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Title: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: suffolkclean on September 25, 2008, 03:31:43 pm

Anyone got any tips on what to use on really bad toilets. Tried to clean one today bottom of toilet where water sits was dark brown with thick limescale - managed to get it looking better with strong limescale remover & bleach but would love to know what to use to get it back to white again.

Look forward to hearing your ideas - so I don't have to have my hands in the bottom of a minging toilet!!

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: The Great One on September 25, 2008, 08:29:10 pm

Hi

Get Spirit of Salts from your local hardware store, anywhere from £1.80-£2.50.

It is Hydrochloric Acid.

It has a very noxious odour, so wear a mask or hold you breath, pour into water slowly, close lid. Leave over night if possible or at least a few hours if it really is bad.

Flush and it should be gone, sometimes needs scrubbing with the loo brush.

Regards

Martin 8)

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: johnson cleaning on September 26, 2008, 10:08:46 am

hi we use aproduct from Gard called Q T C . Its a brilliant product and worth getting a good quantity  as live in a high limescale area Rich

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: Timmy Boy on September 26, 2008, 10:13:15 am

Get some phosphoric descaler, get the water out of the pan as much as possible (shove brush in a few times does it) and give it a blast with the Phos. leave for about 10 minutes and then get some marigolds on, and using a green scourer scrub away. Maybe a nasty job but hey, we are cleaners!!
Regards
Tim

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: Lesley J on September 28, 2008, 07:19:22 pm

take out the limescale before flushing otherwise it can block the toilet..

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: tomma on October 03, 2008, 09:49:59 pm

Acid wash 80 from Clover chemicals .
18% hydrochloric does the trick a treat.
 :)

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: suffolkclean on October 06, 2008, 04:45:50 pm

Thanks for all your advice I will look into each one, - Johnson Cleaning can't find gard on web could you give me full website address please.
Thanks

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: johnson cleaning on October 06, 2008, 08:26:59 pm

Hi You will find them under Larragard but at the minute there Web site is under reconstuction but if you need any further info give us a bell...Cheers Richard :)

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: johnson cleaning on October 06, 2008, 08:28:58 pm

Sorry forgot tel no 07708081136 Richard.. :)

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: garyj on October 06, 2008, 08:45:37 pm

25% of your posts mention QTC, hope you are on a good commision  :P

How much is it anyway?

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: Gerry Styles on October 06, 2008, 11:11:34 pm

Quote from: johnson cleaning on September 26, 2008, 10:08:46 am

hi we use aproduct from Gard called Q T C . Its a brilliant product and worth getting a good quantity  as live in a high limescale area Rich

Sounds interesting, where can I buy it from?

Title: Re: Brown & Limescaled Toilets
Post by: murky on October 07, 2008, 10:03:01 am

The Gard website is cr@p.

I put same question up and was recommended Clover Chemicals.

Good website and helpful staff.

Murky