Quantities of limescale remover to use ?

[john t west]

Not being scientifically minded, perhaps someone can help with this question.

When using a 'limescale' remover in the toilet bowl, would i get the same result if i used say ' x ' quantity of limescale remover for five days running and just tipped it into to the toilet bowl, or would i get a more effective end result if i scooped out the water from the bowl and used 5 times the ' x ' amount, neat into the bowl all at once?

Using it neat would be a quicker result, but more trouble involved in scooping out the water.

But would it be any more economical and/or effective in the end result of dissolving the limescale. Thanks for advice.

[www.GymRatZ.co.uk]

It's really easy to empty the toilet, just keep ramming away with the bog brush. What little you get left you can scoop out or mop up with a sponge etc.

I'd always use it neat and without water in the bowl at a time when it's unlikely to get used for a few hours.

:)

Pete@

[Andy Burns]

Unless you happen to be going away for a week, it's probably not convenient to leave it for longer than overnight anyway.

I tip a kettle of hot water in the loo then add a quarter of a bottle of Kilrock K (Half the price at Aldi than B&Q, but then B&Q have it all the time rather than once every few months) not worth worrying about saving a few pence by diluting it more and leaving it in longer - I suspect a given amount of product will remove roughly the same amount of limescale regardless ..

[alan_m]

Don't scoop it out. Get a mop, cover the head in a dustbin bag and use it as a plunger - a couple of quick plunges will get rid of most of the water.

[Brian Gaff]

Use a sponge to remove the water, then treat it with a strong solution. However I am fighting a losing battle here, no soonerdo i get rid of it than its backa gain, or so it seems. its also mega thick round the bend as it wore causing pongs. its going to be a real pain if the reason for changing the toilet is limescale. I'd have thought by now they could have coated them with a substance it cannot adhere to. I hate to think what our insides must be like if there is so much of this in water. Brian

[stuart noble]

Maybe someone has scoured the bottom bit with a brillo pad, after which the scale collects much more easily.

[meow2222]

There's an easier way. When someone opens tinned fruit and leaves the liqui d, or other leftover acidic juices eg tomato, orange, lemonade, pickle vine gar etc, chuck it in the pan at night time. I trialled this for quite a lon g time, using no other cleaner at all, and it works great. It seems to clea n as well as descale. If I ever get a tuit it could go on the wiki.

NT