5 weeks I replace it. I live in a hard water area and so I find it gets really limescaley, loo cleaner alone would not shift it so it needs a bloody good scrub a few times a week.

Cath40t · 13/07/2015 15:45

Oh good God......through the dishwasher? That is just wrong. I don't care how hot your dishwasher gets. It's just wrong.
I also think it common courtesy to have a loo brush next to the loo......for guests and family members who have bowel issues/or just need to poo at your house. No one likes to sit down on a toilet with skid marks/poo shrapnel in it and most folks would be mortified to take a dump in someone else's toilet and leave a mess........
Mind you, loo brush through the dishwasher would have everone eating at your house with "bowel issues".......boke

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 13/07/2015 16:19

What koala posted!

I just don't understand why on MN it's deemed dirty to have a loo brush but ok to shove your hands down the bog! The mind boggles

Floralnomad · 13/07/2015 16:26

I have Wunder brushes ,much more hygienic than a usual brush .

Eternalsunshines · 13/07/2015 16:34

You can get them for less then £1 , I you think of it as a bottle of cleaner and how quick you replace them you could easily replace the toilet brush at the same time.

Eternalsunshines · 13/07/2015 16:35

I don't own one but this thread has convinced me to get a few, even if it's just for my guests!

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