How do I raise the water in my toilet bowl so I can bleach the stains?

Question

I'd like to be able to soak some stains with bleach. The stains area right at the water line though, so I need to raise the water level. I know about the float in the tank, but I think it's as high as it will go. If I just add liquid to the bowl it seeps out until the level returns to normal. Any ideas on how to raise the water level in the bowl, even for just 10 minutes?

Answer 1

put a plug in the bottom, even a towel will work. just make sure it is big enough that it wont flush down. it does work, i have done it.

Answer 2

DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THE BOWL TO PLUG IT UP!
Take the top off the tank and use something to wedge the float up. A wire hanger works. With the float unable to drop you can add liquid to the bowl and the toilet will not flush. But the bowl will still release water at a certain point. You don't need a lot of bleach to clean the bowl unless the stains are up under the rim.
That said, what kind of stains are you dealing with? There are other ways to keep your toilet clean than putting all kinds of toxic stuff into the water. I live where my water comes out of the ground throught a well and my wastes goes back into the ground through a spectic system. Water is scarce so we do not flush every time we tinkle (my greatgranddaughters word.) So the toilet bowl can get pretty grungy. At the same time I do not want to pollute my septic system with strong chemicals. Bleach kills the bacteria.
Here's my routine to keep my toilets clean.
Keep a bowl brush handy and brush the toilet after flushing about once a day. Once a week at bedtime pour a full cup of white vinegar into the bowl. If someone uses it during the night, no problem. Once a month at bedtime pour a full cup of clorine bleach in the bowl. The vinegar kills bacteria and softens the hard water deposits. It may be that you will not need to bleach. If you have stain lines that do not go away you can try a pumice stone. That is a piece of lava that is sold in most stores. Turn off the water feed and flush the toilet. Use the pumice stone as directed to scour the stain. Turn the water back on and wait for the tank to fill. Flush again.

Answer 3

DON"T put a towel in your bowl, that's just stupid. You don't need to raise the water level. That will only dilute the bleach. Use a commercial bowl cleaning gel, like 'Sno-Bowl', and laet it sit and do it's work.

If you want to use bleach, just splash it on the stain full strength and leave it. Scrub 30 minutes later and reapply. Keep doing that until the stain is gone. The bleach will get caught in the irregular surface of the stain and stay there; you don't have to submerge it. Gels will cling to any surface and keep the cleaner in contact with the stain.

Like I said before, never clog the drain intentionally. You'll end up sucking the towel halfway down and need a plumber to get it out. It is NEVER necessary.

EDIT: I know why 'billabon...' 'used' to be a plumber; he doesn't know how a toilet works. Adjusting the float has no bearing, whatsoever, on the water level in the bowl. The trap design, molded into the bowl, determines the water level. That's why adding water from a bucket doesn't make the water level rise. The weight of the water in the bowl causes water to travel over the trap until it is no longer heavy enough to make it happen.

Answer 4

What I do is fill the bowl slowly with a bucket of water, if you pour to fast, it will flush. Then I add bleach right before I go to bed or right before I go to work. This way it has a chance to soak for at least eight hours. After you get your toilet good and clean, buy a bleach tablet and put in the bottom of the tank. You won't have any water line stains.

Answer 5

So sorry...can't be done. The level of the water is determined by the height of the trap molded into the toilet.

Add some bleach to the toilet. Take some toilet paper and lay it across the water and up the sides. Water will wick into the paper and wet the sides of the toilet. Sprinkle with Comet or Ajax brand cleanser and let soak for a while.

Flush away the paper and then scrub.

Answer 6

Dude I had the same problem and couldn't get these stains out, it happens I have hard water that leaves this stain at the water line caused by the calcium deposits in the water. I took some fine grit sand paper and with a gloved hand, I was able to take the stains off, I had been trying all kinds of chemicals and this did the trick. hope this works for you.

Answer 7

Toilet Bowl Plug

Answer 8

Take a large rag, one too large to flush down and poke it down there and stop up the toilet. Then pour a bunch of bleach into the toilet, let it soak, remove the rag, and flush the toilet.

Impossible to raise the water line with any sort of adjustment to a valve. That is a "P" trap and it is cast right into the ceramic and will only hold a certain level as designed.

Answer 9

No need to raise the water level. Use dishwasher tablets, denture cleaning
tablets, tooth paste, pumice stone. A little soaking at first, then turn off the
water and flush. Use a cleaning brush, or pumice stone and finish the job.
Never use bleach to remove stains. Bleach will set the stain always.

Answer 10

Well if you want to do it temporary one time, just push the flush handle down gently - but not enough to flush the toilet this will allow some water into the bowl from the tank. Try it it's easy.

Answer 11

Put on some rubber gloves, grab a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and scrub the stain. It'll be gone in 3 minutes time.