Vinegar or Baking Soda to clean hard-Water Toilet Stains ?

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There are alot of ways to remove those stubborn hard water stains from your toilet bowl, only most of them involve industrial solvents, goggles and good ventilation. In this video I'll be testing out safe, effective and natural solutions that are also safe for septic systems. One of them really surprised me.
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Vinegar :
1/ In a clean, flushed toilet : Dump a whole bunch of vinegar into the toilet bowl. Like a liter or a third of a gallon. Don't be shy.
2/ Let it sit as long as possible, overnight it if you can. Three days is Tony the Tiger Greaaaaat.
3/Scrub it out with the toilet brush and flush. If some stains persist, do the whole thing again, or try......
Baking soda :
1/ Add a half cup of baking soda to a bucket (about a gallon) of hot water. If you've got an electric kettle, you can just put some baking soda in there and heat it up, this will also remove mineral deposits from your kettle. Let it cool a bit because super hot water can crack a cold toilet bowl.
2/Dump it in your toilet and leave it 30 minutes to an hour. You can also add some vinegar to the mix at the end and watch the bubbling magic.
3/Scrub it out with the toilet brush and flush.
***Always follow the safety instructions on any cleaning product you use.
Let me know in the comments if this works for you.
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00:00 Introduction to toilet stains (Limescale/hard water stains/calcium or mineral deposits)
01:21 Using Vinegar to remove nasty, hard-water stains
03:03 Removing Lime Scale with Baking Soda
07:08 So that's all there is now. Good bye.
07:54 Toilet Man (bonus)
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@jpercy4811 Год назад

This method removed 90% of my 10 year old brown bowl stains. The last 10% scraped off using a old blunt kitchen knife. Works really well.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Hah I did exactly the same for a really thick chunk of limescale. I was amazed that almost all of it came off with alot of vinegar and 3 days to sit. The last bit was loosened up enough to pop off with a butter knife.

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Just found a great teplacement for the dull kitchen knife... a peice of wood can work great with no risk of scratching the toilet!

@CVRCI 11 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgeniusCould vinegar be used inside the toilet tank? Thank you

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

@@CVRCI You can use it to clean fromtime to time, maybe leave it in there a few hours then scrub out and rinse really well. I've seen some "hacks" where you leave it in there long term (weeks) and that is not a good idea because the acetic acid in the vinegar will end up eating the rubber or plastic joints and gaskets and such in the tank....

@bethrobinson195 7 месяцев назад

My toilet's plastic apparatus that floats up when the water rises in the tank keeps sticking. Hard water crystals formed all over it. We just replaced it about 2 months ago. Can I clean it with vinegar? Is there another type of toilet kit i can buy that hard water doesn't cling to as easily, or something i can put in the tank. I don't want to have to replace it every 2 months. We have a septic system. Thank you in advance.

@henrikdock218 4 месяца назад

What dissolves scale is actually the acid. This is why Vinegar works though its a weak acid so only really works if the amount of scale (its thickness) to dissolve is small. Using baking soda makes no sense however since its the opposite of an acid (alkaline) ! Baking soda is good for dissolving organic material, which its why it is often used for uncloging toilet and should not be confused with that purpose. Mixing soda and vinegar is actually the ultimate absurdity since they neutralize one-an-other !

@awkwardgenius 4 месяца назад

Exactly! Thanks for the comment it is spot on. I learned allbof this and more from so many wonderful and thoughtful comments, I just haven't gotten around to making a better video yet....

@avavictoria863 Месяц назад

Since u r the Chem genius whats your suggestion

@henrikdock218 Месяц назад

@@avavictoria863 The most scale effective acid out there (because it has a secondary effect) is hydrochloric acid (HCl). It is readily available too, so I would use that. Just be careful and protect yourself with glasses, rubber gloves and good ventilation. Difficult to say how much to pour as it depends on the concentration you can get from your local store. As an indication at a pH 1 concentration or less it will smoke a bit as you open the bottle (avoid inhaling), but at that level a couple of glasses straight in the bowl water should be fine. If there is still scale after 15-20mns, then its a thick layer so just add more...

@vanezzaterry7768 11 дней назад

I have to clean an apartment today with a calcification on the center of the toilet. I’ll Let you know how your tip works for this try.!! Thank you for posting this. Is very helpful for people who works cleaning places

@awkwardgenius 11 дней назад

Good luck! Depenfing pn how bad the stain is you may have to let the vinegar sit several hours. Don't bother with the baking soda it's useless and don't use hot water it can crack the toilet bowl!

@parthibana1 9 месяцев назад

Simple and plain. Perfect. Thanks.

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Hope it helps !

@michaelgkellygreen Год назад

Great tips but more importantly funny as heck. Well done and keep up the good work

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you. That is EXACTLY what I ser out to do with this channel. I'm still really new at this so I don't always nail it, but that's been the idea from day one.

@veroniquebrito1812 8 месяцев назад

love how practical this is and the tips for the future! thanks

@awkwardgenius 8 месяцев назад

Glad I could help. Good luck!

@angelanatrin5579 6 дней назад

😂 just dump it in there don’t be shy. Never laughed so hard at a cleaning vid. You rock!

@awkwardgenius 6 дней назад

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

@Sam-sb9yb 11 месяцев назад

Your method worked for me... Thx so much for sharing!

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Glad it helped!

@franb5964 11 месяцев назад

You ARE genius! Why didn't I think of that??! I have been fighting a stain like this for a year. Dumping a whole bottle of vinegar in the toilet makes so much sense. Also, letting it sit overnight which I didn't do also makes sense. Thank you so much. I'm going to be so happy when I don't have to look at that I'll be staying anymore!

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, glad I could help! Once the stain is gone leave some vinegar in the bathroom and squirt some in after the flush if it starts to come back. That will soften the water and keep the stain from coming back.

@sergei971 Год назад

Great tips. Thank you 🙏

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Glad it helped!

@amazingcalvin 10 месяцев назад

Honestly, this use of baking soda extends even beyond toilets. We have a very old thermos flask in which we used to store coffee. After using it for so many years, coffee and milk protein particles became a stain inside the container. The opening was too narrow so it was hard to clean and coffee would always spoil due to the contaminants in it. We tried drain cleaners, bleach and detergent. But the only chemical that did the trick was baking soda with soda water. It was astonishingly simple to remove so much of the stains with simple baking soda where the more powerful corrosive chemicals failed.

@awkwardgenius 10 месяцев назад

I just did this two days ago! My son unearthed an old cantine that I'd used for coffee years ago and it still stunk of it. Good old soda strip and it's back to just tasting of metal. My son says it tastes like beatles!

@batlin Месяц назад

Thanks for that tip -- I was trying to solve almost the same problem today: when we boil the kettle, we fill it and store the remainder in a flask so we can make more tea/coffee for a few hours instead of constantly reboiling the kettle. After a few years the bottom is caked with limescale, and the opening is too narrow to scrub. Will try baking soda now, although I don't know about mixing it with vinegar -- surely they mostly neutralise each other since vinegar is acidic and baking soda is alkaline.

@manikaavinash2870 Месяц назад

Thank you so much for your tip with vinegar. It worked like magic, I am very grateful to you 🙏

@awkwardgenius Месяц назад

My pleasure 😊

@fabianagrunauer5863 Год назад

Just what i need it !!! Thank youuuu doing it right now !!!

@awkwardgenius Год назад

So Happy to help! I made this video because I was in the same situation as you a few months ago and I found a good, natural solution I wanted to share!

@boonkiongang5449 8 месяцев назад

Managed to remove the toilet stains with two bottles of vinegar. Thank you.

@awkwardgenius 8 месяцев назад

Great, glad it helped.

@boonkiongang5449 8 месяцев назад

Once again, thank you.@@awkwardgenius

@paulthomas9095 11 месяцев назад

Haha😂 loved the presentation, I’ll be trying the ideas today! Thanks 😊

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Thank you. Even boring things don't have to be boring! Good luck the toilet !

@DYNABIKE1 11 месяцев назад

You have one of those toilets with the tiny pit in the middle ? - Lucky I guess. Not your Normal toilet.

@nofussguy Год назад

Subscribed! Keep making videos.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you! Will do!

@bleumustang6362 Месяц назад

Thank you!! Also turning off my water and flushing once removed most of the water in the toilet. And then I just poured the vinegar in the bowl.

@awkwardgenius Месяц назад

Great tip! Glad this helped

@shebaeastwood-fv5fn 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing this information

@awkwardgenius 4 месяца назад

Hope it works for you!

@jayjenkins4721 Год назад

Vinegar is a miracle cleaner. I use a 50/50 vinegar and water solution to take rust and grime off of old cast iron. Entertaining videos!

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thanks! Yeah i use it for everything, haven't bought chemical cleaning products for years.

@miriampborne Год назад

I have tried this, but you have made it clearer. and like idea of keeping vinegar near by. I have 4 toilets in this new home i got about a year ago and Japanese style, (though am not Japanese) clean them all daily (its easier than letting it build up) and now I can finally tackle hard water stains on a couple of them. Thanks so much

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Glad it helps. Yeah I do pretty much daily cleaning too. I'll squirt in a few tablespoons of vinegar from the bottle then leave the bottle on the seat, that way I know to give it a quick scrub the next time I go in there.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

That completely eliminates any hard water stains or build up...

@nafismridha997 Месяц назад

Fantastic video. Ur so helpful

@awkwardgenius Месяц назад

Thanks

@anthonyford8049 9 месяцев назад

Brilliant, I will see how it goes!

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Good luck to you sir, let me know how it goes.

@nottynatsa 9 месяцев назад

Definitely try this.

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Hope it works for you, good luck!

@joankilburn2462 Год назад

Thank you Sir Genius. Can't wait to try this. God bless.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you kindly ma'am. Vinegar sure beat industrial acids and chemicals. Cheaper too!

@marjapimentel5751 Год назад

Thank you

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Glad you liked the video, hope it works for you!

@bmoraski Год назад

Love the empty toilet paper roll ! LOL

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Yes. It's all about the details! You get everything ready and then you notice in editing...... 😬

@jayjenkins4721 Год назад

Used it all to clean his cast iron. ;)

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Exactly !

@cheryldarr7068 9 месяцев назад

Need to do something,will give this a try,Thank-you!

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Let me know if it works for you! Just do a bunch of vinegar and leave it overnight. Scrub it out and it should be ALOT better....

@KARIS1961 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! I’m going to try it today.

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Good Luck, let me know how it works for you.

@KARIS1961 11 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius Wow! I used cleaning strength vinegar. Only 3 hours cuz I really had to go. 😬 Zero stains! Zero! Fantastic video!

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Glad to hear it worked so well! Careful with the cleaning strength stuff, only occassionally for nasty stains. Try to maintain it with normal kitchen vinegar

@RavikumarDamodaran-zi3ph Год назад

Great video. Thank you. And you are an Awesome Genius.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you kind sir. Hope it helps!

@sheilaingram9164 5 месяцев назад

I love ❤️ your cool video! I will do your hard water cure and pass this along to my friends 😊!

@awkwardgenius 5 месяцев назад

Why thank you very much. It's always nice to get nice feedback like that. I hope it works for you. Vinegar is the best bet. Normally you can skip the baking soda it's not as effective and makes the vinegar LESS effective actually... if you do the baking soda, be careful not to use very hot water, the thermal shock can crack your toilet !!

@nikkid01 5 месяцев назад

I will definitely be trying this.

@awkwardgenius 5 месяцев назад

Hope it works for you. Good luck

@nitaneta4025 9 месяцев назад

Very informative, n funny❤

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! Hope it helped

@suzanhavens4597 Год назад

You're hilarious! I love it. I'm trying it. 😂

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you! I just go with awkward and confused and strangely confident, sometimes even that can work !

@KnobbyWalsh Месяц назад

Thanks! Just bought a house with septic and I'm glad I saw your vid as I did watch the one with Brick Acid so now I have the knowledge you shared. BTW Here is a meme for you......." Knowledge Dispensed on each video, Please bring your own container " Cheers!

@awkwardgenius 29 дней назад

Dangit I've been doing this for 16 months, every week pretty much, a quarter of a million views and that's the first time I've gotten what I think is called a Super like. Thank you very much sir it is very much appreciated. Here's what I've learned (mostly from comments) since posting that video : DO NOT pour hot water in your toilet bowl it can crack it from thermal shock. DO NOT mix baking soda and vinegar because the base (the soda) pretty much neutralizes the acid (vinegar). The vinegar does all the heavy lifting in my house. I let it soak several hours if the stain is really bad but once I started claning regularly with vinegar I don't have limescale anymore. If you get major limescale build-up, soak it overnight in alot of vinegar and if you have to get in there and scrape the stuff off it should be much easier to scrape off after the vinegar loosens it up and be sure tu use a piece of wood to scape (not a kitchen knife like I have in the past) as it won't scratch the enamel. That should do it, let me know how it works for you. PS. Looks like you're up in Alaska. I grew up in Vermont but I did the Resurection pass trail between Anchorage and Seward years ago in the spring (snowshoes), great memory !

@edwardyanis1301 Месяц назад

Good job.

@awkwardgenius Месяц назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@andorafreedom3313 Год назад

Who knew cleaning the toilet could be so interesting? I will never think of poo in the same way. 😀❤️

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Yes, that was always the goal of this video

@thomasmoeller3446 11 месяцев назад

He must be single. The toilet paper roll is empty. 😅

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Single indeed! You notice the details 😄

@carolyn5498 Год назад

I have been using some brand name acid with minimal success. Will definitely try your vinegar + baking soda method, with a bonus of saving myself some hard earned $$$.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Lots of vinegar and leave it as long as possible, I'v gotten really bad (thick) limescale off with just that. I've heard that the baking soda (a base) can neutralize the vinegar (an acid) so I'd try just vinegar to start... Good Luck!

@josettealtidor2501 Год назад

God bless you always Thank you

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you, hope this helps

@marksenior2941 3 месяца назад

Not often I get a laugh at the same time as learning about vinegar/baking soda working to clean my toilet!! Many thanks.

@awkwardgenius 3 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for stopping by

@BobbyTheDogUSA 3 месяца назад

Thanks. I'll come back after i try this

@awkwardgenius 3 месяца назад

Hope it helps

@nondanelson9553 7 месяцев назад

Keeping vinegar on the back of the toile is a great idea.

@awkwardgenius 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, hope this helps

@kathym6603 10 месяцев назад

Love the idea of a septic-safe cleaning system that actually works. Let' see if it will get out my long standing stain.

@awkwardgenius 10 месяцев назад

It should, I've taken out some gnarly stains. If a thick crust just won't budge there's a good chance the vinegar loosened it up all the same. If you need to scrape it off don't use metal like a butter knife, try the square edge of a scrap of wood. Good Luck

@kathym6603 10 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius Excellent. Still working on it.

@warped2875 10 месяцев назад

The shape of the bowl and the water level of that toilet looks to be great for making brown skid marks on the daily!

@awkwardgenius 10 месяцев назад

Yeah. Very little splashing though. And less limescale!

@k-nemo 11 месяцев назад

Good luck with your channel

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Thanks! Just going to keep at it!

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Just watched your video it is super clever with the wood. Great content and 50k, congrats!

@richmondharwood2338 7 месяцев назад

Citric Acid will NOT hurt a septic system, however you can use it but it just needs to be no more than 5%.

@awkwardgenius 7 месяцев назад

Nice, thanks for the info. I've learned so much from comments I'm going to have to make a new video!

@judythessin2039 Год назад

Genius

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Yesssssss, but awkward.

@haj78 3 месяца назад

i'm gona try it, thanks

@awkwardgenius 3 месяца назад

You got it, good luck.

@gailcurry-kanejensen7925 Год назад

Great info, we had a visitor that plugged our toilet😢, took a whole day to clear it and deep clean my bathroom. Stained like you would not believe. Tried baking soda and vinegar. Thank you.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Yikes! Hope this works, good luck!

@batlin Месяц назад

A friend of mine got a new toilet installed by a plumber. Apparently the plumber took a giant dump in it before my friend could break it in. He wasn't happy...

@marianmartinez1494 Год назад

great will do that now

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Let us know how it works for you....

@Ringoshiiro 9 месяцев назад

I appreciate seeing what simple and relatively safe ingredients can do to help clean a toilet. I always feel hesitant about using strong chemicals to do these things unless it's a last resort.

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Totally agree. I cringe at all those warning labels ! With vinegar I don't have to call the poison center or go to the ER if it touches my skin or eyes or if I breathe near it....

@Ringoshiiro 9 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius exactly!

@irisstacey5392 Год назад

Thank you. The awkward enhances the experience 😄

@awkwardgenius Год назад

🚽🙃

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Oh there is so much more awkward where that came from. Try the wooden spoon video, some of my best awkward😄

@MrRezillo Год назад

Wow, I'm impressed. I've watched a lot of toilet videos lately, since I've been procrastinating forever with cleaning my very nasty toilet bowl (I'm the only one using it, so I've just let it slide). This is by far the no-nuss-no-fuss method. You get a Royal Flush for this, my man. I've got 30% agricultural vinegar. I assume this won't damage the porcelain? Thanks.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

That will be petfect and no problem for the porcelaine, just don't put that stuff in the tank in the back (some videos suggest this) cause it will destroy the gaskets and stuff back there...

@MrRezillo Год назад

@@awkwardgenius Okay; thanks

@spencerbergquist781 Год назад

Where did you find 30% vinegar? what store?

@danjoe22 Год назад

you are an interesting fellow, kind of remind me of the Red Green show out of Canada. How did you ever end up in France?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

I love Red Green! What a name. I've been here for 20 years, nestled in the Alpes. Came for the cheese, stayed for the wine.

@babavee100 Год назад

i am laughing ! Yes!!! this method works perfectly, Used it for years, especilly as I live in a 'hard' water area. ...Unfortunately, now i am old I am also incontinent and leaving any cleansing solution in the bowl for even half an hour is impossible ! Have you a remedy for incontinence, first?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Aw shucks, I ain't got anything for that. Maybe when you go out of the house for a bit, shopping or visiting...

@strongchallenger2269 Год назад

Wear an incontinence pad whenever you go out.

@jaseexpressions5685 Год назад

You made me laugh and thank you

@awkwardgenius Год назад

So happy you enjoyed the video, thanks for reaching out!

@ithacacomments4811 2 месяца назад

A pumice stone worked for me. Heavy kitchen gloves and a pumice stone.

@awkwardgenius 2 месяца назад

Great tip! Try the vinagar though it loosens up the worst of it

@DeepakKumar-lv4te Год назад

Someone said put a tube of toothpaste in the cistern. Cut off corners of plastic end, prick the tube over with a pin, and remove lid. Apparently keeps it clean

@awkwardgenius Год назад

I've heard the toothpaste thing before, still need to test it tho. Be careful putting stuff in the cistern long term. Anything corrisive will end up messing up your gaskets and joints...

@philipward7846 Год назад

I use Zep acidic toilet bowl cleaner. It's hard to find but Amazon sells it.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Nice. Seems to be safe for septic systems so it can't be too bad, and if you use the gel that must be handy on vertical areas... seems a bit expensive though.

@ithacacomments4811 2 месяца назад

Hot water in your toilet can crack it and or melt the wax ring between the toilet and the floor. Been there done that!

@awkwardgenius 2 месяца назад

Yeah that was bad advice. Sorry! I've tried to correct it in the comments but it's not good enough... I'd make another video but I don't really do yoilet cleaning how to videos anymore...

@Joseph-ib7hr Год назад

Toilet looks properly bread. Do. Anyway install filter system in your inline home and house filter system. Not that big fancy thing. Just an inline whole house filter system. It's about $90 and grab the filters with his $40. You'll be good to go and do your daily routines twice a week, whatever three times a week

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Are you a robot?

@stevenm9067 7 месяцев назад

I used brick acid cleaner and removed stains in five minutes. Vinegar just not strong enough if it’s bad.

@awkwardgenius 7 месяцев назад

With enough of it I've always gotten the job done but that's because I can't use anything else in my septic....

@konsul2006 Год назад

What type of vinegar is used? How strong does it have to be for the best/safe result?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

The basic and super cheap stuff i get in france is 8% Acidity, Heinz All-purpose vinegar in America is 6% and it's 15 bucks a gallon on Amazon, don't know how much in the store... If you're using the 5% or 6% stuff that's common in the states, just use more. If you're buying the super strong 45% stuff you can also find, dilute it down at least to one fifth (four parts water one part vinegar) so you end up around 9% which is safe and effective. Just using the 45% vinegar undiluted can actually start to damage your porcelain over time. Also,never leave vinegar in the back tank of your toilet because it will damage the gasgets and joints. You can use it to clean the tank but you have to rinse it out good after...

@konsul2006 Год назад

@@awkwardgenius thank you so much!

@jefffrayer8238 Год назад

Only you could make cleaning a toilet interesting, Lol. I knew you wasn't from around here with the funny looking coffee pot, toaster, odd shaped toilet and plumbing. Strange that toilet holds very little water which makes most of the bowl bone dry between flushes. Is that an electrical plug above the toilet? Interesting how the rest of the world lives. You're in the beautiful Alps? I watch Bunny King Hogs on Y.T. tour that countyside. What Country was you raised in? Greetings from the farm... Battle Creek, Michigan.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thank you, I started this channel to make how-to videos less boring 🙃 no reason good information can't be funny too. So you noticed the clues! I am indeed in the French Alpes! Born in Wisconsin and raised in Vermont...

@jayjenkins4721 Год назад

@@awkwardgenius I picked up on thinking you might be in VT since your cooking ingredients are in French...close to Canada...but noticed your plugs and Euro toilet with the flush button on top too.

@saraolivares724 9 месяцев назад

How do you clean the tank on the toilet bowl where it holds water

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Not my video, but a pretty good short explanation for cleaning the tank with vinegar : ru-vid.com0Ebo8en26aw?feature=share Hope this helps

@socorrohernandez8743 Год назад

😍 cute

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thanks!

@l84cabo 14 дней назад

You want to be really careful adding hot water to a toilet. You can absolutely crack the porcelain doing that...especially in winter when the water in the bowl is colder and if your hot water is really hot. I wouldn't go past warm...like maybe 120 degrees max. Otherwise, good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

@awkwardgenius 13 дней назад

Absolutely, in fact Baking soda is kind of useless anyway. Better to just try the vinegar technique it works like magic...

@killcat1971 11 месяцев назад

I've seen people suggest using denture cleaning tablets, thoughts?

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

People suggest coke and toothpaste because it sounds interesting. I don't know what's in denture tablets but I know vinegar is septic safe, natural and effective. That's good enough for me.

@Raeleijustice Год назад

Too funny 😂

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Limescale is no laughing matter. Tho I suppose that's why they call it 'potty humor', Toilets are just hilarious.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

I think you would really enjoy my video about wooden spoons. Do we say wood or wooden? Anyway, please share with everyone you know so that I become famous like Elmo. Also, please subscribe if you haven't already it'll really help me on this end.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

I'm pretty sure that's all I've got to say about that. I'll let you know if I think of anything else.

@Raeleijustice Год назад

After I tried everything myself and even was scared I may see smoke. I turned to RU-vid. But I did this trick, I just never thought to remove the water. Your humor however made the video more like able and not boring. 👍🏻

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thanks! That's the idea

@kayheath8446 9 месяцев назад

that is interesting that you say baking soda and soda crystals are roughly the same, because they are different chemicals

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

So not sodium bicarbonate ? In that case it's not interesting it is wrong and you are very polite. I will study up and try to improve upon my ignorance.

@ajordan553 7 месяцев назад

❤

@awkwardgenius 7 месяцев назад

Thanks

@awkwardgenius 7 месяцев назад

Thanks

@wolfywolfhowl 11 месяцев назад

Clean fanatic as a kid, my job was clean the bathroom, well cleaned the toilet with hot water to kill bacteria, yep I cracked the toilet bowl, another time mixed chlorine combined with other cleaning solutions, yep got hot and cracked the toilet, l got the name crack head after that!

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Damn, crack head! I gotta warn people about that... I'll probably have to remake this video one day because I'm learning so much from the comments, will definately use your story and take out the hot water part! Thanks for the comment!

@wolfywolfhowl 11 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius If you do, I will surely give you a thumbs up for it, lol

@Lardybloke1 8 месяцев назад

Will the baking soda plus vinegar produce it's own heat? Worried about potentially cracking the toilet with heat.

@awkwardgenius 8 месяцев назад

Hello, shouldn't create much heat much mixing them is actually a last resort as the baking doda neutralises the acidic effect of the vinegar so mostly all you get is the mechanical action of the interaction... soooo, just try a bunch of vinegar to start, leave it at least 6 to 8 hours and scrub. If it mostly works but not completely try vinegar again. I've never had a stain that could resist that... good luck!

@traceybeagle1677 Год назад

How to get rid of the ever present toilet ring? I've tried scrubbing with all sorts of things but nothing works!

@awkwardgenius Год назад

You have to use alot of vinegar and let it sit a long time (12 hours min), then the scrubbing shouldn't be too bad. The toilet ring can be hard if it's above the wayer line because it's impossible to soak it. For this you can place vinegar soaked toilet paper on the ring but it's less effective. Otherwise you can raise the bobber in the tank to raise the water level but that's a pain...

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Once it's gone leave a bottle of vinegar on the toilet and spray some in the bowl after flushing. This will soften the water and avoid the ring...

@johnsomn2148 Год назад

I tried professional Dawn,. Had my bath back-up from my upstairs daughter using these new soaps esp that charcoal, Dawn dissolved the sticky mess, but it actually broke the soap scum into tiny bit. Did want to flush it so I used paper towels to attach the particles

@hootwho3640 Год назад

Where did you get that awesome flushing toilet?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

I'm in France, so that's an example of what you can get at the hardware store, "Leroy Merin" in this case. It is pretty standard except that it's a raised old person model because I'm 6'6" and will be extremely old soon. It does not speak French. Unfortunately.

@hootwho3640 Год назад

Can that be ordered and sent to the US?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

www.leroymerlin.fr/produits/salle-de-bains/wc/wc-a-poser/pack-wc-a-poser-sortie-double-ouverte-emaillee-easy-sensea-81989263.html

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Here's the link for the leroy merlin site, don't know about international shipping...

@akeleven 11 месяцев назад

Vinegar is 4% acetic acid according to web. What does acetic acid do to septic?

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

You can get all differant strengths or "acidities" of vinegar, from 6% to around 30% or more. It will be marked on the bottle or jug. I don't know about the super strong stuff but 'normal' vinegar below 10% is totally safe for septic (one of the few things that is).

@Uknownw Год назад

Which vinegar supposed to be used 😊

@awkwardgenius Год назад

White vinegar, it's ussually the cheapest. There is acidity level on the label ussualy 5 to 8 % Higher acidity is better but if you use ALOT like the whole bottle it's not that important.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Something like this : www.amazon.com/Amazon-Brand-Happy-Distilled-Vinegar/dp/B08P5569PX/ref=mp_s_a_1_31?crid=221L8XCD4DO23&keywords=vinegar+gallon&qid=1679539577&refresh=1&sprefix=vinegar%2Caps%2C1506&sr=8-31 But if you get it by the gallon only use about a quarter of the bottle

@Uknownw Год назад

@@awkwardgenius thanks for the reply I checked from amazon and its finnish from their shop at the moment

@marnez390 6 месяцев назад

I gotta try this

@awkwardgenius 6 месяцев назад

It's cheap and pretty easy. Good luck!

@francesottewill2538 10 месяцев назад

I do like this method but some people need methods that don’t take 15hrs

@awkwardgenius 10 месяцев назад

Yes some people must hurry I guess. I say hurray for a long vinegar burn. Plus I'm afraid of brick acid. That sounds scary. Also I shan't put that in my septic system lest I wreck the whole thing.

@carolynw4814 10 месяцев назад

I just used scissors to scrape the stain away and it worked.

@awkwardgenius 10 месяцев назад

Careful with the scissors that can scratch your precious toilet. Try a peice of wood it's less scratchy.

@wildliferox2 10 месяцев назад

I used scrubbing steel wool for dishes. And yes it has scratched the porcelain of the WC pan and left a light grey stain to all the area I cleaned. Won't try that again. Vinegar left overnight (15 hours or so) plus some scrubbing certainly removed the recent limescale stains. However the hard areas that have accumulated over many years are proving more stubborn to shift. WD40 was a waste of time. So too bleach, soda crystals and washing powder. Have ordered some acetic acid that I will dilute down to say 10% and use that periodically for overnight soaks and hopefully will be able to shift the stubborn stuff over time.

@giuseppenero110 8 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius: No sir--I used a green pad too hard and greyed the finish on the ceramic

@will_doherty Год назад

You're not the first to say about baking soda/soda crystals for cleaning limescale from loos - it's all over the internet. But it makes no sense - quite how an alkaline solution of approximately the same strength as the solid (which is the limescale) is supposed to remove said solid is mind boggling. It's always struck me as ridiculous that nearly all toilet cleaners are alkaline - making them utterly useless for removing limescale, which should be one of their primary functions. I recently purchased a Harpic cleaner that is acid based just for this reason - one overnight use, problem solved. As you note, vinegar is fine if you have a large quantity of it.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Thanks for the comment. Scientifically I think you're right, the vinegar is doing all the work, maybe the undisolved soda crystals just work as an abrasive like salt. Vinegar is magic though. I had a much worse build-up on my guest room toilet but I didn't think vinegar would work so I didn't film it. 1 liter for three days and it came off in chunks.

@lc5346 11 месяцев назад

I can get the part in water clean but not where the water comes in under the rim 🤦‍♀️

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Try soaking toilet paper in vinegar ang packkng it into thar zone like putty, leave it for a few hours then remove and scrub. It's not perfect but it can help...

@G.deVries 11 месяцев назад

is this also suitable for black toilets?

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

I'm sorry I have no idea... Black Ceramic?

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FRq2M21ZQFY.html This is all I could find but not for vinegar.... maybe check with the manufacturer or the hardware store. It should be fine because white or black they are both protected by the same "glaze" or glass like finish. If it doesn't damage or dull for white I would imagine it would be alright for black, I just know how streaks and marks are super visible on black, so I'd try to test it first....

@eps3943 11 месяцев назад

I did the full strength vinegar trick (before watching this video) and it cleaned it great at first, but then it etched my toilets and made fighting the hard water stains 10 times harder...

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Hi I can't find definitive information on this. Most sites sat it's fine, a few speak of etching so I wonder if you're using high acidity vinegar, like 20% or more. I just use the cheap white vinegar from the super market at around 6% acidity and I haven't had any problems yet.....

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comment, this is important information to have.

@eps3943 11 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius Hahaha you're close. I did use regular vinegar BUT I used too much. I poured over a gallon of vinegar in each toilet and let it sit overnight. And like I said, it was great at first but a few weeks later it was obvious this etched the porcelain. I do also have very hard water and a family who doesn't like flushing the toilet more than they have to because of the drought we were in, ALL recipes for hard water deposits to build up and be impossible to beat now. I can them but the deposits come back so fast...

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

For that kind of situation (tough and recurring stains) I keep a bottle of weak 6% vinegar on the toilet and i squirt a bit in after each flush just to soften the water. Definately helps, Hope it doesn't eat my toilet!

@trmangena2463 Год назад

Thankyou but lm not pouring so much vinegar in the toilet into the name of cleaning

@awkwardgenius Год назад

If's it's not a bad stain you don't need so much. I get vinegar for 50 cents a liter so dumping a whole bottle in every few months if the stain gets away from me isn't a big deal. For regular cleaning I definately just use a squirt!

@socorrohernandez8743 Год назад

How much does it cost?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

What the vinegar? Or for me to come to your house and clean it for you?

@socorrohernandez8743 Год назад

@@awkwardgenius funny 😁, the vinegar

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Pretty cheap, there s a link for cleaning vinegar (highr acid content) in the description of the video, but honestly the cheapest stuff fron the super should do the trick if you use alot for tougher stains, like 2 bucks a gallon normally.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

It s only 2.99$ plus tip for me to do it personnally but you have to spring for travel expenses. I'm in France. So, there's that.

@charliemcdougall 2 месяца назад

Says he left it for 15 hours, but I don't know. That TP roll was empty.

@awkwardgenius 2 месяца назад

I've been caught

@charliemcdougall 2 месяца назад

@@awkwardgenius LOL - busted - Cheers!

@avavictoria863 Месяц назад

Maybe he pissed in a can?....just sayin

@celinescrappassion2184 Год назад

i would be very afraid to pour hot water in my toilet bowl. Would the shock of the hot water on cold porcelain not cause it to break?

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Great question. I assumed that a smallish amount of hot water cools when hitting the cold water in the bowl, eliminating the risk. Here is a maybe a better explanation : Totally depends on volume of boiling water added to a cold toilet, whereas a small amount like a cup or pint, added to a gallon or more of cold water mixes to warm, of no consequence. Or slowly/thoroughly warm/heat up the tank/bowl with plenty of warm/hot water to eliminate thermal shock of the added boiling water. A much larger volume of boiling water (gallon or gallons), on a cold fixture, creating a sudden change in temperature to the china, can/will cause a toilet to crack.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

So definately hot but not boiling water and only a pint or so and not gallons. I would use the vinegar option and add 2or 3 cups of hot water with baking soda if you want a little added action. But as we saw, vinegar alone works great if you use enough and leave it to sit long enough.

@DYNABIKE1 11 месяцев назад

How about a demo on a toilet most of Us have. The big wide bowl with the Big wide stain ring. - -???

@awkwardgenius 11 месяцев назад

Hiya, yeah this is my new toilet it's a stranger model. I didn't try to film the older toilette in the guest bedroom because the stain was MUCH worse and I didn't think vinegar would work. But then I tried it and it worked great even on that. This stuff is like magic!

@DYNABIKE1 11 месяцев назад

@@awkwardgenius Thanks for the reply. I don't think many out there have Your " new " version. Both of My toilets were changed out just a few years ago and both are stained bad inspire of My scrubbing all the time. The store only has the wide bowl types. Plain vinegar or wine ? hahaha - A must try - - --

@magickmysterytour 10 месяцев назад

@@DYNABIKE1 *ALL* of the toilets in Australia are like the one shown. We don't have the ones that half - or more - fill with water. So to me this is normal.

@DYNABIKE1 10 месяцев назад

@@magickmysterytour Sad it doesn't show hundreds of millions of Us on the otherside of the Equator how its done - - This guy just said His guest bathroom is the other type - - huuuummmm

@LiberatedAmon 3 месяца назад

So many toilet cleaning videos have these toilets that only have a cup of water in them, since when is that a regular thing? My craps have more volume than that little bit of water.

@awkwardgenius 3 месяца назад

Yeah no kidding. Really big poops, not alot of water. What's up with that ?

@ThierryC2373 3 месяца назад

The first time I met an american toilet, I was wondering why the water level was so high? To wash my balls while pooping? On a serious note, European toilets are very different from the American ones.

@LiberatedAmon 3 месяца назад

Hmmmm? Wash my balls? Could work out if done before soiling the water.@@ThierryC2373

@awkwardgenius 3 месяца назад

@@ThierryC2373 American toilet says "why use 1 gallon of water when I can use seven?"

@CHRISTOPHERPIERCE-mq6su Год назад

Pain in Bain!

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Oui oui

@magiccheeseball 17 дней назад

I think vinegar works better without baking soda

@awkwardgenius 17 дней назад

Yes. The baking soda (a base) neutralises the vinegar (an acid). I'm an idiot. But vinegar alone does work great.

@magiccheeseball 17 дней назад

@@awkwardgenius haha that's true but you're not an idiot baking soda and vinegar works great when some scrubbing is needed I'm not sure about toilets but my specialty is burning saucepans and it works great for that you really need the baking soda when it's burnt on hard that's for sure

@rolfbrunner3016 Год назад

It was clean before and after.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

😖

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Just can't see it super good on my camera, but it was not that clean. Light hard water stain up to the water line and a tougherstain at the bottom...

@MaximumEfficiency Год назад

7:45

@awkwardgenius Год назад

I love your channel name, pretty much what I'm trying to do with my channel, find simple solution with maximum efficiancy.

@MaximumEfficiency Год назад

@@awkwardgenius good luck with the channel, it reminds me a bit of Vegetable Police guy, his videos are sometimes funny and awkward

@Kyrelel 9 месяцев назад

You're telling me that there are people out there that didn't already know this?! Well, I guess they're going to wet themselves when they hear what soap and hot water can do to their bodies once they chisel their clothing off.

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Alas I was one of those poor souls... you must tell me of this magical soap of which you speak !

@sheilaf8481 8 месяцев назад

😂🤣😂

@batlin Месяц назад

Yeah, shocking that schools waste all those years on reading and writing, mathematics, art and music etc, when instead they should be telling the kids which chemicals you should use to clean a toilet bowl.

@Joseph-ib7hr Год назад

Played it once a week. You won't have that problem

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Properly bread.

@carlaroth3589 Год назад

@@awkwardgenius 🤣

@mmg9675 Год назад

Boil up some rhubarb leaves and pour.

@awkwardgenius Год назад

Sounds like a swell tea.

@mmg9675 Год назад

@@awkwardgenius will certainly clean out your tubes

@thrillereighties8241 6 месяцев назад

Your toilet was already clean. 🫥

@awkwardgenius 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. It was afflicted with what I consider a normal, run o' the mill hard water stain, what I get after about 1 month. While not very photogenic as stains go, and I have seen some doozies that get all clean with brick acid, I just figured I'd clean a normal stain and not leave my toilet to get all nasty for 6 months. Also, fun aside, I just made this video because I needed to clean my toilet and I thought I'd try vinegar. 120,000 views later and I'm like, what? So it was stained enough that I needed to clean it, but not enough so that you'd be like, damn that toilet is dank. Sorry.

@neiltitmus9744 9 месяцев назад

Get the water out of the pan then put brick acid in there for a couple of hours and scrub

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

That'll werk. Can't do it up in here tho, I've got a septic and that'll wreck 'er

@sharondavidbowie 9 месяцев назад

I cracked my toilet with boiling water. 😅

@awkwardgenius 9 месяцев назад

Aieeee I learned about that after I did this video and I also learned that vinegar alone ussually gets the job done, no need for baking soda normally. One day I'll remake this video with a warning against hot water in the bowl! Thanks for the comment