Toilet bowl cleaner.

fatbelly
fatbelly Forum Participant Posts: 438
100 Comments
edited March 2018 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Hi All,

Our Thetford toilet bowl which is only 12 months old is looking a bit yellow & needs a clean to bring it back to white. What can we use? I'm guessing this topic has been covered before but couldn't find results.

Thanks

Comments

  • peedee
    peedee Club Member Posts: 9,387 ✭✭✭
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited March 2018 #2

    Try Gif.

    peedee

  • peedee
    peedee Club Member Posts: 9,387 ✭✭✭
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited March 2018 #3

    Sorry think it is called Cif these days.

    peedee

  • Cornersteady
    Cornersteady Club Member Posts: 14,427 ✭✭✭
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited March 2018 #4

    Thetford do make a toilet cleaner as well

  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,142 ✭✭✭
    10,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited March 2018 #5

    I think the problem with using an abrasive cleaner like Cif is that it will slightly roughen the surface of the plastic leading to quicker re-staining. 

    I've only ever known staining occur when a cleaning agent has been used. At one time the manufacturers used to say nothing other than water should be used.

  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004
    1000 Comments
    edited March 2018 #6

    Our toilet bowl is eighteen years old and still perfectly white.  We never use bleach, abrasive cleaners, or strong detergents, just something like flash diluted well.  

     

  • Swifty2018
    Swifty2018 Forum Participant Posts: 196
    100 Comments
    edited March 2018 #7

    I always use lemon juice, Cif carefully as a last resort. 

  • obbernockle
    obbernockle Forum Participant Posts: 616
    500 Comments
    edited March 2018 #8

    I believe toothpaste works well. Apparently it removes the staining and applies a coating. (You may not want to carry on using your toothbrush afterwards though)

  • Hedgehurst
    Hedgehurst Forum Participant Posts: 576
    100 Comments
    edited March 2018 #9

    Haven't needed to try anything on our (18 yr old) Thetford toilet bowl in the year since we've owned the caravan, but know that white vinegar does a truly amazing job on all sorts of things, from our domestic washing machine, where we use it rather than any other commercial detergent, to getting the limescale off the shower curtain in our house, caused by hard water.
    Bicarb of Soda's another low-damage, wonderfully effective cheap thing.

    I'd be very wary of anything chemically tougher, or abrasive, as already commented here.

    As ever, trying a small amount of anything on an inconspicuous bit seems a good idea...

Categories