How to Prevent Rust Stains in Your Toilet
It is common knowledge that no one like washing the restroom. And what makes restroom maintenance even more difficult? When your toilet still appears unclean after all that cleansing. Among the worst offenders: The rusted-looking toilet the concentration of iron in water causes red-brown rusty streaks to appear in your toilet bowl. When air comes into contact with the granules, they oxidize and change color. They accumulate in places where water falls over time. You may decrease the presence of iron, and therefore the deposits on the walls of your toilet, by taking the correct steps, which will help maintain these surfaces stain-free.
How to Get Rid of Rust Stains
- Fortunately, rust stains on a toilet bowl are not hard to eliminate. The key is to use the right cleaning chemicals.
- Bleach should not be used since it might exacerbate the rust stain.
- Scratching the porcelain surface with an abrasive scrubber is not a good idea.
- Make your own cleaning solution by spraying 1:1 vinegar and 1:1 water or make a paste with 3-parts sodium bicarbonate and 1-part vinegar.
- Brush the toilet bowl using a toilet brush or a non-abrasive scrubbing pad.
- Remember to put on your safety clothing, such as work gloves and eyewear.
- Adjust the water supply and flush the toilet to clear the bowl of the liquid.
- Try professional cleaning chemicals like Borax for persistent rust stains.
Improve your plumbing system.
Washing is necessary to protect your toilet from rusting, but it won’t solve the problem of excessive iron in the water. You might have to modify elements of your piping system to avoid stains from forming in the first place, such as:
- Using new copper or PEX plumbing to replace old iron pipes
- Installing a water purification system to remove iron and other contaminants from entering the water supply.
- Installing a water softening system to get rid of a wide range of impurities
One of the most crucial things is to pay considerable attention to your pipes so that you can detect any potential problems. The sooner you discover a plumbing issue, the easier and less expensive it will be to resolve the problem
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