This bathroom is hardly ever used. It has to be something in the water. Is there a leaner that is super strong or something I can do to prevent the ring from coming back? I clean this annoying toilet every 2 days. The ring always comes back. PLEASE HELP!!!
2007-08-16 10:46:22 · 10 answers · asked by army25chick2001 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
don't waste your time and money on any of the other answers it happens to my toilet at home we use CLR por some in the bowl and leave for a day or so without flushing this will solve your problem
2007-08-16 12:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by tiger 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take the lid off of the tank and look inside...if you have a black flapper (the thing that a chain pulls up to let the water out when you flush the toilet), turn the water off at the wall valve (the 'angle-stop' = water supply shutoff valve), put on gloves, remove the flapper, put it in a Baggie, close the Baggie and go to a hardware store or home center and get an exact-sized replacement, preferably a red flapper instead of another black one. Install the new flapper, turn the water back on. To clean the bowl, add a cup of bleach, swish it around and let it 'sit' there for a few hours, then flush it. DON'T put bleach or a bleach-tab product in the tank, since they 'eat' the rubber flapper, causing them to deteriorate and leak. Finally, flush the toilet a few times a week.
2007-08-16 18:07:03 · answer #2 · answered by Dept. of Redundancy Department 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Toilets just accumulate dust from the air that settles in them & it migrates to the sides. Plus water stagnation. You can clean it with a bowl cleaner called (The works ) or a simular cleaner. As fer as keeping it clean, If it sits and is not used it will get dirty again and there id not much you can do. AS some stupid dope suggested. DO NOT FLUSH & REMOVE WATER FROM BOWL! You will ge dangerous sewer gasses coming up from the sewer line.
2007-08-16 21:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like you could pop a descaling tablet down at night and this shouldnt have to be repeated for at least a fortnight, but you could be getting this as it is not used a lot so perhaps you could go in a give it a flush every so often just to stop the water from going stagnent, good luck
2007-08-16 17:52:58 · answer #4 · answered by sally b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may be the pipes. Are they Galvanized? Not using it a lot the water in the pipes may be doing something. IF, there a Bathtub in that Room try turning it on full for about 5 minutes and see if it not flush out the lines. This all I know to try.
2007-08-16 17:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the only thing that worked for me was zud. it comes in powder or liquid. scoop out some water before you use it. you will need to scrub. once clean, make it a habit to flush it once every day, no matter what.
you may also want to try kaboom yellow. they claim it works.
2007-08-16 18:08:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe if you dont use this toilet just turn the cisten off and flush it, no water in toilet no black mark, the tap should be just next to it
2007-08-16 18:00:15 · answer #7 · answered by salamagoox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it feels like sandpaper, use a pumice stone on it and scrub it all off. It's lime build up and then use the descaler and that should fix it up.
2007-08-16 17:58:16 · answer #8 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Replace the rubber drain stopper it is disinegrating and leaving black rubber ink in the bowl. If you touch it it will get black all over your hands, so wear rubber gloves.
2007-08-16 17:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by William R 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
dont know
2007-08-16 17:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by corraoangelina 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋