How to Clean a Toilet Bowl Ring

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Over time toilet bowls can develop a ring around them. This especially happens when you have children or other people in the house who forget to flush. These can be difficult to remove during your general house cleanings. Follow these steps to learn how to clean a toilet bowl ring.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1

Empty out the toilet bowl water so that the level of the water is below the stained ring. To do this use a bucket and scoop out the water or turn off the water behind the toilet then flush it.

Step2

Saturate paper towels with vinegar then stick the paper towels around the inside of the bowl covering the stain ring. Allow it to sit for several hours. Remove the paper towels, then scrub the ring with cleaner.

Step3

Make a paste out of vinegar and Borax if the stain ring still persists in your toilet. Apply it to the stain generously then allow it to sit for a couple more hours. Try to scrub that ring clean.

Step4

Get the stain line wet, then gently rub it with a wet pumice stone. Make sure not to rub too hard or use a dry stone on a dry stain because it will scratch the porcelain in the toilet bowl.

Step5

Put some denture cleaning tablets in the toilet bowl and allow it to soak overnight. Scrub it in the morning to see clean it, then flush and see if that toilet ring is gone.

Tips & Warnings

When allowing chemicals to sit in your toilet make sure that you keep children, especially infants and toddlers, and pets out of the bathroom. You can lock the door or put up a child gate.