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Rust stains on toilet bowl

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  • 01-11-2006 9:01pm
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    babybuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    Anybody know how to remove rust stains from a porcelain toilet bowl?
    (above the water line)
    Thanks


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    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,164 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    brown stains in a toilet?
    Thats not rust... :D


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    Moanin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,134 ✭✭✭Moanin


    Vinegar or harpic.Its prob limescale?


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    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Just heavy build up of lime scale. Get a strong toilet cleaner, not the regular supermarket stuff. Put it, leave it for a while and then attack it :D


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    miles teg
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭miles teg


    GreeBo wrote:
    brown stains in a toilet?
    Thats not rust... :D

    Maybe the Op has a lot of iron in their diet...
    Have you tried using a toilet brush?


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    towbar
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭towbar


    could be iron in the water and combined with liemscale will cuase a build up - is your water supply from own well.


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    babybuilder
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    The rust stains are caused by iron/steel bolts which hold the cistern in place. These corroded over time and leaked causing these stains which run from the bottom of the cistern into the bowl. Btw, tried vinegar, lemon juice, bleach(bad idea - seems to 'fix' stain) and other detergents but nothing works.


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    artieanna
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    Try cilit bang leave it on for ten or fifteen minutes and use toilet brush to rub off the stains easily... I find it brill toilets shine no limescale etc...


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    Rabies
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    Go to a hardware store, get a small bottle of ceramic tile cleaner. Might do the job.


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    Lex Luthor
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    Wife just got a bottle of Domestos New Pink with limescale and squirted it on and hey presto.


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    tapest
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭tapest


    Hi baby builder
    ...Or the pan may be damaged, ie in the old days it was common to sprinkle "Vim" powder ( a scourer) on to pan and leave for a while before rinsing. Absolutely the wrong thing to do as it damages the porceline and the only viable option is to replace it. And in those days, days when coloured suites were popular, you can't get a replacement now.
    t


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