CLEANING THE INSIDE To tackle the inside of your toilet, use your Mr. Clean Antibacterial Cleaner with Summer Citrus and a handy toilet brush. Pour some of the legendary cleaner into the toilet bowl, then use the toilet brush to scrub the mess away.
Great either diluted in water or applied directly, use the Mr. Clean Antibacterial Cleaner for big tasks like cleaning your bathroom floors, toilet, bathtub and countertops. The Mr. Clean Antibacterial Cleaner kills 99.9 percent of bacteria* when used full strength.
Toilet. Don't be fooled into thinking that all-purpose cleaners can truly do every type of cleaning job. There's a reason brands sell bathroom—and toilet—specific cleaners. Depending on the brand, a multi-purpose product might not have the germ-killing power you need in a place like the toilet.
Vinegar is a great toilet cleaning solution. Not only is it free of chemicals and naturally antibacterial, it's also an acid, so it will remove minor lime and calcium deposits. All you need to do is pour a couple cups of vinegar in your tank and let it sit for an hour or so, then scrub and flush to rinse.
You can use a specialist cleaner like citric acid, or try vinegar if you want a more natural approach. Make sure the solution covers the limescale, and leave for at least half an hour (or longer if you can).
Try this: Swish a cup of vinegar around in the toilet bowl using a toilet brush, then add a cup of baking soda, followed by an additional cup of vinegar. Let the fizzing solution sit for 10 minutes. Use a toilet brush to scrub stains. Let mixture sit for a few more minutes and then flush.
In general, plumbers caution against the use of any chemicals inside a toilet tank and suggest instead using bowl-based toilet cleaners. Adding anything but water to a toilet tank could result in potentially costly repairs, Abrams says.
You can use straight or a diluted vinegar cleaning solution for the bathroom to clean bacteria, especially around the toilet. Cleaning with a mixture of baking soda and vinegar in the bathroom can work really well. To clean your toilet with vinegar, pour a cup of vinegar in the toilet bowl and let sit overnight.
Toilet Bowls.
Grab some gloves and use a Magic Eraser to go to town on toilet bowl stains. Some users even recommend cutting a piece off and letting it dissolve the bowl to remove that unsightly ring all on its own.
All-Purpose Cleaner
Mr. Clean® Multi-Purpose Liquid Cleaner cuts grease to remove grime and leave a light, fresh scent as you go. Use it to clean dirt on linoleum, tile floors, toilets and bathtubs. Outside, this all-purpose cleaner is perfect for siding, exterior doors and more.
Toilet Bowl Cleaner and Bleach
Dr. Johnson-Arbor tells me this is a dangerous mix. “Combining toilet bowl cleaner and bleach can make chlorine gas," she says. "For healthy people, inhalation of either of these gases can cause coughing, irritation of the nose and throat, and even trouble breathing.
Clean's powerful products, the Mr. Clean Liquid is strong enough to power through tough dirt and buildup, so you get all of the muscle of Mr. Clean with less of the work. Don't worry about rinsing your floors, there's usually no need!
But, cleaning the sink doesn't have to be scary, because Mr. Clean® knows how to clean bathroom sink messes without breaking a sweat. With the legendary cleaning power of his mighty Magic Eraser, you'll have a clean bathroom sink in no time and with less elbow grease.
Vinegar and baking soda produce that oh-so-familiar chemical reaction that powers through buildup and loosens tough stains. While it might seem like it's chewing its way through grime, it's not powerful enough to damage the porcelain finish of the toilet bowl.
Vinegar and baking soda: Add 1 or 2 cups of vinegar to the toilet bowl along with a few sprinkles of baking soda. Swish the solution around the bowl with your brush for a few minutes and then let it sit for about 15 minutes. Scrub the stains with your brush (or pumice stone).
For extra-stubborn clogs, you can let the fizz mixture sit overnight or combine this method with plunging. If your toilet remains clogged or continues to get clogged, this may be an indication of plumbing problems such as mineral buildup or pressure issues.
Over time your toilet water can cause an unsightly rainbow of stains and mineral build up in your toilet bowl. CLR® Calcium, Lime & Rust Remover helps you flush the filth away.
If you need to clean the toilet quickly and you're out of cleaner, squirt a bit of toothpaste into the bowl. Grab the toilet brush and scrub away. The paste will remove stains and leave a fresh odor. It won't disinfect the toilet to get rid of bacteria, but it will work in a pinch.
Leaving bleach in a toilet overnight is fine, but you shouldn't leave it any longer, or else it might corrode your toilet. If you do decide to leave it in the bowl overnight, let other members of your household know so that they don't use the toilet and accidentally mix the bleach with ammonia from urine.
Simply pour a kettle of almost boiling water into the bowl, follow up with 250ml of citric acid, and leave it for some hours – preferably overnight. The next day, scrub and flush. What's good for those caked-on pots and pans after cooking dinner is also good for removing a brown stain on the bottom of the toilet bowl.
Because water deposits build up under a toilet's rim, it can take only 24-48 hours for colonies to start breeding. As it grows, you will see what looks like black debris or rings inside the bowl. This can cause respiratory problems for people as the mold and mildew release tiny spores into the air.
The contaminants notorious for causing brown stains in toilet bowls are iron, manganese and sulfur. These pollutants can also produce iron bacteria, manganese bacteria and sulfur bacteria, which also can produce brown stains.
“Many cleaning products use either bleach or ammonia, and mixing them [with vinegar] can cause this reaction, which is why you should never mix any kind of cleaning product,” says Sansoni.