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My grandmother put two "blue boy" type automatic toilet cleaners in her toilet, and she says after two hours the color fades. She wants the water to stay blue. Any suggestions? The reason why I think it is not working is because when the toilet is flushed, the water level goes below the toilet cleaner and then slowly rises up back over the toilet cleaner(s) where the blue dye slowly leaks out of the toilet cleaner. My question is why doesn't the water stay blue in the toilet bowl? These are new cleaners.
2006-08-25 08:40:46 · 6 answers · asked by unlvraptor 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The toilet bowl is not used often. She says the color fades after two hours.
2006-08-25 10:59:51 · update #1
Well, one factor is the frequency of flushing. The dye needs some time to spread through all of the water in the basin. So if you flush within several minutes of the previous flush, the color will be lighter. If it has been a long time since the last flush, the color will be darker.
Other than that, I'm not sure.
2006-08-25 08:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a theory, but I think it might be a result of the dye being just slightly heavier than the water. There is still the same amount of die in the toilet but it has settled way down at the bottom of the bowl (in the drain pipe) where you cant see it. This dye cant simply be dye or it wouldn't be effective in cleaning the toilet. There are probably enzymes and cleaners in it that weigh it down. Kinda the same reason you have to shake concentrated orange juice after it has set for a while. If the toilet were used often, the water wouldn't be blue simply because the dye didn't have time to dilute in the toilets tank.
2006-08-30 16:57:07 · answer #2 · answered by Eric D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have well water or public water system? If it is well water then perhaps trace minerals or slightly off normal pH is causing this. I'm not sure. Do other brands of toilet dyes do the same???
2006-09-02 02:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, I know how it is to have toilet problems, I wish I could help you but I Just cant help you, I'm sorry man I hope it all turns out Blue, Like Hawaii! Thankyaverymuch
2006-08-27 14:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by Elvis A. Presley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very profound question.
Ask someone in the Physics department at Harvard. You might actually be helping them because someone might get a grant funded on this thing.
2006-08-31 05:29:42 · answer #5 · answered by Hermit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This automatic toilet?
Watch the whole clip!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/165925/crazy_japanese_port_o_potty_prank/
2006-08-30 18:29:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋