About old bowls
If you happen to be dealing with an old bowl that has had the surface scratched with abrasive cleansers, you may want to swab the inside with a little bleach after you clean it. Push the water out again, put in about a ¼ cup of bleach, and swab the inside of the bowl. This will remove some of the color of the stuff that has been forced into the scratches by abrasive cleaning and it's a great way to disinfect the surface. DO NOT put the bleach in with the cleanser. Bleach can react with some cleaners (especially ammonia) and create a toxic gas.

Voila
Now you can move on to the next room on your list. Using this technique will not only save you money and back-breaking scrubbing, but it will keep your toilet surface shiny and easy to clean for years.

What do you think?
»Russell adds "So now you've got it operating room clean, to help keep it as such, don't use those garbage and expensive turn-your-water-blue tabs. They cause more trouble than they solve. Plus you'll end up with a dog with permanently blue teeth and gums. Go to your local pool supply store and purchase some of the slow release chlorine tabs. Drop one in your tank and the bowl will remain bright, disinfected and have a cleaner odor. They cost about half the price of the brand name products which don't work half as well."

»Paul from Tampa refutes. "Never put any type of tablet and Heaven forbid, any chlorine product in the tank of the toilet. Chlorine eats up the flush mechanisms and the flapper. Regular cleaning is the best advice along with cleaning the tank regularly.

Also, I just found a neat little product at Home Depot that was suggested by my nephew for getting those awful crusted rings out of the toilet bowl. Those are calcium deposits from the hardness of the water and to get rid of them go buy a Pumice Stone from Home Depot. I found it in the pool supply area. It works great with little effort and it won't scratch the porcelain either."