About two weeks ago, I was at our local mercantile where you can get produce, milk, meat, liquor, lumber, rat poison, bike parts, plumbing parts, etc. (mind blown, right?) to purchase a pumice stone for the rings in our toilets and our sink drains. We live in the country and have hard water, so rings rear their ugly heads sooner or later. As I was up next to pay for my pumice purchase, the checker asked if this stone was for my toilet and I told her, indeed it was. She told me how a piece of screen will do the same job, is easier to clean with and less abrasive. I’m on board! Off we went on a mini scavenger hunt to get a sheet of screen for me as the other customers patiently waited in line for our return.
*notice the shape of Utah in the right photo
You know you’ve reached adulthood when you’re pumped about how effective screen material is at cleaning off hard water stains. I didn’t think to take before photos (maybe in my excitement I was hyper focused on removing the hard water stains), so here is an after photo. In the name of Jesus, stains be gone! And they were gone!
Now, if you want to up the “Ooh, ah” factor, buy one of these puppies, http://amazon.com , pictured below, and put it on the side of the toilet. It’s especially a hit with Little Man. To be completely honest, my motivation for choosing the disco theme toilet light (cue the BeeGees albums), was to encourage Little Man in his potty training endeavors. It didn’t help all that much (like my other two, he potty trained when he was good and ready) but it does make the interior of our toilets look rather snappy, so that’s a plus.
Here is a snapshot of a few of the disco light colors:
Since the screen material worked so well on the toilets, I decided to give it a go on the hard water rings surrounding the sink drains. Holy Hannah, it worked lickety-split for the sink drains too!
So, for an inexpensive tool to clean hard water stains from your sinks and toilets, buy a sheet of screen, cut off a square and you will be able to easily remove those rings without using any elbow grease. In the case of a disco light show in the loo, buy the light and boogie on!
Vicki Bartunek says
Is this fiberglass screening?