How do I get “crusted” urine off linoleum? I have been wiping it up every day or it seems that way. But there is a build up on my floor and on the front top of the toilet rim. Granted I don't have to look at it when I pee, but it's gross and I want it off.
By Raven from Sussex, WI
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Soak a rag or paper towel in white vinegar, and let sit on the crusted areas over night if possible. Re-wet if necessary. Then scrub well. Repeat if needed. This removes hard water mineral encrustations in my bathroom, and the crusted urine is largely uric acid crystals. Hope this helps.
This may work for plain urine. I have a diabetic son, and the urine must contain a lot of glucose, but vinegar doesn't even touch it. Have tried everything. Having only one bathroom, letting it soak overnight doesn't seem practical. Any other ideas? Thanks
Hi there. A 5 gallon pail made with 2 cups vinegar (any kind will work, but the white kind leaves less of a vinegar smell) to 3 or 4 gallons of water will give you a cleaning agent 2nd to none. I have always used pine-sol for cleaning, but it doesn't do justice to the crusty urine stains.
Magic Eraser and Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner spray bottle removed 25 years of pee crust from a hardwood veneer hollow-core sliding door. It wasn't easy, took a lot of elbow grease. This isnt wipe-on/wipe-off, no. it was like press hard enough on magic eraser to wear thru it Large secrions of the door would suddenly srart to come clean, whle thicker spots needed directed attention. Took 1/2 hour to get 95% of 4 sq ft clean. The good news is that this did not destroy the wood finish, it is very lightly scuffed and a fresh coat or three of wipe-on polyurethane will finish the job. I predict that it will look uniform in color and texture. Wiping down the pastey residue of eraser with a damp rag revealed the wet look it wlll have with poly on it, so i'm comfortable saying the cleaner and magic eraser is pretty mild.
If the other suggestions don't get it of completely, I might try to use a Magic Eraser. I buy the store brand, which work just as well as the major brand. I cut them down to smaller pieces, and throw them away after really gross jobs, but they are also really good for getting tea stains out of mugs and the like.
As a tall guy that doesn't have a 'straight stream' (the answer for the ladies that complain about 'men can't hit the toilet', no, it's not that, but that it comes out more like a 'shower' than a pencil stream), I've pretty-well mastered the 'cleaning the urine scale' problem. For any 'wall or baseboard' wipe downs, I have found that the blue scrubbing sponges for dishes (non-scratching) and Simple Green work BEAUTIFULLY to quickly restore your walls and linoleum to 'like new' with minimal fuss (no waiting, just a quick easy scrub). For cankered toilet build-up, the absolute best thing I have found is to pour hot (not boiling) water to a level above the ring, then add the silver bottle CLR to the bowl (about 1/2-cup per gallon of bowl water) and let sit for 2-hours before scrubbing with a toilet brush, then flushing.
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