Potty Talk

Let's talk about...toilets.  Yep, that's right...toilets.  I know it's not a topic that many people are willing to talk about or read about, but I'm very excited to share about my toilet today.

This may not affect many of you, or any of you for that matter, but my family had a toilet problem.  Want to know what it was?  Stains!  Stubborn stains!  We tried every chemical we could think of to remove them without any luck.  Not only could we not figure out why we had them, we couldn't figure out how to get rid of them.  We thought for sure the toilet was ruined and the only way to rid ourselves of the awful stains was to get a new toilet.

And let's be honest, it was kind of embarrassing.  We only have one bathroom, and one toilet, and who wants a guest in their home to use a toilet that looks like it hasn't been cleaned for who knows how long.  I clean my toilet but you couldn't tell by the looks of it.  I didn't want anyone thinking I didn't clean my toilet and then start thinking I was lazy or anything.

Anyway, so I yahoo-ed "how to remove tough toilet stains".  I read a couple of ideas that maybe seemed promising but the one that stood out as most promising was also the simplest.  I bought a pumice stone from the drug store (they are found in the health and beauty section with the manicure/pedicure type stuff).  Soak it in water for 30 minutes prior to use to soften in a bit.  Then simply scrub your toilet with it to remove the stains.  I squirted some toilet bowl cleaner in the toilet before I scrubbed to aid in the cleaning process.*  Since I used the toilet bowl cleaner I wore gloves to protect my hands from the cleaner and well...potty germs.  And Voila!  I now have a clean, shiny, brand spanking new looking toilet that I would be proud to show off to anybody (not that I typically show off my toilet to guests, but that's not the point).

Sincerely,
Mrs. Clean

* The use of the toilet bowl cleaner was my idea and was not part of the instructions I found on yahoo.  It's hard to say how much the cleaner helped, though I don't think it hurt anything.  Although at one point I did start to wonder if the fumes were getting to me.  And you may well be wondering the same thing at this point since I thought cleaning toilets would be a great topic for my blog.  Which brings me to my next point, only use the cleaner in a well ventilated bathroom, especially because you are going to have your head down in the toilet.  You'll need all the fresh air in there you can get.  So anyway, the use of the cleaner would be totally your call.