Care for the toilet bowl. How to properly clean and clean the toilet bowl at home?

Keeping your restroom clean is essential to your health. Various harmful microscopic organisms can upset our internal balance and cause various diseases. Now the chemical industry offers a wide range of toilet care products. The main thing is to choose the right one and follow the instructions for use.

Care Features
Regardless of the material from which your toilet bowl is made, it needs cleaning. It should be done at least twice a week, but it is desirable to monitor the cleanliness of this sanitary product every day, especially if you have small children. Consider options for the care of the toilet bowl, depending on the material of manufacture:
- Porcelain toilet bowl. Alkaline and acidic means are suitable for its cleaning. Abrasive and powder products are not suitable here, as the applied product needs mechanical action, and this can simply scratch your toilet bowl.
- Ceramic and earthenware toilets. The ideal cleaning agent is a solution of hydrochloric acid. Under no circumstances should you rub the toilet bowl with metal brushes. This causes scratches. Exposure to boiling water is also unacceptable. The toilet bowl will just crack.
- The toilet bowl is made of polymer concrete. Liquid cleaners and various gels are suitable for cleaning it.
- Stainless steel toilet bowl. This product is durable to physical influences, so for cleaning is suitable scourer with soft bristles and any chemicals: abrasives, powders, alkalis, acids. You can use boiling water.

Mounted cleaners
To the hinged cleaners for toilets are special gels, tablets, which are suspended in a special device to the place of receipt of water into the drain part of the toilet bowl. Hanging cleaners perfectly cope with limescale, disinfect and give a pleasant aroma to your toilet.
Don't forget to replace the plastic gel containers at least every two to three months. If you don't feel like washing them periodically, buy containers that dispose of them after the cleaning filler runs out.

Tools and chemicals
Any toilet bowl cleaning is impossible without a scrubber, sponges and rags. Note that the brush should not have very coarse bristles. Otherwise it can cause scratches that cannot be removed later.
To clean your toilet bowl with alkaline products, the water from the toilet should be drained, and the product with a sponge applied to the inside of the product. After 10-15 minutes, the product is rinsed with water. If necessary, the procedure is repeated.


When using chemical acid or alkaline means of cleaning is mandatory in the presence of rubber gloves, and sometimes goggles.

Folk remedies
- A wonderful folk remedy is the usual baking soda. It is sufficient to sprinkle it on the dirty places and leave it for a while. Then the surface treated with baking soda is poured with a solution of vinegar and lemon juice. The chemical reaction that occurs both disinfects and cleans the inside of the toilet bowl at the same time. No trace of bacteria remains.
- Vinegar solution You can also leave it overnight. This will give freshness and whiteness to the product, removing the rusty buildup that comes from constantly oozing water. Vinegar can be replaced with citric acid.
- Another interesting folk discovery in terms of cleaning toilets is the world famous Coca Cola drink.. It adds whiteness to the surface. Simply pour a bottle of baking soda into the toilet bowl and leave it for a few hours.


Removing lime and scale
A prophylactic way to remove lime scale is to treat the surface with a soapy solution. If the scale has already started to show, use 96% slightly warmed vinegar essence. It should be applied to the spots where the scale has accumulated and left for a short period of time. Then rinse with a sponge.
Store shelves are full of a variety of products that help get rid of this unpleasant phenomenon. They work effectively and quickly, within 10-15 minutes. To get rid of stone and limescale help special tablets that are placed in the cistern. Acid solutions are also good to remove these unpleasant phenomena.
In any case, weekly cleaning of the toilet bowl prevents the formation of stone and plaque. So don't forget about it!
You'll have much less trouble taking care of your toilet if you install a "smart" toilet, with self-cleaning function. It's not cheap, but the novelty is worth it!

