How to clean the toilet

Toilet is the most visited corner of the house, its health and comfort depend on its cleanliness. How to clean the toilet, how to do the prevention, to avoid the appearance of harmful bacteria and unpleasant odors, while not spending a lot of time, we'll tell you in this article.

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Where to start?

Before you proceed to the cleaning of the bathroom, consider the following general rules for how to clean the toilet properly:

1. Remove all objects that will interfere with cleaning.
2. Prepare cleaning and cleaning products, if you care about the environment, use soda and vinegar.
3. Provide yourself with replaceable rags, napkins, sponge, toilet brush with plastic bristles, since iron can scratch the surface.
4. Wear rubber gloves and protective clothing.
5. Work in a ventilated room - the use of strong odors can affect your well-being.
6. First turn off the water supply, press the flush so that during treatment the water will moisten the walls of the tank and will not wash off any further cleaning agents.
7. Open the lid of the toilet bowl and apply a cleansing agent under the rim of the toilet bowl, spread on all surfaces of the bowl with a brush.
8. Leave the agent to work, depending on the contamination.
9. While the product reacts with contamination:
   • clean the outside of the toilet;
   • wash the seat and cover from all sides;
   • wipe dry with a paper towel.
10. Clean up the calcareous deposits carefully with pumice stone.
11. Turn the water on, let it down while brushing again on the inside of the toilet.
12. Wash the walls, floor and door handle in the toilet room with the use of detergents.
13. Allow to dry completely.
14. After disinfecting the toilet, take care of the freshness of the odor.

Important! Consider these recommendations:

• Different sorts of cleaning agents should not be mixed to avoid the formation of toxic gases and unforeseen reactions.
• If the product you selected does not satisfy your result, before using the next wash the bathroom with water.
• If you use reusable cleaning items, after use disinfect them in chlorine solution.

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How to clean the toilet of lime and rust from folk remedies?

In our time, the shelves of the hardware stores abound with hygiene products, of course the most effective are acid and chlorine. But for economy and to avoid occurrence of allergic reactions use simple improvised agents which are available in each house.

We bring to your attention several ways how to clean the toilet of stains and smells.

Method 1

Use table vinegar:

1. Pour the vinegar into the sprayer.
2. Distribute the product under the arch and along the inner surface of the toilet.
3. Pour a couple of cups into the toilet bowl to remove the stone from the drain.
4. Walk around with a brush.
5. Leave overnight.

Important! To avoid the appearance of new spots and calcareous layers, do this every month.

Method 2

Make homemade cleanser:

1. Mix the burr( soda) and lemon juice until a gruel( in the case of soda - a foamed substance).
2. Use a brush to put the mixture on the surface of the bowl.
3. Leave for 2-3 hours.
4. Brush the toilet brush.
5. Wash off.

Method 3

Before you wash the toilet off the lime scale, pay attention to the unusable carbonated beverage like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, which you are about to throw away, and it will still serve you a good service. Proceed in this case as follows:

1. Pour liquid into the toilet.
2. Ruffle spread all over the surface.
3. Leave overnight.
4. In the morning, wash the water several times, while brushing the surface to remove all the remnants of the plaque.

Method 4

How to wash the toilet so that the toilet flashed? Borrow from grandparents tablets for cleaning dentures:

1. Moisten the sink.
2. Break the tablet into powder.
3. Pour around the perimeter of the tank.
4. Walk around with a brush.
5. Set the exposure time, depending on the degree of contamination.
6. Wash off.

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Useful advices

• In order not to create contaminants on the walls of the toilet, use a cleaning brush soaked in a soap solution whenever you visit the toilet.
• Use chlorine-containing products in case of significant contamination.
• If you have a pulmonary disease or an allergy to chlorine, use a respirator.
• Do a general cleaning with cleaners at least once a week.
• To clean the toilet use a separate rag or sponge, specially designed only for washing the toilet.
• Do not use the toilet brush to wash the seat, since it will carry the bacteria from the middle of the toilet bowl.
• For prevention, install suspended containers with disinfecting tablets or gels. They not only create a protective film at each descent of water and prevent the formation of pollution, but also refresh the air.
• If there are guests in the house, do a wet cleaning of the toilet seat and the flush handle before visiting the toilet and after, since each person is a carrier of all kinds of infections.
• If you have pets in the house, if you use cleaning pendant blocks, or cover with a toilet lid so that the darling does not get drunk soapy water, or keep the doors tightly closed.
• Keep toilet cleaners away from children and animals.

The most effective way to deal with the formation of stains and plaque is everyday prevention and then in the toilet you will be comfortable and safe. And to carry out this procedure without much effort and wasting time will help our advice!