Finally got toilet bowl sparkling again with Mr Muscle limescale destroyer

Spirits of salts is cheaper.

Colin Bignell

Moving to a soft water area may be even more cost effective, if he's in London. ;-)

No fun in that ,leave it and the loo brush in the dishwasher for the missus to find.

G.Harman

It's more me I have to worry about, I'm afraid! Since I take a statin for the ole ticker now, I am more forgetful than I used to be (side effect). Don't want to make the mistake myself! You know, using the turkey baster for preparing a meal, like. That's why I put the thing

What I *really* wanted to use was the Rule IL200 submersible bilge pump I bought a few years ago, but the ruddy thing won't pump any more. The motor runs, but it won't pump, even if I prime it. It was over 20 quid as I recall, so not cheap. And hardly ever used.

I've been looking on Amazon for other cheap pumps, but once bitten, twice shy. And the turkey baster DOES work, albeit rather slowly.

MM

I think it's the method rather than the product that's led to your success. In my experience, Tesco's own brand limescale remover is more effective than Mr Muscle's.

Another Dave

One day you'll make someone a lovely wife :)

You are that tedious, shouty Barry Scott wanker and I claim my £5.

We've been watching Obsessive Compulsive cleaners (On last night, no idea what channel but probably ch4) and it's insane. They show people who use several litres of bleach a day cleaning their houses and then take them to scruff-holes and they get to clean there.

It is actually quite amusing - if you like seeing how other people live. The show house style is quite scary, and it seems most of the cleaning obsessives have jobs and fit in 16+ hours of cleaning around their job too. Although one lady in last nights gave up her banking job to set up a cleaning company.

Last week I think it was there was a lady who cleaned her toilet by emptying it out and then scrubbing it excessively everywhere.

It's punctuated by some 'germ-o-phobes' who get to go out to places and do swab testing of things to see whether they are below the food hygeine standard of 500 (whatever per whatever). They looked at taxis last week and a bowling alley and bar this week and I think all had very low readings. Apart from the stem of the glass which was quite high really although below the 500 limit.

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I merely meant that Mr Muscle (which is expensive) isn't any better than cheap stuff. I certainly don't find it necessary to empty the toilet bowl to clean it.

Another Dave

Well, although I didn't say in my first post that I had tried other products, I *had* tried toilet cleaners (though not specifically

But my feeling is that the Mr Muscle product is a different formulation and is specifically (says so on the bottle) a limescale

Anyway, it'll be months before I need it again.

MM

Well, do you touch the toilet door handle in a public convenience stall? I don't! I hold it to pull the door open with a sheet of loo paper as a protective.

MM

Oh last weeks woman would only buy big name bleaches...

In which case the turkey baster might come out again, but for its other non-food use...

Wet and dry vacuum cleaner, about five seconds for the whole job.

Agreed there is a psychological barrier, but half an hour in dilute bleach would sterilise it.

There's far more bugs on the average steering wheel, touch screen, or chopping board than on a loo seat!.