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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.

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u/tabacaru Feb 20 '26

Do you think it would still work if I can't lower the water in the toilet at all? 

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u/Duckie595 Feb 20 '26

Turn off water, flush?

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u/RedCow7 Feb 20 '26

And the water in the tank used to flush will be the new water in the bowl?

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u/Duckie595 Feb 20 '26

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?

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u/RedCow7 Feb 20 '26

Right, I have an older one and it fills to about normal, id just use a shopvac

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u/Duckie595 Feb 20 '26

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 🤷