Maintaining Rental Properties for the last 8 years, and working as a professional janitor for a few years has taught me a lot about cleaning toilets. If you are looking for a toilet bowl cleaner online, you probably have tried basic cleaners already and are wondering what else you could use to get the job done right.

Most of the time dirty toilet bowl stains are caused by hard water which build up on the edges of the water line or under the rime where the water enters the toilet bowl. Over time the calcium, lime and, other minerals in the hard water can restrict the flow of water and make it impossible to keep your toilet clean. If the toilet has had several years of hard water build up, don’t be surprised if the first cleaner you use to try and clean with doesn’t work.

Toilet bowl Cleaners

Some of the best toilet bowl cleaners include Lysol, Scrubbing Bubbles, and Clorox Toilet Cleaner.

Another great cleaner for helping you get rid of toilet bowl stains is CLR (Calcium, Lime Rust). To use as a toilet bowl cleaner, dilut one cup of CLR with two cups of water. Using a spray bottle pray the inside of a toilet. Let it sit for five to ten minutes and then scrub with a hard bristled brush and or a pumus stone. Another way to do get rid of the hard water at or below the surface of the water is to add CLR or bleach directly to the water in the toilet. Let the chemical sit it the toilet for thirty minutes and then scrub ou the stains. Remember, you may also want to scrub the toilet below the surface of the rim in order to keep the water entrances clear of hard water build up.

Mechanical Cleaners
Although soft brushes work for newer toilet, medium hard bristled brushes work best for older toilets or thoughs that
have hard water stains. Generally, you want to avoid very abrasive toilet cleaner that can damage the toilets delicate
glossy surface. In addition,do not use metal objects, such as a razor blade or a flat head srew driver. A pumous stone is a new tool that I have works great on sinks and toilets. Pumus stones are only a little softer then the surface of the toilet, these stones work great for scraping away hard water stains.