Dirty bog with limescale at the bottom...

psd99 · 10 Apr 2018 at 10:40

I got a lot of limescale at the bottom of the toilet that doesn't want to budge.

I have tried the following:

- coke
- brown vinegar
- lots of bleach

(all left there for 8 hours a time)

but the bog is still not white at the bottom..

what else can I try?

Mark A · 10 Apr 2018 at 10:51

Buy the proper toilet limescale remover designed for this purpose (Domestos make one). Its like £1 a bottle and you just remove as much water from the bowl as possible, then pour a load in and then leave it over night. The next day it give it a good brushing and it should remove it all.

I don't understand why people use coke and vinegar when they don't work and end up costing more than just buying the proper stuff.

Hedge · 10 Apr 2018 at 10:56

We had similar and bought some bleach stuff in a black bottle. Its actually cleared it up. I was surprised.

DXP55 · 10 Apr 2018 at 11:40

Try some of this stuff - It is evil stuff and you need a mask and gloves - Spirits of salt - Screwfix sell it and here is a youtube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd_Vcl6C78I

Charlie Bravo · 10 Apr 2018 at 12:58

Harpic Power Plus Toilet Cleaning Tablets have worked for me in the past.

TripleT · 10 Apr 2018 at 13:13

B&Q sell some HG branded stuff which I find amazing.

Plunge all the water out of the ubend first and spray in.

danlightbulb · 10 Apr 2018 at 15:04

You need a product with hydrochloric acid in. Look at the labels in the supermarket to find out which ones have it and get the strongest concentration.

Scuzi · 10 Apr 2018 at 15:19

Spirit of salt will do the trick.

Mr_Orange · 10 Apr 2018 at 15:22

I use Kilrock stuff for descaling.

Mull3t · 10 Apr 2018 at 16:49

We had this when moved into an old house, and like you tried everything. In the end I used a small cup (pair of gloves of course) and fished out the water as much as I could then used Domestos limescale bleach, that cleared it up.

Psycho Sonny · 10 Apr 2018 at 17:25

you could just use a toilet brush and scrub it off? these chemicals unless they can burn it away won't remove it.

if you have crap stuck to something then it's usually best to scrub it off rather than spraying a liquid then rinsing away.

it's why people wash their cars properly after snow foaming them. because snow foaming will only take off the loose and light stuff. just scrub it off.

Mark A · 10 Apr 2018 at 18:28

Psycho Sonny said:
you could just use a toilet brush and scrub it off? these chemicals unless they can burn it away won't remove it.

if you have crap stuck to something then it's usually best to scrub it off rather than spraying a liquid then rinsing away.

it's why people wash their cars properly after snow foaming them. because snow foaming will only take off the loose and light stuff. just scrub it off.

You have obviously never tried to remove heavy limescale. You'd snap the brush before you even touched it, no exaggeration. Also the chemicals do remove it, its exactly what they're designed to do.

TripleT · 10 Apr 2018 at 20:26

Psycho Sonny said:
you could just use a toilet brush and scrub it off? these chemicals unless they can burn it away won't remove it.

if you have crap stuck to something then it's usually best to scrub it off rather than spraying a liquid then rinsing away.

it's why people wash their cars properly after snow foaming them. because snow foaming will only take off the loose and light stuff. just scrub it off.

I'm pretty sure we all assumed that he'd already tried that captain obvious

Even with chemicals you'll need a bit of scrubbing.

danlightbulb · 10 Apr 2018 at 22:00

Hydrochloric acid as i said 5 posts up. /thread

samurl · 11 Apr 2018 at 09:01

Flush toilet and then scoop out all remaining water. Pour a full bottle of Harpic Power Plus neat straight in the bowl and leave it overnight. Flush in the morning followed by a quick scrub around.

Worked fantastic for me when we moved in to our new house. The bottom of the bowl was stained yellow and I couldn't shift it with neat bleach on a scouring pad. This wiped it straight out.

Countcussy · 11 Apr 2018 at 14:11

Get some brick acid from local diy store/builders merchants.
I used it on a badly scaled toilet at an old house. It worked perfectly.

jpaul · 11 Apr 2018 at 14:35

... the more difficult problem is limescale build up at top of rim ?. (have just used JS vinegar <50p/l for bowl, following plastic cup bailout)

Bad_Boi · 28 Apr 2018 at 21:23

psd99 said:
I got a lot of limescale at the bottom of the toilet that doesn't want to budge.

I have tried the following:

- coke

Bet that burnt a hole in your pocket

jpaul · 29 Apr 2018 at 00:14

.... inspecting the results later

ci_newman · 29 Apr 2018 at 11:37

Harpic power plus, leave in the bowl overnight, scrub with bog brush in the morning.

We have very hard water down here, we have to do this regularly