[shelton]

Hi,

Trying to rid an oldish toilet of some scale at the bottom (going round the u-bend)  . ..  you can see it when the Blu stuff runs clear.  This is for a particularly fussy office client, who doesn't seem to realise that you can't always polish a turd.

Can anyone recommend a product for this or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

[craig1]

try caustic soda fella if u can leave it in for a period of time then all the better pop by one evening and apply then in the morning give it a flush should work let me know

[rs_cleancare]

I don't do much cleaning but I was cleaning some carpets in a rented property and they asked if I would be able to remove all the builed up of scale in the toilet.
The toilet was disgusting and i thought it was ready for the skip.
So I phoned my local chemical supplier and he gave me some acid wash. Now this stuff is amazing!! Swirt some down the toilet and give a little scrub and hey presto all gone toilet looked like new. I understand it is used for stone floors as well.
ACID WASH 40!!
Rob.

[dirtbusters]

use vanisol , the stuff is fantastic, will de scale the most heavily soiled toilet no problem.

[angela stone]

we bought a house to let and it was in a right state, the toilet was ...hazardous!! Anyway we used caustic soda on it, left it for about 3hrs and it came up like new - I was gobsmacked -shame it was pink 

Ange

[DREAM CLEAN]

Hi,

clear water out of the loo, then pour brick acid down it leave for an hr then flush twices should come off, might need a bit of help with a scraper.
you can get the acid from a builders merchants for about £10/5lt

[Lesley J]

I use spirits of salts, you  have to read the instructions, it can burn, but it works well on scaled and stained loos. Lesley

[wimbledonhandyman]

Me father was a life long plumber and often dealt with problems like this- sprit of salts was the biz but do be careful as it is rather nasty stuff.

Should be available from any good plumbers mechants.

Steve

[Roger Oakley]

Hold on a minute here guys & gals.
I use most of the above chemicals, Caustic Soad, Sprit of Salts = Hydrochloric acid, so if you are going to be using these in an enclosed area, the following, PPE is needed, goggles, face mask, nitrile gloves, splash any of these chemicals in your eyes, you are going to blind yourself, breath in to much of these, damage yourself also. This company www.cloverchemicals.com  do an acid wash 80, which is more then enough for toilets etc, the Hydrochloric acid is about 17% plus surfactants, still could do damage if you are not careful, but better for indoor-enclosed spaces.
I don't use it any more for what I need, as it is not strong enough, but as I said for toilets etc, it is good.

[shelton]

Hey guys.

Many thanks for all your feedback - kinda makes your faith in the forum return . . .

[Cleaning Resource]

pump the water round the u bend with ther brush and then use HI-Phos from evans Vanodine