1 natural item can dissolve toilet limescale in 10 minutes

The solution is a 10-minute fix, a simple cleaning hack, if your loo is covered with stubborn stains that won’t budge even with scourers or bleach, you have yourself a limescale issue.

Toilet limescale may appear as unsightly brown stains around the bowl, but it is often not removable using bleach or other abrasive chemical solutions. Limescale is a residue of mineral deposits left behind when water evaporates, and, over time, it will harden and become a tough, crusty stain that can seem impossible to remove.

Mum Jo Boyne, who is also the founder of A Rose Tinted World, admitted the limescale on her toilet was “dreadful” and that she has tried it all to have her toilet looking spotless from bleach, to specialist cleaning products, and even fizzy cola. “There didn’t seem to be anything working, and I was getting more and more self-conscious about my loo,” she said. Many of the products I used, I hated to use because they definitely are not environmentally friendly and are loaded with surfactants and chemical agents. Then I remembered I had the answer in my cupboard ever since making my bath bombs.”

Instead, Jo discovered a box of citric acid crystals lurking at the back of her cupboard and was surprised by how effective it was.

Jo said: “I had to scrub the last reiteration off with an old toothbrush but I was actually really impressed with how it turned out! My bowl was spotless!

“Now, I know you can use citric acid as a great natural cleaner for everyday use when diluted, but this goes to show you how powerful it can be even in some of the most dire situations. “I’m messed up to get my toilet back to pristine.”

Bleach — You have bleach handy in your bathroom — it’s a disinfectant that kills germs. However, it is not able to clean limescale stains because it only whitens them.

Bleach will only mask the issues rather than tackle them and limescale is much harder to remove the longer you leave it festering at the bottom of your toilet bowl. But citric acid is one of the best ways to dissolve limescale. It is an acid, which mms soaks the minerals in limescale, thus making it easier to scrub them off.

What’s great about citric acid is that it comes from the juice in citrus fruits like lemons, but a stronger crystallized form can be found in the cleaning aisle of most supermarkets.

That’s a nice natural way to clean your toilet without using a nasty cleaner, and it will cut through any staining so you won’t have to scrub much. So how to easily get rid of toilet limescale?

But before you start, wear gloves and pour about 120g of citric acid down your loo. Also pour some hot water down the toilet — but not boiled water just taken from the kettle, which could crack the toilet.

After that, you need to wait for the citric acid to dissolve the limescale. You can do 10 minutes, however, if you have time, a few hours are even better. After the time is up, the limescale will have dissolved and the water in the toilet bowl will be discolored. Just flush and scrub any lingering limescale with a toilet brush or old toothbrush.

Now you can have a perfectly clean bathroom in one easy step without much effort since your toilet will be 100% limescale and stain-free.