Probably the most OT ever....commode

All,

This is sincere. My home porcelain commodes have a slight hard water residue that seems resistant to cleaners. The residue is not of an iron-like color, rather a slight stubborn non-smooth surface.

My question is....has anyone tried something a tad stronger, like muriatic acid on a rag?

I tried vinegar after plunging most of the water out, it did not seem to make a dent.

Sorry if this is too gross for anyone, I prefer white, shiny, and clean ceramics...

D.
 
Hello dennis min,

Have you tryed CLR cleaner. What ever you do, do not mix any type of cleaners. CLR is for Calcium, Lime and Rust. I think it classifies as a transfer tool,


Guido.
 
Ray Hofstetter

You could try "professional toilet bowl cleaner" bought @ Home Hardware.
Contains 23% Hydrochloric Acid.
It worked here, hard water.
 
Seems like toilet bowl cleaner is a real marketing joke anymore. Dive right in with some elbow grease and 400 grit sandpaper. A splash of bleach and some soak time afterwards seems to help.
 
Go to your local plumbing supply house and buy some ice machine cleaner. It will take the lime right off there.
 
PUMIE SCOURING STICK. Found it at Ace Hardware. Just looked online and Home Depot and Lowes are supposed to carry it also. Shut off the water and drain the bowl. Wet the gray colored stick and scrub. Takes stuff off right down to the original surface. I was amazed at how fast and good it worked.
 
A home improvement site I found recommends "Acid Magic" which they say can be found at Ace Hardware. Supposed to remove rust. Can't say - haven't tried it yet.
 
I agree with atlarge54. I did that with ours last year and it worked great. Really wasn't that bad of a job once you got past thinking about where you were working.
 
I have put muriatic acid in toilets, it did not damage anything.

It probably would make a good cleaner. I put it down the overflow tube to remove calcium deposits from the holes under the rim.
 
Instead of plunging , take a couple gallons of water in a pail and just dump it in the bowl fairly quickly. It will suck most of the water out down close to the bottom without all the work. My wife taught me that and it is fast.Leaves a cup or two in the bottom.
 
I have gyppie well water bad enough eats brass faucets and will build up in commode over time. So when gets kinda slow flush I just do as Steve@advance does pour Muratic Acid in over flow or just dump in bowl let sit awhile. Ya it smokes and stinks.
 
Muriatic acid works great and does not hurt the bowl at all.
I installed a nice old salmon colored sink and toilet in the half bath.
Hard water here. After about 4 years we were getting significant lime deposits in the bowl.
I dumped about a quart of muriatic acid in the bowl and let it sit for about half an hour.
When I flushed it down (city sewer) it sparkled like a new one.
After about 8 years of use the small holes around the rim of the bowl were starting to get limed up.
So I poured about a quart of muriatic acid in the bowl, took the water pump from my tile saw and let it pump from the bowl into the tank flush valve. Let it run for a couple of hours. It cleaned out all the little holes and left the bowl spotless again.
 
Scrub it with a pumice stone. It will work for sure but you may have to get closer to the problem than you want to.
 
ZEP makes a lime and rust remover that is sold at Home Depot. I've got both in my well water, and my toilets have no problem showing the effects of both to the point that it clogs the swirl ports under the rim.

I've used it on them several times over the years when the effects have gotten so bad that nothing else works. I have always been happy with the results.
ZEP
 
2nd the CLR tip, says right on the bottle safe for septic systems. I use it in the commode in my shop which really gets neglected. Just pour some in, let it set overnight and scrub with a brush.
 
Watkins used to sell a product that did a number on hard water stains. I remember mom got some many years ago and it cleaned up the toilet, sink and tub slick as snot.

Does Watkins even exist anymore?
 
A product called "THE WORKS", used once a week or more will keep your Johnnie sparkling clean and tidy.

Once a while, I use some McCORMICK GREEN coloring , just a small shot, in the water closet tank to check for minute leakage around the "flapper".

Where I am sitting, basement office, my water pump comes on un-nessiary and I usually find the stopper leaking. For me.....time for service. Drain down the water closet, tank, and install new CORKY

John,PA
 
Same problem here. We went to a janitorial supply place and got a case of phosphoric acid toilet cleaner (basically nicer-smelling Naval Jelly). Also good for cleaning the walls in the shower, the lime deposits from around the sink faucets, and -- best of all -- removing rust from tractor parts.
 
(quoted from post at 04:06:37 01/20/17) I have gyppie well water bad enough eats brass faucets and will build up in commode over time. So when gets kinda slow flush I just do as Steve@advance does pour Muratic Acid in over flow or just dump in bowl let sit awhile. Ya it smokes and stinks.


Forgive my ignorance, what is gyppie?
 
This is what I use - and it been used on some really old nasty sinks (1930s farm house sinks) to bring them back to life.
 
Gyppie is what most all water in West Texas is. There is a soft limestone layer in lots of places. If good enough they make sheet rock out of it. Plus in old days before oilwells were cased in stages salt water got in water table.
 
I think that's what I found at Menards. Very strong, melts stains quickly. Also chrome if you use it in sink or tub.
 
Buy a shower squeegee and clean the walls after every shower. Mine is 16 years old and looks like the day I installed,. it.
 

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