How do you clean a household toilet?

Answer 1

Generally, you just squirt in toilet bowl cleaner and then take a commode brush and scrub the inside of the toilet. You would go around the side, go under the rim where the water comes down, and go down in the hole. You might use the brush on the outside of the toilet some too, especially in hard to reach places such as under the seat and between the tank and the top of the bowl. The brush may be helpful on the top of the rim as well if there are stains and debris there.

To finish off the exterior you could use a glass cleanser. However, make sure the outside is dry first if you applied any of the chemicals for the inside of the toilet to the exterior. You do not want the chemicals in the toilet bowl cleaner or scouring powder to mix with glass cleaner, since that create poisonous gases. A good number of scouring powders and toilet bowl cleaners contain chlorine bleach, while many glass cleaners contain ammonia. Mixing bleach and ammonia is never a good idea. Likewise, you do not want to use different types of toilet cleaning products at the same time, since some use bleach or lye, while others use acids.

After a good cleaning, you could install an automatic toilet cleaner in the tank. That dispenses chemicals with each flush until it is depleted. That doesn't totally eliminate manual cleanings, but may reduce the frequency of needed cleanings.