Pink Stain in Toilet?

Try "Snobol". It is a toilet bowl cleaner. It will get rid of all of the build up. As far as a drop in, I use "Bowl Fresh". It is the ONLY drop in I have found to combat hard water stains. I use the Snobol every time I clean the toilet. If the stains don't disappear right away, they will after a couple cleanings. The bleach cleaners are ok. in some areas, but they don't work for me.

sharon cleghorn

July 5, 20040 found this helpful

there is a product called "The Works, toilet bowl cleaner" sold at Wal-Mart. I have used this on toilets that looked unsalvageable. It does work. You can then use it for a weekly or varied time cleaner. Best tip to start -- plunge the water out of the bowl. Squirt the cleaner all around, including under the rim. Allow to set for about 15 min or so. Use a regular toilet brush.

Are these actually stains or are they mineral deposits from your water? I would guess mineral deposits or the whole bottom of the toilet would be stained. Most bleach, or similar based cleaners, only remove the colour but not the deposit so it very quickly becomes stained again. To remove the deposit rub with 'wet and dry' sandpaper - it is usually black and very fine grade, and can be used without removing the water first.

Regards

Jo

It is a harmless, airborne bacteria called Serratia marcescens. Keeping a bleach toilet cake like 200 flushes in the tank will help keep it away and/or cleaning with bleach or bleach product.

since living in philadelphia, we've encountered a real problem.....after flushing the toilet, we get a brownish purplish water stain on the underside of the toilet seat! if we don't remove it right away, it stains...and we've now got it lot of it under our seat and it's embarrassing! i've tried straight bleach, goo-gone and other hard core chemcials...what is this and how do i prevent htis? don't want to have to buy a new seat every couple of months!

thanks.

i have this same problem and called my water company. they told me that the stain is caused by an air-borne bacteria that grows on water and that adding bleach regularly to the water kills it. i also have it on the side of the tub and in the grout on the shower floor...have not been able to find an effective cleaner

I have found using a pumice stone to be effective at removing difficult toilet stains. Just wet the stone first and scrub the bowl and surprisingly it removes most tough stains without damaging porcelain.

I've yet to try any of the suggested answers for the toilet bowl issue, so here's hoping one works for me. I do know how to get it out of your grout, and off the side of your tub. Dilute about 1 tbs of laundry detergent in 1 qt of water. Put it in a spray bottle. You will also need Baking Soda, a sponge with a scrubbing pad (one that you would use on counters or dishes), and a "junk" toothbrush. Spray down the area, then shake the baking powder all over where you just sprayed and scrub.

WOW! After years of frustrating attempts to rid my toilets of the embarrassing pink rings, inspite of regular cleaning, I took the advice of several writers and too discovered that THE WORKS from Dollar Tree together with an aggressive scrubbing with a pumice stone from Home Depot did the trick. I suspect that the pumice stone would have accomplished the task alone but THE WORKS, at $1, was not a costly investment.

Laurie

November 15, 20140 found this helpful

I have the same problem and will try some of these remedies. I have often thought that this pink stuff was the inspiration of Dr. Suess's The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, in which the more the Cat and his helpers try to clean up the pink stuff, the more of it there is. It's the same color in the book that I see in my toilet!