Comments on: Toilet Cleaning 101: A Brush-Up Course

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:19:07 +0000

I use an environmentally friendly toilet bowl cleaner, which I leave in the bowl to soak, whilst I clean the seat, lid, top and sides with a 50% water, 50% white vinegar and tea-tree oil mixture, I then scrub the bowl with the brush and flush. The 'tea-tree' oil is anti-bacterial, and leaves everything smelling beautifully fresh.

I use the 'tea-tree' oil mixture, in my kitchen and bathroom. It is BRILLIANT, and very very cost-effective. I would only recommend buying 100% 'tea tree' oil.

Cheers,
Erin

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:41:13 +0000

Im a household manager (so pretty much a maid for one family). Every day I use those flushable lysol wipes for the lid and sit, once a week I use the stanard lysol toiliet bowl cleaner and soft scrub on the outside, and the best thing Ive learned is to use a pumice stone once a month for those hard water rings. The pumice stone has been a life saver , i tried everything from vinager crl and lime away…none of them worked but the puice stone works everytime.you think it will scratch the toliet but its completely safe. Another life saver has been 1 cup rubbing alcohol, 1 tablespoon anomoia, 1 cup water is by far the best mirror/glass cleaner ever. We coudnt find a cleaner that wouldnt leave streaks til we started using this!

By: floor cleaner

floor cleaner — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:50:59 +0000

I used clorox for clean my toilet and Nylon Swivel Flex Dust Mop to clean it

By: Candis

Candis — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:17:13 +0000

Good tips! Does anyone use one of those hang in the bowl or place in the tank cleaning doo-hickeys? I just wonder if they work.

By: CanadianCarrie

CanadianCarrie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:31 +0000

Ivy, I’m wondering if the vinegar/water mix does a good job with the germs?
Also would this be a good cleaner for the bathroom floor as well?
Right now, I use antibacterial spray or concetrate on the toilet and on th floor around the toilet (I have a 4 yrold, nuff said ) and sometimes if it’s gross, I do the whole floor in this cleaner, otherwise, I use shaklee Basic H on the floor.

By: ThatBobbieGirl

ThatBobbieGirl — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:55:36 +0000

Be careful mixing dish soap and bleach – some soaps even carry a warning against it. Some of them contain – I think it’s ammonia – which can make toxic fumes if mixed with bleach.

Let’s be careful out there

By: ThatBobbieGirl

ThatBobbieGirl — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:52:47 +0000

I don’t.
I tell my daughter to do it.

What we use is Comet all around the instide. Do that first and let it set.

Then, for the rest (and the sink as well) we use Sal Suds from Dr. Bronners, diluted in a spray bottle. It’s good, and the bottle lasts quite a while when diluted for a spray cleaner.

Then go back and brush up the toilet.
Also, when a shampoo bottle is empty, I rinse it with a little water and dump it in the toilet brush holder. Then it’s ready for a quick swish between weekly cleaning if I notice it’s gotten icky.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:48:47 +0000

I use toilet bowl cleaner from the 99 cent store I have found that it works just as good as anything else. The toilet gets an in depth cleaning on Monday (thats bathroom cleaning day) and is wiped down with antibactirial wipes and has a toilet brush with cleaner used on the inside of it everyday. I am very picky about my toilet…can’t even use a public restroom without almost fainting. I am sure it does not need to be done this often but I like it and it only takes a minute or 2 in the morning.

For the in depth cleanings I use bleach and scrub it all down with a towel I start from top to bottom on the outside and then remove the seat, soak it and clean the inside. I also use this time to scrub the floor behind and around the toilet to make sure it is clean.

By: Angelsong

Angelsong — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:36:11 +0000

I do not buy commercial toilet bowl cleaners. I use vinegar, borax, baking soda and a small amount of Dawn dishwashing liquid mixed with water to clean the toilet bowls and the outside of the toilets and the seats. Hard water scale is scrubbed with a paste of borax and water.

By: wellmet

wellmet — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:36:39 +0000

I put the toilet cleaner in the bowl and let it sit, and then I take a dry rage and wipe the outside of the toilet to get the cat hair off (it clings like glue since moisture from the shower condenses on the toilet every day). Then I spray the toilet with cleaner and wipe the outside and the seat, lid, etc with a damp rag. I do all this once a week (there are only two of us here), but will occasionally use a Clorox wipe during the week if things look icky.