Nobody wants to go a toilet that’s riddled with brown stains, so if your loo is looking worse for wear but you just don’t know how to clean it, you may want to listen up…
If your toilet bowl is looking a little worse for wear, it may be time to give it a little TLC. There’s nothing worse than having friends and family over and feeling embarrassed when they ask to go to the loo, because you know when they lift the toilet seat up, they’re going to be greeted with some unsightly brown stains.
You may think there’s no way to get them off because you’ve bleached them to no avail, but fear not, as Lynsey Crombie, aka Lynsey Queen of Clean, has shared her cleaning tip to banish these brown stains for good.
Lynsey admitted this question is always asked, so there are many other people in the same boat with a filthy-looking loo.
She said the “brown marks in the toilet aren’t what we think they are,” it’s actually a “build-up of limescale and hard water”.
So Lynsey wanted to show “two really quick ways” to banish these stains once and for all – and if they occur again, you know what to do.
1. Citric acid
The first method is using citric acid, because it’s a “go-to to break down that heavy limescale”.
Lynsey explained if it’s “really, really bad,” you’ll want to pour the whole of a 250g box down the toilet for best results.
She also said she’d “leave it overnight to work”. In the morning, she claimed you should come back to find the limescale has “broken down,” so you’ll “rinse the toilet and it’ll disappear”.
Lynsey shared “the problem with bleach,” saying that initially, the stain will look like it’s disappeared, but it “comes back”.
“Citric acid will break it down and stop it from coming back,” she assured people.
Dri-Pak Citric Acid can be purchased on Ocado for just £2.30.
2. Toilet pumice stone removers
She said toilet pumice stone removers are similar to “removing hard skin off our feet,” but these ones have been “designed specifically for loos”.
Lynsey said: “Once you’ve used them, give them a really good wash with some antibacterial washing up liquid, let them dry, and then just keep them in a sealed bag like I’ve done here so you can reuse them.”
She shared if the limescale is “pretty bad,” you can get one of the pumice stones, “wear a rubber glove, poke it down, and just scrape it away”.
It’s worth noting they are “non-scratch and non-abrasive,” so while they will get the job done, these removers won’t damage your toilet.
“It works so so well,” she gushed, saying you can “have your hand down there for a minute” and when you’ve finished, the limescale will be banished for good.
Lynsey said it’s worth keeping them somewhere hygienic because they’ve been down your loo, but it’s worth a go!
Two pumice stone toilet cleaners can be purchased from B&Q for £6.99, but they can be reused again and again.