Cleaning toilet seats - sorry, bit grim

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Can anyone advise as to the best way of cleaning white toilet seats that have become discoloured? It's the underneath of the seat where it's gone a bit yellowy and scrubbing with normal cleaner doesn't seem to cut it. Any thoughts or do I need to look at replacing?

Neat bleach? Baking soda and lemon juice? Scrub and leave for a while before rinsing.

Neat bleach on loo roll and dab it on and leave overnight. Not the cheap bleach, domestos or similar which is thicker.

I soaked cotton balls in bleach and stuck them on. Worked a treat

My toilet seat clips off.
I take it off and soak it in ariel

It's probably bleach that is the culprit. Bleach yellows plastic after a while. If it's yellow it's beyond saving I'm afraid.

Wow thanks everyone. Im going to see if it clips off first, like the soaking idea, but will try bleach if not.
ashgrove for my sins I'm not a great bleach user, so not sure it's that, but I can see it might discolour in the long run.

Magic erasers are also good

The yellow will probably be wee stains. If you have ds' like mine when they were smaller they'd rest their willy on the toilet seat and I'd have the inevitable drips on the seat and on the lip on the underside. I used to just clean it as best I could and then change the seat every now and again.

Magic eraser sponge here too. I keep old ones for this purpose.

Spray with WD40. Magic!

Replace the loo seat, you can buy them very cheaply online.

Oooh wd40 never tried that. I've tried it for most things.

I use Ajax or some kind or slightly abrasive cleaner and it works a treat!

Another vote for magic erasers here.

Not a tip unfortunately but I did see someone on here once who claimed to put it in the dishwasher 🤮

I read recently that WD40 would do the job. Not tried it though.

Replace it with a black one!

Magic erasers do the trick. We have two identical seats. Can't remember the make but bought at same time and expensive. Both are cleaned the same way however the one that is least used (downstairs) is yellow underneath.
There's only me and DP in house so I don't know what caused it but magic eraser cleaned it. It's happening again (to same one, so I need to get eraser out again)

Yes to bleach yellowing them - haven't made that mistake again!

Now use bicarb and vinegar

Agree, bleach causes the white seat to go yellow.

Take it off, turn it upside down, dowse it with water and sprinkle some bio washing powder on it to make a paste. Leave it for as long as you can then give it a good scrub. Repeat as many times as necessary.

It's the only thing that has worked for me.

treadsoftly dishwashers are amazing! If I had a bigger house, I'd have at least 2 - one for the dishes and one for the potty, toilet seat, shower caddy, etc! I do wash children's plastic toys in the dishwasher but would never dream of putting a loo seat in one that was used for dishes!