More homemaking ridiculousness
Oct. 12th, 2006 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canijustbejanetShameless plug: I love my Pumie Heavy Duty Scouring Stick. Mine's more a scouring nubbin right now, but that's ok, I'll show you why...
Before I start, let me say that I knew these toilets were this way when I married my husband. I'd been throwing random effort at them on my visits for 3 years or so. He'd been occasionally working on them too. So when I moved in, the toilets were gross-looking, but really, it's just the hard water, they were pretty sanitary. But god, they were ugly. (ETA: He wants me to mention that they were pretty gross when he moved in, too. Five years ago.)
See? Gross. And a regular toilet brush did nothing for them.
But yesterday I dropped $2 on a pumice stick. And wow. See, after 15 minutes, this is what that toilet looked like:
Much better. Unfortunately, by that point, the stick was becoming nubbinish, so I couldn't get the same leverage as before, so after another 15 minutes, I decided it was good enough. (ETA: Chris couldn't believe I spent 30 minutes on this. I can't believe he thought 5 years of hard-water buildup would come off in five minutes.)
And that'll just do for now. Or at least till Menard's restocks their pumice sticks.
Before I start, let me say that I knew these toilets were this way when I married my husband. I'd been throwing random effort at them on my visits for 3 years or so. He'd been occasionally working on them too. So when I moved in, the toilets were gross-looking, but really, it's just the hard water, they were pretty sanitary. But god, they were ugly. (ETA: He wants me to mention that they were pretty gross when he moved in, too. Five years ago.)
See? Gross. And a regular toilet brush did nothing for them.
But yesterday I dropped $2 on a pumice stick. And wow. See, after 15 minutes, this is what that toilet looked like:
Much better. Unfortunately, by that point, the stick was becoming nubbinish, so I couldn't get the same leverage as before, so after another 15 minutes, I decided it was good enough. (ETA: Chris couldn't believe I spent 30 minutes on this. I can't believe he thought 5 years of hard-water buildup would come off in five minutes.)
And that'll just do for now. Or at least till Menard's restocks their pumice sticks.
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Date: 2006-10-12 07:58 pm (UTC)my mom once had luck using vinegar, since the stains she was dealing with were mostly calcium deposits(?) The vinegar + scrubbing slowly melted them away.
but your way is quicker.
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Date: 2006-10-12 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-13 05:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-13 05:10 pm (UTC)