Toilet cleaning is made worse when, despite your best efforts, you are unable to remove stubborn stains, mineral deposits, and yellow circles from the waterline. If the toilet is porcelain, use this stone, an inexpensive but very effective cleaning tool that does not require chemical cleaning products, and get real cleanliness.
Pumice, a volcanic rock, is a very soft, light and porous stone. Sold in the form of stones and sticks in the cleaning aisles of supermarkets and hardware stores; some have a plastic handle attached. They are relatively inexpensive, but wear out with use and need to be replaced. Pumice stone is effective for cleaning porcelain toilets without scratching it because stone is harder than most mineral deposits and stains that typically occur in toilets, but is softer than porcelain. When you rub porcelain with pumice stone, the stone wears away and leaves small particles of pumice powder on the wet surface. This powder combines with water to form an abrasive paste. As you continue to scrub, the putty and rough pumice stone combine to create a double strike against the stains.
CLEAN YOUR TOILET WITH PUMICE STONE
Before cleaning the porcelain toilet with pumice stone, you should thoroughly wet both the stone and the surface to be cleaned and keep the stone and surface wet while working. Wear rubber gloves and use toilet water or have a separate bucket of clean water with you. Scrub stains and marks directly with the stone using firm, even pressure in a circular or back and forth motion. You will see gray residues appear on the surface of the porcelain, which is a paste consisting of worn pumice and water. Do not rinse off the paste immediately; instead, keep scrubbing the toilet with the paste. Rinse the surface with clean water after brushing every few minutes to assess how much progress you've made with the stains. As soon as the previous area appears clear, move on to the next area. Remember to wet the stone and porcelain frequently as you work.
PUMICE STONE CLEANING TIPS
Change the pressure angle when scrubbing the toilet with a pumice stone. As the stone wears, you create a spot or flattened area that matches the round shape of the toilet bowl and provides a more effective scrubbing action. For easy cleaning, shape the tip of a stick-shaped pumice stone into a thick pencil or chisel-like shape.
Pumice stones can be used to clean toilets as well as on other hard surfaces such as porcelain tubs, tiles, oven racks and rusted metal appliances. Check the packaging of your pumice stone for the manufacturer's recommendations.
WARNINGS
Do not use pumice stone to clean marble, laminate, plastic or fiberglass toilets; Doing so will cause permanent scratches. A dry pumice stone will also scratch the porcelain, so be sure to keep the stone and toilet surface wet at all times. Also, remember that even if you have a porcelain toilet seat, the seat cover is more likely to be plastic and should not be rubbed with a pumice stone. If you're not sure what your toilet is made of, test the pumice in an inconspicuous place before proceeding.
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