Lime scale

[helpsy]

What are the best option's for clearing scaled up water outlets on the toilet pan?

 

[helpsy]

(Clean water coming into the pan....rather than going out of the pan as it may of read )

 

[Centralheatking]

All we do is get a bottle of plumbers grade de-scaler and then use a sponge or bog paper wetted
with the descale stuff and carefully wipe the scale away.

We Use a Sentinel product - works fine

centralheatking

 

[AWheating]

coca cola

 

[marvoni]

Spirit of salts (wear gloves and mask etc)

*edit* link

Also good for cleaning paving and brickwork.

 

[lame plumber]

Spirit of salts (wear gloves and mask etc)

presume you mean caustic soda, left the victorian era a while back

 

[marvoni]

I wasn't sure what the UK name was but it's not caustic soda. It's damn strong stuff though, I googled it and added a link above.

Apparently it's;

DESCRIPTION:

Spirits of Salts is a hydrochloric acid solution containing 27% hydrogen chloride. Undiluted Spirits of Salts is a fuming liquid with a sharp acrid odour

Maybe swimming pool acid is similar, I'll check it out tomorrow.

 

[lame plumber]

of course it is, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid not really good kit to walk into a customers house with or keep in your van, tends to remove flesh from bones really well.

 

[marvoni]

Thanks for the photo Looks like something out of the Body World Exhibition I went to last month. I would imagine most plumbers grade descaling solutions are highly acidic regardless of the trade name on the bottle. I did caution to wear gloves, mask etc. Being water outlets in a toilet pan the OP wouldn't be able to soak it over time in vinegar so I'm at a loss for another solution to his problem.

 

[Centralheatking]

No DO NOT use caustic soda - IT CAN EXPLODE IN YOUR FACE IF YOU DILUTE IT THE WRONG WAY - this is why we should buy some maunfactured products rather than try to undercut and save dosh :willy_nilly:
centralheatking

presume you mean caustic soda, left the victorian era a while back

 

[Centralheatking]

The Sentinel product (Fernox have one aswell DS3 ) BOTH WORK you do not need safety gloves or specs dont give off nasty vapours and they work so why not use them ? - instead of dreaming what you have never used -

My lot have been at this game 30 + years each and there are 10x of us on a good day - some of us from time to time are in re-hab/some in dementia/heart surgery/or going to funerals.

mind you - waitrose balsamic vinegar & sainsburys lemon juice concentrate is nearly as good

centralheatking

Thanks for the photo Looks like something out of the Body World Exhibition I went to last month. I would imagine most plumbers grade descaling solutions are highly acidic regardless of the trade name on the bottle. I did caution to wear gloves, mask etc. Being water outlets in a toilet pan the OP wouldn't be able to soak it over time in vinegar so I'm at a loss for another solution to his problem.

 

[AWheating]

spirts of salt is a couple of squids from selco. Doh breath it in!

 

[helpsy]

Got some stuff in a squirty bottle from PTS for toilets....seems to have done the trick for £8.

 

[mutley racers]

What's it called

 

[Howsie]

Always add the acid to water, not the other way around.

 

[Howsie]

What's it called

Toilet duck

 

[helpsy]

Viscosan toilet cleaner and descaler from PTS £6.99 + VAT

 

[rpm]

Kilrock is good stuff