To use a pumice stone to clean the toilet

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Am I the only one to do this??
I have hard water so get a build up of Limescale in the toilet, I read somewhere to use a pumice stone as it will chip away the Limescale without scratching the toilet.
I tried it and it works!!!!!
Infact it works very well and I've done it now for years.
People look at me like I'm mad when I tell them this, and also put it on a fb cleaning group where again people told me to just use bleach. tried bleach and doesn't work
So does anyone else use one or am I the only odd one??

Ive heard of using a pumice stone to remove limescale but never had to do it though as I live in a soft water area.
All bleach does is bleach the limescale, it doesn’t remove it.

No way in hell am I getting on my hands and knees to scrub the toilet.

I'm in a very hard water area and use harpic around once a month. I spend a few minutes forcing the water back up the u bend first and its fine.

For really bad build up, you can pour spirit of salts down and leave overnight (ex cleaner).

I second spirit of salt (but ten minutes is what the bottle says to leave it for, and we've never needed more than that). Alternatively, if you don't like the harsh chemicals, you can empty the water out of the toilet, replace it with white vinegar and leave it overnight. That'll also do it.

I honestly have no problem being on my hands and knees, emptying the water and scrubbing.
But..... if I don't have to do that then bonus, I'm so giving spirit of salts a go

I just use a limescale remover like viakal, no scrubbing required.

HARPIC in the black bottle will do it

You can get brilliant scrubs from places like planet detox which have pumice powder. No scrubbing by hand just chuck a little bit down and scrub with loo brush (silicone brush is my preference). Works amazingly even on the most vile toilet with huge build up.

@UrsulaBursula

HARPIC in the black bottle will do it

Yup. This. Limescale is just the result of a chemical reaction in the water. Acid dissolves it. Any acid. Vinegar, Cola … whatever. As Long as it doesn’t get washed off before it gets a chance to,work

The harpic works well because the thick liquid holds the acid in contact with the limescale for long enough to act.

Use the science.

I tip harpic down the bog last thing at night. Clean by morning. No scrubbing required.

I do OP!!!! HVe done for years.

I think once you use the pumice stone it roughens up the surface which makes it more susceptible to staining

When we moved into our house the bathroom stank. It was the build-up of scale in the loo, which was so bad I resorted to chipping it off with a screwdriver. I doubt if pumice would have worked!

It was over a centimetre thick. And an appalling stench.

Since then I've used Harpic and never had any trouble, so no idea what the previous owners used (or rather didn't...)

My daughter is a professional cleaner, she uses a fizzing tablet that she chucks in and let’s it do it’s thing.

@TibetanTerrah

No way in hell am I getting on my hands and knees to scrub the toilet.

I'm in a very hard water area and use harpic around once a month. I spend a few minutes forcing the water back up the u bend first and its fine.

For really bad build up, you can pour spirit of salts down and leave overnight (ex cleaner).

Amazon sell ones with a handle.

Thanks for black harpic tip-it works!