As of: February 18, 2024, 6:00 p.m
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You can often easily get rid of unsightly stains in the toilet with vinegar essence or citric acid.
Tips for cleaning with home remedies.
If you want to keep your toilet at home clean, you should regularly remove calcified or dirty areas.
Simple home remedies are often enough for this.
In many cases you can get rid of limescale in the toilet bowl or under the edges of the toilet using vinegar or vinegar essence or alternatively citric acid.
Remove limescale from the toilet bowl with vinegar essence or citric acid
You put “one to two cups” of the vinegar essence on the affected area in the toilet, as
Oekotest.de
recommends, rub the liquid into the area with a brush and let it work for about half an hour.
“Then completely remove the limescale again with water and a brush.” If there are stubborn deposits, you should even leave the whole thing to work overnight, which is also the tip according to the
Öko-Test.
Don't forget: Ventilate well and wear household gloves when cleaning.
The smell of citric acid is less intense, but as
Oekotest.de
says, it removes lime “just as well”.
To clean the toilet, you should put “three to four tablespoons” of pure citric acid on the calcified areas and leave it to work overnight, according to the tip.
“The next day you just have to brush over it again with the brush.” Meanwhile, what home remedies can help with stubborn urine stone in the toilet bowl.
Don't forget the toilet edges
For more stubborn stains under the toilet rims, you can soak pieces of toilet paper in vinegar essence and clamp them under the toilet rim.
Then wait at least half an hour for the liquid to take effect.
Don’t forget to rinse – and ventilate well.
Any remaining dirt can then be removed with a toilet brush.
Then rinse again.
There are also other home remedies that can help remove dirt and limescale from under the toilet rim.
Regardless of whether it is dirt or limescale – the toilet is difficult to clean under the rim.
Home remedies can help.
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Be sure to clean the toilet regularly
For basic hygiene, it is of course important that you clean the toilet regularly and, if possible, avoid any stains from forming.
You should also descale the cistern every now and then.
Don't forget: You should also clean toilet brushes more often.
For example, you can put a dishwasher tablet in the toilet and let the toilet brush soak in it overnight.
It is best to wipe out the collecting container with a little vinegar water.
However, if discoloration has formed on the toilet seat, it is sometimes not that easy to get rid of the stains.