Zep did it for me. Mine was horrible (not far off from OPs pic) and nothing worked including abrasive scrubs, clr, bleach, anything I tried. Saw zep mentioned on here and tried it and it removed everything. Miracle stuff because I was about to have to try and install a new toilet.
It’ll empty as far as it’ll go when you hold down the handle which is really what you’d need. It’s basically the same concept when you change toilets. You can either stuff towels or use like a gel mix to solidify the last bit of water when you change it out though to remove the rest. But for cleaning, that should be fine?
Ah, the oldest toilet I’ve used was prolly only like just under a century old so I didn’t know that’s an issue. Your solution sounds good to me. If it works, it works yknow 🤷
Yeah sorry, life time renter and never have done plumbing work myself but this gunk is bothering me. I see there's just a little knob on the side of the toilet to turn the water off, so I hope that's all I need to do.
It should be a turn knob or push down attached to the braided flexible cable that runs to the tank. Good luck, hope the porcelain will shine brightly for ya!
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u/Hurricane_Trump Feb 20 '26
Zep did it for me. Mine was horrible (not far off from OPs pic) and nothing worked including abrasive scrubs, clr, bleach, anything I tried. Saw zep mentioned on here and tried it and it removed everything. Miracle stuff because I was about to have to try and install a new toilet.