How to Clean a Toilet Bowl without Harsh Chemicals

Ever wonder how to get that hard water rust ring out of your toilet bowl? This is a quick and simple way to make your toilet bowl sparkling clean without using harsh or hazardous chemicals.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Alka Seltzer Tablets
• Toilet Bowl Brush

1. Suggestion: Do this in the evening before going to bed. It only takes about 5 minutes.

2. Drop 2 Alka Seltzer tablets into your tank (water reservoir).
   While the tablets are dissolving, take your toilet bowl brush and run it around the inside rim of your toilet bowl and swish around the sides of the toilet bowl to remove any loose dirt. Flush.

3. Drop 2 Alka Seltzer tablets into the bowl after flushing. Allow to dissolve. Swish the water around to mix the Alka Seltzer well with the water.

4. Let stand overnight. Next morning, take your toilet bowl brush and scrub the toilet bowl once more. The ring should be dissolved and your bowl should be sparkling clean.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have particularly hard water or water with a high iron or lime content, you may have to repeat this process several times to remove all of the stain.
• Follow this process weekly to maintain the clean bowl once the stain has been removed
• The secret is in the citric acid contained in the Alka Seltzer (Coca Cola or 7 up will do the same thing).

[jdswhmsi]

on 8/25/2009 thanks, Samuelson. :-) I appreciate the added info.

[Samuelson]

on 8/25/2009 Very useful indeed but I do not think it covers all types of stains. I have found a very useful white paper in this respect which covers different types of stains, their cause and remedies. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.tradeplumbing.co.uk/whitepapers/keep-bathroom-stain-free.pdf

[mrheatpump]

on 8/23/2009 I tried this and my toilets are clean enough to eat out of ( although I haven't tried that yet! )

[mikismom]

on 8/22/2009 This sounds interesting! I'll have to try it and let you know how well it worked