Toilets ‘invaded by limescale’ will be ‘clean as a whistle’ with one natural ingredient
Toilets that have brown stains that will not shift can be a nightmare. Luckily, there is a natural product that can remove these limescale stains without scrubbing - and it's not baking soda or white vinegar.
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Limescale is a common problem in the UK that can leave unsightly stains in the toilet and is the result of calcium and magnesium being left behind when hard water evaporates.
Hard water can very easily and quickly build up on sinks, showers and toilets which can leave nasty rust and scale stains that are challenging to eliminate, whilst also causing a list of issues for appliances.
Out of all the areas and appliances in homes, the toilet is one of the most problematic and this is because it sees a lot of use and constantly has still water sitting inside of it, which is the perfect environment for limescale to thrive.
Bleach won’t solve the problem, and neither will scrubbing just with a toilet brush.
Even though it may appear that the bleach is working at first, it is actually just bleaching the scale, and therefore changing the colour – so it won’t be long before it’s back to looking dark and unsightly once more.
Taking to the Hinch Army Cleaning Tips Facebook page, one user anonymously asked for some toilet cleaning advice after common cleaning items failed to tackle the task.
They asked: “Since we moved in, our toilet has had these horrid brown stains in the bowl, I’ve tried bleach, Viakal, Harpic toilet tablets and some serious scrubbing and nothing has shifted it so far. Any advice on what else we can try?”
The post received over 223 responses in just one day. One suggestion that many members agreed on was to use citric acid.
Lisa Clarke commented: “Pour in 125g citric acid and leave for an hour. The limescale will be gone.”
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Marie Robinson replied: “I will never use anything else than citric acid. It will easily get rid of that.”
Leah Clarkson said: “Bung two cups of citric acid down it overnight and in the morning it'll be as clean as a whistle.
“You can buy it online or from a local zero-waste store. The stuff is brilliant. My toilet was invaded by limescale and this sorted it right out.”
Rachel Murray wrote: “Honestly I had such a disgusting toilet, tried absolutely everything, but citric acid was my saviour. I literally look at my toilet in amazement."
Citric acid is a naturally occurring acid that is particularly found in lemons and limes. However, it’s not recommended to use lemons or limes to clean limescale from the toilet though. This is because citric acid is much more concentrated than lemon or lime juice.
Lemons contain just 1.44 grams of citric acid per ounce of juice, so households would need to use a lot of lemons to get the same cleaning power as a small amount of citric acid.
As a naturally occurring acid, citric acid contains no harsh chemicals or fumes that can be hazardous to your health or the environment so it is safe for use in natural cleaning tasks.
It’s not just toilet limescale this cleaning ingredient can tackle, Express.co.uk recently put citric acid to the test on kettle limescale and it showed fantastic results which is depicted in the photo above.
