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Posted by Father Haskell on October 12, 2006, 6:24 pm
Goedjn wrote:
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Joey wrote:
> >
> >> Les,
> >>
> >> Do you want to use what the Pros use? It's call a Pumice Stick. Lowe's
> >> did sell it and you'll find it at a specialty cleaning supply warehouse.
> >> You wet the end and run it around the rust line and it's gone.
> >
> >Pumice is an abrasive. Do not use abrasives in the bowl. You will
> >regret it. It will make bowl more susceptible to staining in the
> >future, and harder to clean next time.
>
>
> Only way to keep your toilet from staining with iron is to remove
> the source of the iron. If you do that, it won't matter how
> "susceptable" the bowl is, and if you don't you might as well
> get used to either looking at rust, or scrubbing.
>
> If it's organic iron, and below the waterline, a scrubbing
> with a nylon brush, and then a letting a good dose of bleach
> (*OR* iron-out, but not both), sit overnight should work.
>
> Is the toilet cistern also rust-stained? If so,
> fix the water-supply. If not, what's rusting between
> the two places to produce the stain?
Has the water pressure from that line (or others) been steadily
diminishing over time? Are those lines iron? Rust stained porcelain
is a giveaway that the pipes are rotting out, and should be replaced
with CPVC or (better yet, if you can get a torch to them) copper
as soon as possible.
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