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You're Flush
So the bowl's a little crusty, huh? You've tried
the scrubbing foamies, the acid etchers, and Grandma's vinegar-and-baking-soda
bubbling cauldron recipe and still you've got that ring at the water's
edge. If you want to know how to clean a toilet, ask someone who cleans
twenty every day, the goddess of clean: your hotel maid.
First - what do I need?
I know you've been tempted to use the belt sander
but it's a lot simpler than you think. You need a toilet brush. Not
the kind with the blue scrubbing pad or the little brushes with bristles
that your cat loves to rub up against. The kind the pros use looks
like half a huge q-tip... a long, usually white plastic handle with
a white puff at the end, set jauntily off at an angle. If you can't
find this kind of brush at your local store, try a janitorial supply
store. These are great places for finding what the pros use. For cleanser,
you should get the cheapest, most simple, LIQUID bowl cleaner, not
the foaming powders or the sticky gels. We don't need chemical power...
we have the wisdom of the ages. You will also need something to wipe
down the outside of the bowl. I like to use something disposable like
the little antiseptic handwipes that you can buy in the drugstore.
They kill the germs and you can throw them away after you are done.
Plus, they only cost pennies apiece.
So what is this thing you refer to as a "toilet"?
Just your basic toilet facts, ma'am. First thing
to realize is that your toilet is coated in glass. Yes, just like
the bathroom mirror. The glaze that is applied to the ceramic base
is sand; when it is fired, it melts and forms a thin layer of glass
over the surface, making it impermeable to water. Now you wouldn't
want to clean your mirrors with an abrasive cleanser, would you?
You shouldn't clean your toilet bowl or sink with them either. Eventually,
the glass surface would get scratched the um... uh... dirt... would
stick to it forever.
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