What can i use to clean the toilet ie stained limescale but i dont have bleach or sarsons

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My limescale is goiing a bit brown around the bend. Yes i can see it. Have used citrus bleach but it just seems to turn it a bit yellow.

I dont have sarsons that i could use.

Any ideas?

i think flat coke left overnight works

only have diet. will it work?

Kim and Aggie suggest attacking it gently with a pumice stone (scoop all the water out first and chip away at it carefully)

I was hoping that there was something around the house that i could use. Ie is cheap.

a p-aste made with vinegar and bicarb of soda, applied and left over night.

is it white vinegar you should use or brown?

white vinegar. I live in a hard water area and have never managed to get any of the 'natural' cleaners to work, had to resort to Harpic in a black bottle.

can of coke, denture tablets down the loo.

not at the ame time lol

am thinking of asking a friend if I can use some of her industrial strength stuff - I get limescale at the front edge where there is a ledge - stupid design!

that harpic in a black bottle works like nothing I have ever seen before

our toilet was an absolute disgrace, worthy of being on 'How clean is your house' but after using that its lovely.

another vote for Harpic

Does the harpic in a black bottle actually get rid of it? Or does it just bleach it white so you can't see it?

we have a green toilet and I even felt the bowl afterwards because bi just didn't believe it

it deffo goes

Excellent! Its just it took me years to realise that standard bleach doesn't actually get rid if it, it just ..well...bleaches it (sounds obvious when i put it like that )

I've recently cleaned my toilet using a pumice stone, it worked very well, far better then white vinegar which stinks the place out.

I didn't empty out the water first, just wore long waterproof gloves.

Has anyone used a steam cleaner to clean the bowl?

I ask because I woke up early this morning and watched a promo for the 'portable Shark power steamer' and was nearly lulled into thinking I couldn't go on living without one.

It showed this thin metal attachment that could shoot steam under the rim of the toilet and apparently just blast out stuff with no effort.

we use harpic in a blue bottle. mine is being done tonight,

spirit of salts works.. you have to get all the water out and then put it down, cover your face and open the windows cos it's nasty.. hydrochloric acid i think.. but it does work fantastically well

The harpic (limescale specific one) is AMAZING. Feel environmentally guilty about using it and only do if it gets really bad but it really zaps it away.

I live in a really limescaly area so I have tried lots of limescale removers! The best thing I have found is by a company called natural clean. Their limescale remover is environmentally friendly and works really quickly. It doesn't have any nasty chemically smell either.

A tablet for cleaning false teeth works too!!! i just buy the cheap ones and pop two down every night and it works a treat.