Keeping the inside of your toilet clean and bright makes your entire bathroom look cleaner and can signal to guests that your home is tidy and clean. Various items can stain a toilet bowl. The blue toilet tablets that homeowners use to clean and disinfect toilet bowls are one culprit. Depending on your preferences and available solutions, several options help clean out the blue. Find the items you need at a well-stocked grocery or drug store.
Control Toilet Water
Controlling the toilet water will make it easier to clean the blue toilet bowl stains. Prevent water from filling the bowl while you are cleaning and use the flush to rinse the bowl when you are finished. To prevent the water from entering the bowl, flush the toilet and raise the valve in the tank. When you are finished cleaning, lower the valve and flush the toilet. Wear long rubber gloves to protect your hands from germs and cleaning powders and solutions.
Use Mildly Abrasive Cleaners
Use mildly abrasive cleaning powders to scrub away at the stains while not harming the porcelain toilet. Mildly abrasive cleaning powders contain a small amount of grit to help grind away the tough stains. To use baking soda, for example, sprinkle it over the stain and let sit for several minutes. Use a brush to scrub the stain. Flush the toilet to rinse the powder and the blue stain residue away.
Use Mildly Abrasive Tools
Scrub a cleaning solution onto the toilet stain. Use a toilet brush that has rough bristles rather than soft ones, which may be unable to lift strong blue stains. Avoid metal cleaning pads or brushes, as they are too abrasive and can scratch the surface of the porcelain. Coat the blue stain with cleaning solution or powder and let it sit for several minutes before brushing the stain away. Finally, flush the toilet to rinse away the cleaning solution. If this does not work, gently rub the stain with fine wet/dry sandpaper. Fine sandpaper should not harm the surface, but use care to not rub too vigorously or scratch the porcelain.
