[Mentalguy2k8]

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

[Phil Addison]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:11:35 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8" wrote:

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Having failed with various stuff poured in left overnight I tackled ours with my largest
screwdriver, some 18" long. I was pleasantly surprised that the thick scale chipped off
fairly easy and left a nice clean bowl - at least as far as the eye can see :O

Prhaps there is something to be said for those slow disolving thingies that clip under the
rim, though I've previously thought them a waste of money?

--
Phil Addison

[Mentalguy2k8]

"Phil Addison" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:11:35 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
wrote:

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Having failed with various stuff poured in left overnight I tackled ours
with my largest
screwdriver, some 18" long. I was pleasantly surprised that the thick
scale chipped off
fairly easy and left a nice clean bowl - at least as far as the eye can
see :O

I did that on the toilet where I used to live and scratched the bowl It
looked even worse than before I started. That's why I hate scale, anything
hard enough to chip it off is guaranteed to damage whatever the scale is
stuck to.

Plus, the scale reaches up to the top of the water line so there's no point
emptying the water and putting any other scale-remover in, unless I've got
tons of the stuff. So whatever I get, needs to be strong stuff even when
diluted.

[Nitro®]

On 02/04/2013 15:11, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Empty out the bowl and fill it with cheep vinegar,
leave overnight then flush your sins away.

--
"I'm not the messiah!"
I say you are Lord.
And I should know, I've followed a few !
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Twitter: @N1tromax

[Andrew Mawson[_2_]]

"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in message ...

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Citric acid. Buy in bulk on ebay - it's very cheap - put in about 100 grams
and leave overnight. Safe and effective - also removes rust stains.

AWEM

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

On 02/04/13 15:11, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

brick acid/patio cleaner.
the water will be so hard it will be neutralised by the time it gets to
anywhere it matters. End up with calcium chloride and CO2.

Then fit a water softener.



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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[[email protected]]

On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 3:11:35 PM UTC+1, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Limescale


NT

[Frank Erskine]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:11:35 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
wrote:

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Angle grinder.

--
Frank Erskine

[Steve Firth]

"Mentalguy2k8" wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Licking it with your tongue.

--
€¢DarWin|
_/ _/

[Jules Richardson[_2_]]

On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:11:35 +0100, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Replace the toilet.

[harry]

On Apr 2, 3:11*pm, "Mentalguy2k8" wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Brick cleaner from Builder's Merchants.
Don't leave in too long.

[Stuart Noble]

On 02/04/2013 18:51, harry wrote:
On Apr 2, 3:11 pm, "Mentalguy2k8" wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Brick cleaner from Builder's Merchants.
Don't leave in too long.


Sulphamic acid crystals are PH 1 but also safe to handle. AKA Fernox
descaler. I wouldn't mess with hydrochloric, especially indoors

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in message
...
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Move to the superior north.
It must be awful having to exist in the south.

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

On 02/04/13 19:23, stuart noble wrote:
On 02/04/2013 18:51, harry wrote:
On Apr 2, 3:11 pm, "Mentalguy2k8" wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Brick cleaner from Builder's Merchants.
Don't leave in too long.


Sulphamic acid crystals are PH 1 but also safe to handle. AKA Fernox
descaler. I wouldn't mess with hydrochloric, especially indoors
They are also fairly ineffective


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Ineptocracy

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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[Steve Firth]

stuart noble wrote:
On 02/04/2013 18:51, harry wrote:
On Apr 2, 3:11 pm, "Mentalguy2k8" wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Brick cleaner from Builder's Merchants.
Don't leave in too long.


Sulphamic acid crystals are PH 1 but also safe to handle. AKA Fernox
descaler. I wouldn't mess with hydrochloric, especially indoors

More or less what he said. Sulphamic acid has limited solubility. It's
impossible to prepare a concentrated solution - it crystallises out or
reaches its limit of solubility if you add too much. However it's acidic
enough to blitz lime scale.

Concentrated acids can also ruin the glaze on the toilet bowl if used often
enough or for extended soaking.

--
€¢DarWin|
_/ _/

[[email protected]]

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Kilrock-K (that's in liquid form not the gel) is the stuff I have
found most effective. Remove as much water as possible, pour enough
Kilrock in to coat the affected surface, brush in lightly and make
sure the room is very well ventilated. Leave for 15 minutes, brush it
and repeat until sparkling clean

Mike

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

On 03/04/13 00:01, wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Kilrock-K (that's in liquid form not the gel) is the stuff I have
found most effective.

basically just formic acid. Might be a surfactant in there. drop of teepol

http://mistralni.co.uk/products/form...methanoic-acid

a lot cheaper than kilrock

Remove as much water as possible, pour enough
Kilrock in to coat the affected surface, brush in lightly and make
sure the room is very well ventilated. Leave for 15 minutes, brush it
and repeat until sparkling clean

Mike



--
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[F Murtz]

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like yours.

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:
Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and flies...

--
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[Brian Gaff]

Some of the spray on treatments do soften it and make it easy to remove but
you need to sponge out the water first, and keep it dry until you can get
the stuff off. The main problem I have not solved yet is the stuff round the
bend bit. Its almost impossible to get any tool there and the limescale
being rough tends to retain stuff and the stuff pongs, so really needs to
go. Its a great pity nobody makes a swing out system for these toilets so
you could get at it from the other side!

Brian

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From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active
"Phil Addison" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:11:35 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
wrote:

What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting
rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Having failed with various stuff poured in left overnight I tackled ours
with my largest
screwdriver, some 18" long. I was pleasantly surprised that the thick
scale chipped off
fairly easy and left a nice clean bowl - at least as far as the eye can
see :O

Prhaps there is something to be said for those slow disolving thingies
that clip under the
rim, though I've previously thought them a waste of money?

--
Phil Addison

[Brian Gaff]

Actually there is an increasing issue with limescale in and around London.
Many now think its the London Ring main which is like a huge circular main
of concrete pipes. The cement is effectively disolving into thewater. I'm
sure it was a good idea at the time!

Brian

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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:
Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

--
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members
of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded
with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[harry]

On Apr 3, 1:47*am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and flies....


And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

[F Murtz]

harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and flies...


And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.



We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely
cause problems.

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:
Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

+1
I don't like them either.

--
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members
of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded
with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...


And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

And stupid Australians.
Don't start me off .........................

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"F Murtz" wrote in message
.com...
harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...


And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.



We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely cause
problems.

********.
I used to live in Adelaide and most Australians were **** scared of the
nasty horrible things.
BTW. Do Australian teachers still call 11 year old kids Spastics and Mindas?

[harry]

On Apr 3, 2:01*pm, F Murtz wrote:
harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and flies...

And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely
cause problems.

I like snakes. We have snakes in our garden.
I try to improve the habitat for them.

[harry]

On Apr 3, 2:12*pm, "Mr Pounder" wrote:
"F Murtz" wrote in message

.com...









harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely cause
problems.

********.
I used to live in Adelaide and most Australians were **** scared of the
nasty horrible things.
BTW. Do Australian teachers still call 11 year old kids Spastics and Mindas?

I spent three weeks camping in Queensland.
Lotsa creepy crawlies there.

[bod]

On 03/04/2013 14:48, harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 2:01 pm, F Murtz wrote:
harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and flies...

And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely
cause problems.

I like snakes. We have snakes in our garden.
I try to improve the habitat for them.

I've always liked snakes. As for spiders, we don't hurt any of them.
Like was said earlier, they are here for a reason. Reducing flies being
one of them.

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Apr 3, 2:12 pm, "Mr Pounder" wrote:
"F Murtz" wrote in message

.com...









harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely
cause
problems.

********.
I used to live in Adelaide and most Australians were **** scared of the
nasty horrible things.
BTW. Do Australian teachers still call 11 year old kids Spastics and
Mindas?

I spent three weeks camping in Queensland.
Lotsa creepy crawlies there.

I spent 4 years in Adelaide. I once saw a sugar bowl full of ants. I think I
must have seen every horrible thing on the planet.

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"bod" wrote in message
...
On 03/04/2013 14:48, harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 2:01 pm, F Murtz wrote:
harry wrote:
On Apr 3, 1:47 am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

And snakes, spiders, termites and ants.

We don't complain about them,they are all here for a reason.
Some people are frightened unnecessarily about them but they rarely
cause problems.

I like snakes. We have snakes in our garden.
I try to improve the habitat for them.

I've always liked snakes. As for spiders, we don't hurt any of them.
Like was said earlier, they are here for a reason. Reducing flies being
one of them.

Spiders reducing the fly population significantly is a load of rubbish.
I WILL kill any spider I see.

[F[_2_]]

On 03/04/2013 01:47 The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:
Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

....and Fosters...

--
F

[F[_2_]]

On 03/04/2013 21:10 Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:08:06 +0100, Mr Pounder wrote:

I once saw a sugar bowl full of ants. I think I must have seen every
horrible thing on the planet.

If a sugar bowl full of ants is classed as "horrible" I think you've led
a pretty sheltered life.

I think the most horrible thing I have witnessed was a car running over
an fresh road kill rabbit in such away that the guts/stomach got
compressed and exploded with quite a POP spraying the guts and gut
contents over several yards. Fortunately not in my direction or I think I
would have thrown up.

We had an 'interesting' transfer from Cairns Airport to Port Douglas in
the dark a few years ago during which the driver took a slight detour
every time he saw a cane toad. The 'pops' as they went under the tyres
were quite audible.

--
F

[Dave Liquorice[_2_]]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:08:06 +0100, Mr Pounder wrote:

I once saw a sugar bowl full of ants. I think I must have seen every
horrible thing on the planet.

If a sugar bowl full of ants is classed as "horrible" I think you've led
a pretty sheltered life.

I think the most horrible thing I have witnessed was a car running over
an fresh road kill rabbit in such away that the guts/stomach got
compressed and exploded with quite a POP spraying the guts and gut
contents over several yards. Fortunately not in my direction or I think I
would have thrown up.

--
Cheers
Dave.

[Mr Pounder[_2_]]

"F" news@nowhere wrote in message
o.uk...
On 03/04/2013 01:47 The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 03/04/13 01:20, F Murtz wrote:
Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Blimey youse lot have problems,boilers header tanks,ch
problems,limescale,here in Australia we have none of that,I have not
seen a toilet with limescale in 70 years.
There may be an extremely small portion of aus with water probs like
yours.

That's cos instead of limestone and chalk, all you have is sand and
flies...

...and Fosters...

Which is ****.

[[email protected]]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:08:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 03/04/13 00:01, wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Kilrock-K (that's in liquid form not the gel) is the stuff I have
found most effective.

basically just formic acid. Might be a surfactant in there. drop of teepol

http://mistralni.co.uk/products/form...methanoic-acid

a lot cheaper than kilrock

Remove as much water as possible, pour enough
Kilrock in to coat the affected surface, brush in lightly and make
sure the room is very well ventilated. Leave for 15 minutes, brush it
and repeat until sparkling clean
--

It is a good price if you have thirty pounds plus of things to order
otherwise expensive on postage.

Aldi were selling Kilrock fairly recently at just a little more; just
a shame you cannot rely on Aldi having things in though.

Mike
--

[charles]

In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:08:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 03/04/13 00:01, wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Kilrock-K (that's in liquid form not the gel) is the stuff I have
found most effective.

basically just formic acid. Might be a surfactant in there. drop of
teepol

http://mistralni.co.uk/products/form...methanoic-acid

a lot cheaper than kilrock

Remove as much water as possible, pour enough
Kilrock in to coat the affected surface, brush in lightly and make
sure the room is very well ventilated. Leave for 15 minutes, brush it
and repeat until sparkling clean
--

It is a good price if you have thirty pounds plus of things to order
otherwise expensive on postage.

Aldi were selling Kilrock fairly recently at just a little more; just
a shame you cannot rely on Aldi having things in though.

perhaps there isn't a branch near you, but Robert Dyas keep Kilrock and
frequently have it on offer

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

[Andy Champ[_2_]]

On 03/04/2013 21:35, Mr Pounder wrote:
"F" news@nowhere wrote in message
...and Fosters...

Which is ****.



While I'm not going to disagree, you've probably tried the UK imitation
not the real thing. The "brewed under licence" is IMHO worse.

Andy

[[email protected]]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:04:24 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:08:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 03/04/13 00:01, wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?

Kilrock-K (that's in liquid form not the gel) is the stuff I have
found most effective.

basically just formic acid. Might be a surfactant in there. drop of
teepol

http://mistralni.co.uk/products/form...methanoic-acid

a lot cheaper than kilrock

Remove as much water as possible, pour enough
Kilrock in to coat the affected surface, brush in lightly and make
sure the room is very well ventilated. Leave for 15 minutes, brush it
and repeat until sparkling clean
--

It is a good price if you have thirty pounds plus of things to order
otherwise expensive on postage.

Aldi were selling Kilrock fairly recently at just a little more; just
a shame you cannot rely on Aldi having things in though.

perhaps there isn't a branch near you, but Robert Dyas keep Kilrock and
frequently have it on offer

Just picked up two 400ml bottles of Kilrock K from Aldi reduced from
£1.99 to the ludicrously low price of 99p!

[alan]

On 02/04/2013 15:11, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
What is the single most effective (available and legal) solution to
getting rid of scale below the water line in a toilet bowl?


Use a mop with the head wrapped in a dustbin bag as a plunger and get
rid of the water. Then use a one of the lime-scale removers.

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