How to Clean and Sanitize the Toilet

It’s a dirty task but you have to do it. With this method the nasty task of cleaning the toilet can be mastered efficiently and quickly.

8 Tips for a Shiny, Sanitary, and Pleasant Smelling Toilet

1. Spray the inside of the bowl, under the rim, behind the seat and around the bottom with an all purpose cleaner (mix of 50/50 white vinegar and water works great). Spray only enough around the outside to dampen the soiled area but not make a mess.

2. Let sit for 2 minutes to loosen dirt. Put on rubber gloves and dig out your toilet brush and some paper towels. You want a brand of paper towels that are strong (Bounty or Brawny work well).

3. Using the brush scrub around the rim of the bowl, be sure to get all the way under the rim where the black mold clings. Then finish cleaning the bowl reaching with the brush way down as far as you can go to get stubborn stains.

4. Run the brush around back of toilet seat. Be sure to run bristles around edges of bolt caps where the nasty stains build up. You want your brush damp but not excessively wet.

5. Run the brush around the bottom of the toilet. Again you will want to get close to the bolt caps with a damp but not wet brush.

6. Tear off a couple of sheets of paper towels (2 or 3 sheets is sufficient) and dampen. With seat lifted wipe the edge of the bowl and under side of seat. Lower seat and wipe top with paper towel. Close lid and wipe top of lid. Rinse paper towel in hot water.

7. Wipe behind the seat. Rinse. Now wipe down the rest of the toilet bowl around the outside, the tank, handle, bottom and behind toilet. If the paper towel breaks up, start over with a few more sheets. Rinse when needed.

8. After you have wiped it all down with damp paper towels, wipe seat, lid and tank top with dry paper towel and run dry towel over chrome handle to shine. Flush toilet.

Once you master the process you should only use about 6-8 sheets of paper towels. If desired you can do it with a rag, I just like to dispose of what I use on toilets.

If all steps are followed you now have a shiny, clean and sanitary toilet. The added benefit with using the white vinegar is no urine odor is left behind. All this should take 5-7 minutes tops. Now that wasn’t so bad after all, was it?

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