I feel your pain brother!

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Really glad to hear it helped you Sophie. Please subscribe to my channel and hot the notification bell, to be alerted to amy new video I post. There's lots more helpful videos like this on the way.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.😊

Hope it works for you Behal. There’s links to the products and PPE used, in the description below. Please don’t forget to subscribe and check out a few of my other videos.

A safe and cheap way to remove limescale from toilet or kettle is to use citric acid, Mix three tablespoons of citric acid powder with one litre of boiling water - always add the hot boiling water to the bucket before the citric acid to avoid splashes.

​@@anibijA safe and cheap way to remove limescale from toilet or kettle is to use citric acid, Mix three tablespoons of citric acid powder with one litre of boiling water - always add the hot boiling water to the bucket before the citric acid to avoid splashes.

Thanks Rob. The water here is so hard, the limescale is back as bad as it was in this video. Sooo annoying!!

Really glad it helped you A. That's what this little channel is all about. The best way of saying thanks is to subscribe, hot the otification bell and watch a few ore of my other videos. Peace.

Cheers. please don't forget to subscribe and watch a few of my other videos for more simple tips.

Glad it helped Ven. Please remember to subscribe and check out a few of my other videos, for more useful advice.

Did you use the mask or PPE as I’m afraid of the fumes & don’t have a mask like this gentleman has. However, I really want to get rid of the stain. It pains me to look at it. Thanks for any response.

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Cheers Brian.

Thanks John. I had to decide what to call the toilet. We generally use the word ‘loo’, but after watching a Producer Michael video, when he used it with a realtor & confused the hell out of her. Decided it would be too confusing. Have you ever heard the word loo for a ex?

Yeah, the beauty is as soon as you pour it, you walk away and do whatever else you've gotta do and forget about it for a few hours. Then flush the toilet and all the hard work has been done for you. Don't forget to subscribe and watch a few of my other videos please.

You wanna avoid anything like a metal screwdriver, as they leave those nasty look grey scratch marks on your enamel items. Let me know how you get on. Please remember to subscribe to my channel amd check out a few of my other videos. Cheers!

@@essentialhandyman hi!! Subbed and liked !! Yes , the grey marks are still visible because of the metal but every day a bit less... I thought about replacing it , but i bought the acid , it should be here in a few days ( DHL is fast normally ) The layers were half an inch thick already, and I think beyond the point our eyes can see it's even worse. The only thing is , i have ferrets and will have to lock them for the time the product does it's thing do they don't breath the smokes.. although ferrets with masks always will look cute 🤘

Hi John. I'm glad it helped you my friend. The paint brush idea is great. It can also be used for getting right under the lip of the toilet bowl. Gotta wear gloves and long sleeves for that one though! Please do subscribe to my channel and watch a few of my other videos, for all sorts of helpful tips and advice.

Glad it helped you. Please remember to subscribe and watch a few of my other videos for more helpful advice.

Glad to hear it Sharron. Thanks for watching and commenting. Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel and hit the notification bell. Please check out a few of my other videos for more great tips.

Welcome 😊 Devin. Let me know how you get on.

Thanks Martin. There’s an Amazon link in the description, where you can buy the product. Please remember to subscribe to my channel and watch some of my other videos for more helpful advice.

You’re welcome A. Please give me a sub for more tips and watch some of my other videos.

Hi there. Glad it helped. There’s a link in the description to buy the correct product. Where in Herts have you moved?

@@essentialhandyman Thank you! Just picked some up from B&Q! Moved to Stortford from Leeds!

@@filmfoxwell Did you have soft water in Leeds?

@@essentialhandyman yes mate, very soft! No limescale issues at all

So a big differende from the rock hard water and limescale issues down south?

Agreed. No eco friendly but it does save a heap of time. Please remember to sub for more great tips and advice.

Great idea. Take the toilet out and power wash it.

@@robinluich6626 I wonder if you could power wash it in-situ?

Thanks for watching and commenting. You’re right about the gloves. I was thinking this week, using a syringe or something similar, might be a good idea for getting the jets and under the rim.

Please explain the black iron pipe comment. I’m always happy for someone to educate me. Sounds like this is something worth knowing!

The water in yor pan is only a limited volume so if you poured a larger amount into the pan, It sounds to reason that some of it would overflow down past the S or P trap and downstream and most probably help clear some of it. Which might be enough to keep it under control. Failing that, you can hire someone with a flailing tool, to clear limescale from your pipes but it's not a cheap option.Thanks for watching and commenting. Please remember to subscribe for more great advice.

If it's ceramic tiles and standard grout, I'd guess it can be used. However, like anything you're trying for the first time, make sure you test a small section first, to see how the chemicals react. Keep an eye on it thought, just in case you don't like what you're seeing. Please remember to subscribe and watch a few of my other videos for more heklpful advice and handy tips.

Hi Steadfast Farm. It will work up to the bend, or where your trapped water ends. I don’t think it will be anywhere near as effective running over limescale as it is when kept in contact with it for hours on end. Regular treatments might help a bit. Please remember to subscribe, hit the notification bell and check out a few of my other videos for sone more great tips.

Sounds like a lot of work. I’m too lazy to scrub for half an hour. I’d much rather the spirits of salt do all the work. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Assuming you have hard water. What do you use Sparky?

I'm in Oxfordshire it's not as hard as yours here, cleaner with acid in it I got it from an old guy who works as a school cleaner

@@Everythings_Adjustable they’re the sort of guys that could pass on so much useful information. Great guys to know!

@@essentialhandyman They are being replaced by youtube 👍😉

I know, i know. I'm a lazy boy. But in my defence I was right next to the hndbasin with the whole Thames Water supply, ready to wash off any wayward splashes. I must do better!!

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You’re right, I should have but I was right next to a sink and soap so could have washed it off within seconds. I guess I’m just lazy!!

It comes in a plastic bottle, so theoretically you should be ok. It might depend on how long you leave it though. Feel free to subscribe for more great tips.

To be honest, I'm no chemist, so I'm not sure. i'd imagine it's all down to how long you leave the solution in the water. You might want to try with a shorter period and see how you get on. However, like all things like this, don't take my word for it, you've gotta do your own research and satisfy yourself that what you are doing won't have negative effects. Cheers.

@@essentialhandyman thank you so much for responding - I'm gonna give it a try 🌸

@@joythomson6436 Good luck. Please don't forget to subscribe to my channel and watch a few of my other videos, for more helpful advice.

Hi Ben. Any goggles will do. I’ve done it loads of time holding my breath instead of using a respirator but it’s a bit dodgy. Do you have hard or soft water in the States?

@@essentialhandyman I've lived in many different parts of the US. The hardness of water varies. Most of the places I've lived have hard water. Calcium deposits are a common thing. My toilet has some hard water problems like the one in your video so that's why I'm so impressed with the results. I've literally spent hours trying to get that out.

@@mrbenmall really glad I could help. I started my channel about a year ago, with the hope that I could pass on a little of the knowledge my dad passed down to me and that knowledge would hopefully help some people. Messages like yours make the effort to do these videos worthwhile. Thanks Ben.

Ben - I'm in the USA as well. May I ask what you found?

@@s4mm01 I have been using SaniVac which is just ok. Not as good as in this video.

Sounds like limescale to me. Do you live in an area of hard water? If so, you might wanna check the filter is working correctly. Cheers.

Hi Jaylink. The one in the video isn't available on Amazon anymore, so I chose one that seemed appropriate with some good reviews but no, I've not used that one. However, afteer your comment, I did a check of the products online and found the product I usually use, (it wasn't available on Amazon when I did my video) which works really well. All of them are watered down as 100% hydrochloric acid would most likely be too strong and damage stuff.

Thanks G. As the water level is controlled by the U bend, you don't have to empty any water out. The solution displaces the water in the bowl. Feel free to subscribe for more helpful tips.

Thanks for watching and commenting a lg. it’s always good to hear other people’s solutions to problems.

What grit sandpaper did you use?

WHAT? How's that simpler?

That’s gross

How comes the sandpaper doesn't scratch the enamel in the ceramic toilet bowl? Thanks

That sounds like a great idea. I’ll have to give that a go. Does it makes the kettle smell or water taste funny?

@@essentialhandyman I can't taste vinegar after 1 rinse of the kettle with water.

Hi Phil. You can get a softener fitted. But they’re bulky and expensive and need maintenance themselves. As strange as it sounds, hardly anyone has them.

My water softener has been in 12 years. I have not had a problem. All I do is add salt tablets when the alarm goes off. It is sited in my loft. I have one tap in the kitchen which is not connected to the softener.

Thnks for watching and commenting. It needs to be left in at least 30 minutes but I tend to go for about 5 hours, to make sure it all gets removed. Please remember to subscribe to my channel and watch a few of my other videos for more helpful advice.

Hi John. I do three things to clean my washing machine. (1) run an empty wash at the highest heat once a month. (2) run an empty wash with a bottle of washing machine cleaner once a month. And (3) run an empty wash with a bottle of Calvin descaler through it every 6 months. Hope that helps mate. Please remember to subscribe to the channel, hit the notification bell and watch a few of my other videos for more great advice.

@@essentialhandyman (1) should be mandatory for everyone whether they live in a hard water area or not (2) which cleaner do you prefer (3) I'd have thought you ran a descaler more often but ok. If you don't see any scale buildup in the drum sooner.

@@johndoe-vc1we I use a Dettol cleaner. I've put an Amazon link for you below, which will take you to a multi buy which is the best one to buy IMO. amzn.to/3Bp5blE And this Amazon link takes you to a washing machine descaler which I find really effective. amzn.to/3W1aYWg

@@essentialhandyman thanks, that kilrock descaler uses up to 30% of phosphoric acid so it will descale well. In the same league as your spirit of salts cleaner in this video. but the Dettol I think can be substituted with cheaper. As to how effective I'll let you be the judge. You won't have the scent though. 100gm of citric acid alone with a pound of towels to swish the solution around. 50gm of Vanish stain remover with a pound of towels to swish the solution around. This will also control excess foaming. The oxygen bleach acts as a disinfectant also. You do two boil washes a month anyway. What do you think?

@@johndoe-vc1we I’m always happy to try different things to save money. I’ll give your suggestions a try. Thanks.

Thanks for watching and commenting TGG. In my opinion, spirits of salt should work with the jets, so long as there are no matrials that the acid could damage, and also (and probably more importantly) how would you get the solution into the jets and pipes etc? Would you need to squirt it upwards under the bowl lip? If so, that would be quite risky, as unless you're really well covered, the acid could end up on your skin.

So long as you've got a window, you should be good. When I clean my bathroom toilet, I just open the window and close the door and come back a few hours later and there's no smell at all. In my toilet, I've not got any windows, but it's next to my front door, so I just leave the toilet door open and also leave the front door open (I don't descale that toilet much in the winter!) and it's okay in an hour or two.

It’s dangerous stuff but it works really well on limescale. I’m thinking installing a water softener may be the way to go.

Hi Scrumpy. In the UK we have two main sewers, foul and rainwater. Toilets, sinks, wash hand basins, baths and showers all go into the foul sewer, which goes all the way to a sewage treatment plant. At the plant the water is treated many times over, until it is ‘potable’ quality. So yes, it would be neutralised and treated, before it comes back into our mains water. Hope that puts your mind at rest mate. Feel free to subscribe and watch and few more of my videos for more great tips and interesting content.

@@essentialhandyman That's lazy and not good enough. You should deactivate the acid while it's still in the toilet with bicarbonate of soda. When you flush acid down your toilet it WILL kill things not to mention cause damage to pipework.

@@plica06 that’s a great idea. I’ll do that next time. Thanks for the suggestion. 👍🏼

Sorry Elice, don’t wanna give you duff info without seeing the label of the product you bought. I’d say have a look at the label and see what it says about plastic, chrome etc. Good luck with the bathroom. Feel free to subscribe for more great tips.

i mean if i bought that exact product. what do you reckon

I did two of my toilets on the same day, so they may have been different.

You could try a little bit of spirits of salt. See how that goes. Alternatively, try chipping it off with a small flathead screwdriver or awl etc. Be careful though, as it's easy to stab yourself doing a job like that.

Thanks I’ll give it a go 😊

I believe the toilet handle nut on the inside of tank is a reverse thread pattern try rotating the nut in opposit direction hope this helps

You've gotta get the right kit to do the job. The links in my description are pretty reasonable. I store the remainder in my workshop. It's in the original plastic bottle and I've never had any spill. How often you need to repeat it is down ot the hardness of your water. Here in London., the water is rock hard so you start to see the build up again within a month. I tend to do it about 3 or 4 times a year.

The most honest answer I can give is pure laziness. You definitely should wear gloves when using it. I wore the breathing gear as it's hard to wash your lungs out with soap but if it splashes on your hands or arms, you can wash it off very quickly. Especially if you're in the toilet, right next to a sink and soap. This really is a case of do what I say, not what I do. I actually did both my toilets last week again and yes, I did wear gloves and long sleeves that time. Please remember to subscribe and watch a few of my other videos, for more great advice.

Hahaha, well thank you. Always good to receive a compliment! What we call hydrochloric acid over here inthe UK, you call muriatic acid in the USA. So you should be able to get it. Check out the link in the description, which will take you to my Amazon affiliate link, where you can buy the product. Ps, don't forget to like the video and subscribe so you can binge watch me all day long!!!

Sounds worth a try. For a kettle, would you add the citric acid to the kettle cold, then turn the kettle on and bring to the boil?

@@essentialhandyman no, for a kettle, boil the water then add 2 tablespoons of citric acid and boil the kettle again then leave to sit for 1 hour with kettle lid closed for 1 hour, then boil the water again, leave to sit for 1 hour then boil for a 3rd and final time and then pour out and your kettle will be like new, rinse your kettle out about 5 times, a 3 hour job so make yourself a cup of tea just before you start.

Muriatic acid is the same as hydrochloric acid. I think it's probably just different terms in different countries. Here in the UK we call it hydrochloric acid. Whereas, I assume you're from USA or Canada, where they call it muriatic acid. So yes, it will do exactly the same. Good luck mate.

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@@essentialhandyman Ok

@@essentialhandyman Done 😇

Not sure which part of the world you’re in Landaux but you can get it on UK Amazon. Thanks for watching.

Lemon juice boil it leave it. longer you leave it the cleaner it gets.

That sounds like advice worth trying out. Cheers.

The product in the link is the one I've used for years and has always cleaned my limescale off first time. I only used the Max Strength one (the 32% one) because I couldn't find the one I usually use. Yes 32% is very strong but in my experience, the one in the link has always cleaned my bowl 100%, just as well as the Max Strength one used in the video. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Feel free to try a scarf and goggles to see how you get on. However, I personally would advise you get a good mask. Last time I did my toilets, I had my proper mask on and I still inhaled a big lungful of fumes. It wasn't very nice at all. My advice would be go for as much protection as you can. You only have one pair of eyes and one pair pf lungs. And if you buggerd them up, you'd pay hundreds if not thousands to get them healthy again. So might as well drop £30 on the right PPE rto start with.

@@essentialhandyman Thank you for your help & advice. I’m quite scared of using it I may look into an alternative…thanks again & no matter what method I use I will be buying PPE from your advice. Thank you for taking the time to reply

@@MIMI232 No problem mimi. There are some Amazon links in the description, which will take you to good PPE for the job. Please don't forget to subscribe to my channel; and watch a few of my other videos, for more helpful advice.

I've heard of knock out but don't think I've used it. Is it intended for limescale removal? Are you UK based?

@@essentialhandyman yes in the UK. Yes it is but no good for toilets.

I'm no chemist but it's my understanding that hydrogen chloride will onnly be produiced when hydrochloric acid react with metals. The real danger is mixing HC with other chemicals, as it can produce chlorine gas, which can be deadly and there are stories of builders, cleaners etc., dying while cleaning bathrooms. But as always, this is just my musings. You should do your own research and satisfy yourself whatever you're doing is safe.

100% agree with all of that. Thanks for watching Stephen. Please reember to subscribe and check out a few of my other videos.

Thanks for watching and commenting Beena. The product I used is Spirits of Salt. Depending where you are in the world it may not be available to you but if you Google it, you’ll see the active ingredients and can look for something similar in your region. Good luck! Please feel free to subscribe for more great tips.

Thank you.I’m in 🇬🇧

@@Noor-kp1yb UK like me then. That means you’ll definitely be able to buy it. However., places like B & Q don’t sell it. I get mine from my local hardware store. They sell industrial strength and residential user strength. I find the non-industrial strength one is plenty strong enough.

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I'd like to be able to buy a new toilet everytime it gets scaled up. but that means I'd be replacing it every three months or so. Which seems a bit excessive. It's not got anything to do with the toilet, it's to do with the hardness of the water. I understand 85% of the states has hard water. You must be in the lucky 15% who live in a soft water area.

What an American thing to say

They are a bit stinky!

Hi CIndy. Thanks for watching and commenting. Having a bit of acid down there to break things up might actually be good for it? Please checkl out some of my other videos, for more great tips. If you like my content, please hit the subscribe button.

Hahahaha. Could you imagine? Thanks for watching and commenting. Don't forget to hot that subscribe bitton. Cheers.

But the beautry is, you pour and leave itr. No scrubbing, no sweat, no elbow. Pour, wait, flush. Bob's your uncle!!

Hi Kim. I showed the before toilet. It was filthy under the water line. Cheers.

Lol, it's because of (A) hard water. (B) your pee. and (C) her pee. Cheers.

If you're bloke and only need a wee. Go to your graden and wee up the fences. It serves to keep foxes and cats away, as they don't like the male pheramones. If you're a woman or need something other than a wee, Flush the toilet well a few times and do what you gotta do. The product will work after only 15 minutes or so but I like to leave it longer, to maximise the effectiveness. Feel free to subscribe to my channel and watch a few of my other videos, for more helpful advice.

John, I tend to leave it between 6-8 hours. And I’ll only take one of my toilets out of action at a time. Another thing to consider is the weather. My bathroom toilet is okay as there’s a window and I can open that to vent the fumes but in my WC, there’s no window, so the only way I can vent the fumes is to leave the adjacent front door to the house open for a few hours. And let’s just say in the winter months, that toilet gets a hefty amount of limescale build up!

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We're mostly on mains sewers here in the UK so septic issues not really that much of a consideration. However, how bad could it be to your septic tank? Some diluted acid in there, helping to keep limescale build up down? Sounds like it would help it to me.

You’re right. It was a tad dangerous. But, I was right next to the wash hand basin, with loads of liquid soap and warm water. So if I had of got it on me, I’d have washed it off in a flash. Thanks for watching Holly.

It is dangerous for sure but nothing else comes close to getting that stuff off. Make sure you are fully PPE'd up.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

This is a classic case of do as I say, not as I do. You're right of course. I'm a lazy sod and I should have worn long gloves and long sleeves but sometimes the "I can't be arsed' voice on the shoulder wins out.

@@essentialhandyman Maybe also add a subtitle to your video man, to warn about this. Just so u know, u saved my toilet with your advice. The plumber said i needed another toilet lmao.... Thank you!!!!

I’ll be honest John… I don’t know. All I know is that this technique was told to me years ago and it works. When I did it more recently I did worry about that too but I took the plunge and (for me) the toilet enamel was ok, and has been ever since. I’d say if you’re worried do your own research, proceed with caution and maybe do a small test piece first, to see how your enamel product copes with it. Cheers.