Have you used pumice to clean a toilet?
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
August 14, 2018 9:05pm CST
We have seriously hard water and there's a lot of mineral deposit stains in our toilet bowl. I've heard for years about using a pumice stick to get the bowl clean, but never tried it before today.
It worked a little bit differently than I expected. For one, the stick was a lot more fragile than I thought it would be, but that's part of how it works. As you scrub the crusted areas, the wet stick starts to disintegrate and turns into a grey paste. This paste is what scours away the stains, but it was a bit alarming to see how rapidly the stick was wearing away.
I used up the entire stick and still had some areas with heavy mineral deposits, but the toilet bowl did look a LOT better. I think I'll get another one and work on the rest of the stains next week. I think 10 years of mineral deposits aren't going to all come off in one go. 
Have you ever cleaned a toilet this way?
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9 responses
@TheHorse (238370)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Aug 18
@spiderdust I'm trying to remember. Was the bottle green? If I see it next time I'm there, I'll check in again.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
22 Aug 18
@TheHorse Oh, was it their knockoff CLR? I think I have a spray bottle of that.
I actually have to stop at Dollar Tree today, I'll take a peek.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
22 Aug 18
Which one? I buy their purple foaming bathroom cleaner, but that only works for the outside of the toilet.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Aug 18
Im totally going to see if our Walmart carries that brand.
I saw the pictures . I know it works.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
21 Aug 18
It should, although even a pumice stone from the health & beauty section could work (although I believe this one is cheaper).
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
23 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns I still need to get groceries for this week. I've been trying to stretch out what we have so I can put the money towards birthday stuff, but there's still that eternal need for milk and eggs and bread every day.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Aug 18
@spiderdust I still haven't done any orders through Walmart. I need to get that done soon..
@changjiangzhibin89 (17244)
• China
15 Aug 18
I haven't used the pumice to clean the toilet bowl.If only they made pumice papers like the sandpaper.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
15 Aug 18
I want to say that I've seen those, but I can't remember where... possibly the hardware store.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
15 Aug 18
That works for lots of other scrubbing jobs for me.
@RasmaSandra (98129)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Aug 18
Never heard of this. I use Pine Sol and scrub out the inside.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
15 Aug 18
Pine Sol works well to freshen the toilet, but my toilet brush just couldn't handle these calcium deposits.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
23 Aug 18
@vandana7 That's what's nice about this, it doesn't scratch the ceramic.
@snowy22315 (209177)
• United States
15 Aug 18
I never heard of doing that. I do want to try cleaning a toliet with coke though.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
15 Aug 18
I haven't had much success with that, but we do have really hard water. For me, it just stained the calcium deposits brown.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
23 Aug 18
This isn't sharp at all. Like I said, once the stone was wet and rubbed against the ceramic bowl, it turned into a paste.
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