Cleaning an Old Toilet

Hey I had the same problem the house I live in is old the toilet had brown spots in it also,but it was also at the top water started. A girl at work told me about the new Lysol that came out that it worked for her. I went and got some and tryed it and that was three weeks ago and I am still stain free. It is called Lysol POWER Toilet Bowl Cleaner.......Im a big fan of clorox and it didnt even help..........I was really not expecting it to work. I had some kind of lime away the off brand of the CLR and it would tone the color down, but this stuff worked great..

Good Luck,
J.

Bleach or a bleach cleaner. I'm pretty sure your toilet is newer than mine... I got mine clean with a bleach (paste type) cleaner and a scotch brite pad.

Pumice stone. Only thing that worked on my water ring before.

I found that Lysol Power toilet bowl cleaner gets just about anything out. As I am sure it is not "green", I only use it when I have bad stains, rust, etc. Your stains sound like it could be that the porcelain is scratched. If that is the case, replacing the toilet may be your only option.

the magic eraser is the best thing ever! I use it on all kinds of stains and on all types of surfaces. I just used it to get black hair dye off a white counter.

My favorite cleaner is something called barkeepers. It comes in liquid and cleanser form. It is very good at getting out iron stains. So I'm not sure about the old toilet, but you can give it a try. The liquid form of barkeepers is stronger than the cleanser. Hope this helps you out.

We used to have a cleaning lady, and she used a pumice stone, as well as a piece of metal mesh. It looked like the screen from a screen door. She said they sell them at the home improvement store. Anyway, these two items worked wonders!

I also get that brownish/ gray stains in my tolietbowl. I use a combonation of 2 things. kaboom Bowl Blaster and The works. I get them both at Walmart (but I did just see that Menards has a "thick" formula of the works). I just squirt in the works, then add a cupful of the kaboom powder, close the lid and let it foam while I'm doing other cleaning the come back with a bowl brush and scrub. you may have to flush and scrb a little more because its to see with all the foam what areas you have already cleaned but It doesn't take any "elbow grease" like steel wool or pumic stones, which I have tried also with other cleaners.

http://www.kaboomkaboom.com/products-bowl-blaster.shtml
http://www.theworkscleans.com/toiletcleaner.html

Pumice stones work well on a lot of stuff but I don't know if they'd do much for staining. You could drain the bowl and try CLR and a stiff scouring brush. CLR is some powerful smelling stuff though so make sure you ventilate the area really well-- exhaust fan and open a window if you can.

Try a pumice stone. It is amazing. They do make some specifically for toilets (check a home improvement store). But I think any pumice stone works the same.

This is key: Turn off the water to the toilet. Flush it until the bowl is empty.

THEN pour baking powder OR borax (or one the more toxic concoctions the other posters named) onto the stain. Let it sit. Then scrub.