On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:39:07 +0100, nestork
wrote:
'Oren[_2_ Wrote:
;3190709']
To prevent the acid from flowing out; into the bowl immediately, get
out your handy dandy super redneck duct tape **. Under the rim, tape
the rim jets to close them up (few long pieces of tape). The acid
stays in the rim, eating away the minerals faster.
And. By removing all the water from the bowl (sacrificial turkey
baster), acid can be used to clean mineral build in the large jet in
the bottom of the bowl.
But, Oren, you also have to plug up that large jet hole at the bottom of
the bowl as well. Otherwise the acid will just leak out there instead.
I'm thinking that a good way to use acid in a situation like this is to
take the tank off the bowl, take the bowl off the floor and set that
bowl on it's side on a sturdy plastic basin of some sort. (I don't
think a 5 gallon pail would be stable enough.) Now pour just enough
acid directly into the bowl so that the acid fully covers the jet holes.
Then just rotate the bowl every so often so that the acid clears all
the jet holes around the entire rim.
Or, at least, if the bowl was already off the floor flange, I'd probably
try that. But, if I did, I'd also be working away at those jet holes
with a dental pick and a mirror to help the acid work by exposing
undissolved material.
I suppose it depends on the method of your madness. If I remove the
toilet; tank intact, move the whole thing outside and go at it is more
work. My opinion is cleaning the rim jets and the main jet passage
at the bottom - would be to perform the acid cleaning while the toilet
is in place and mounted. Easier for me.
It does not require me to disassemble the toilet, fuss and bother with
making sure it does not leak later. O a chance of dropping or causing
cracks in the toilet tank or bowl.
Acid down the overflow tube will essentially remove the mineral
deposits inside the toilet in the minimal amount of time - one hour.
There is more than one way to "skin a cat"
Gander at this link. Others; besides myself, have used this method. I
prefer the acid fix verses a dental pick and mirror. A few posters
here have done it.
http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Slow-Toilet