Brown toilet stains are something nobody wants to see when they lift the toilet seat up.
Despite the fact it isn’t actually anything dodgy, brown limescale stains just look ugly. And when you’re inviting family or friends round to your house, you don’t want people judging you for the state of your loo. One cleaning guru has shared a tip to help banish these brown stains permanently, which will be a relief to so many householders. Lynsey Crombie, known as Lynsey Queen of Clean, revealed it’s a question she’s often asked. She claimed these marks aren’t what people think they are – but more down to the build-up, as she shared “two really quick ways” to eliminate them for good with one item probably in your cupboard.
The first method is using citric acid, because it’s a “go-to to break down that heavy limescale”.
Lynsey explained if it’s really bad, you’ll want to pour the whole of a 250g box down the toilet for best results.
She also said she’d “leave it overnight to work”. In the morning, she claimed you should come back to find the limescale has broken down, so you’ll “rinse the toilet and it’ll disappear”.
Lynsey shared the problem with bleach and said initially, the stain will look like it’s disappeared, but it “comes back”.
“Citric acid will break it down and stop it from coming back,” she assured people.
Dri-Pak Citric Acid can be purchased on Ocado for just £2.30.
She said toilet pumice stone removers are similar to “removing hard skin off our feet,” but these ones have been “designed specifically for loos”.
Lynsey said: “Once you’ve used them, give them a really good wash with some antibacterial washing up liquid, let them dry, and then just keep them in a sealed bag like I’ve done here so you can reuse them.”
She shared if the limescale is “pretty bad,” you can get one of the pumice stones, wear a rubber glove, poke it down, and just scrape it away.
It’s worth noting they are “non-scratch and non-abrasive,” so while they will get the job done, these removers won’t damage your toilet.
“It works so so well,” she gushed. Luckily when you’ve done the job, the limescale should be banished for good.
Lynsey said it’s worth keeping them somewhere hygienic because they’ve been down your loo, but it’s worth a go!
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Two pumice stone toilet cleaners can be purchased from B&Q for £6.99, but can be reused again and again.