How to Prevent Rust Stains in Your Toilet

Remove the rust stains

Do not use bleach solutions to clean rusty stains, because they can worsen rust chemically. Similarly, you must be careful with the use of cleaning methods, and products such as cleansers because they can scratch or cause bigger damage to your toilet bowl, thus making toilet cleaning even more difficult.

Wear your hand gloves and then try one of the following methods for rust stain cleaning

Make sure your windows are opened for adequate ventilation, and then turn off the valve in the toilet and then flush, to remove water from the toilet bowl. You can apply one of the following mixtures to clean or prevent rust stains in your toilet;

#1: Mix a part of vinegar with an equal part of water and then scrub the solution with a brittle or hard brush on the stain.

#2: create a paste with 3 parts of baking soda with 1 part of vinegar then scrub the mix into your toilet bowl and leave for several minutes.

#3: Apply a quarter of a cup of borax to the surface of your bathroom, and then scrub the solution down with a hard brush in order to remove the stain, bacteria, and odor.

#4: Get a pumice stick from the retail store and wet it with water before rubbing it gently on the stains in your toilet and bathroom.

#5: Get Shaw's pads from a retail store and use them to wipe the surfaces of rust and stains regularly.

Preventing rust stains from your sink, tubs, and Toilet

Now that you know how to remove stains from your toilet, it is important that you know ways through which you can prevent them from recurring.

#1: Clean the toilet components regularly. Cleaning at least once a week will keep surfaces smooth and prevent iron buildup.

#2: Make sure you keep the components dry. Make sure you wipe down the surfaces of the bathroom especially those exposed to water. This will reduce exposure to Iron.