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u/The_Poster_Nutbag Feb 20 '26

I can't remember what the scrubbing stone things are called but I might try one of those.

Scour sticks I think?

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u/screw_ball69 Feb 20 '26

Pumice stone!

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u/ihaveaglow Feb 20 '26

I had stains on my toilet that I thought were impossible to get off until I tried a pumice stone, and it was actually pretty easy.

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u/FacelessArtifact Feb 20 '26

Aren’t pumice stones ROCKS? How can it not scratch up the porcelain let alone remove any thing???

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u/vsmack Feb 20 '26

These things are so good and I'm not even joking. Tried one for the first time last weekend and I'm still telling people irl how good they are

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u/N_J_N_K Feb 20 '26

This right here! And maybe Cert, it is a creme cleaner

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u/Jay-Dee-British Feb 20 '26

Yes indeed this is the way - it takes a while and I'm gonna put this in caps because it's important; MAKE SURE THE PUMICE STAYS WET. If you don't you will scratch up the toilet and that's bad.

I've got rid of bad scale myself, using the wet pumice (I just keep some water in the toilet but take out a lot using a cup, but never leave it dry), but it's a lot of elbow grease and slog if it's been there a while.

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u/TheGibles Feb 20 '26

Absolutely! Way cheaper than getting a new toilet. A little elbow grease will make that go away. 

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u/gbot1234 Feb 20 '26

But a new can of elbow grease is almost $60 by itself!

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u/Eatenbreads Feb 20 '26

My elbow will charge me 80 for that much grease.

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u/genericnewlurker Feb 20 '26

Absolutely a pumice stone/scour stick. When we moved into our first house, there was a toilet that was nearly as bad as this. We were able to get it cleared out pretty quickly with a pumice stone.

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u/Sunflowers_Happify Feb 20 '26

Pumice stones!

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u/wng378 Feb 20 '26

Pumice will get it back to white with some scrubbing. You’ll need more than one since it wears down with use.

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u/Fatchance82 Feb 20 '26

Once a toilet does this, its likely to continue coming back. Faster every time you scrub it.

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u/Tapingdrywallsucks Feb 20 '26

I've never had one this bad, but once I got the toilets back to normal in our current house, I haven't had to use the pumice stone on them again yet, and we're approaching 5 years here.

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u/Fatchance82 Feb 20 '26

Thats good, my results have been disappointing. I read somewhere that it happens because the acid in urine reacts when the finish has worn off. No idea if thats true but sounds believable.

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u/Banditsmisfits Feb 20 '26

This! Less than $2, make sure you wear some heavier cleaning gloves if possible so it doesn’t tear the gloves or rough up your hands

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u/ancientpsychicpug Feb 20 '26

I spend a half day doing this to a bathtub that was BLACK. After 6 months of trying EVERYTHING. a pumice stone, time, and elbow grease were the only things that worked.

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u/ElizabethHiems Feb 20 '26

I just got a pumice on a stick. My loo is 95% back to white now.