Clean a Toilet With Coke

Is your toilet full of limescale and other nasty stains and you don't have a chemical toilet cleaner on hand? Or are you looking for less expensive and/or non-toxic cleaning solutions? Don't worry, just reach for the fridge, and grab a Coke!

Steps

 * 1) Pour a can or bottle of Coke into the bowl. Pour it around the rim so it flows over the stains around the inside of the bowl.
 * 2) Let it sit for an hour or more. The carbonic, citric, and phosphoric acids in the Coke will break down stains. For extra cleaning power, let the Coke sit in the toilet overnight.
 * 3) Clean the toilet with a brush (optional). If there are lots of stubborn stains, you may need to use a brush to further loosen them before going to the next step.
 * 4) Flush. The stains will be gone!

Tips

 * Since it's the phosphoric acid that does a lot of the work in cleaning the toilet, it's just as effective to use soda water, and it might be better because it won't have a sugary residue.

Warnings

 * Since Coke has sugar (or high fructose corn syrup) in it, be sure to rinse the toilet afterwards. Bacteria love sweet stuff, and might be all over the Coke residue.

Related Tips and Steps

 * How to Clean a Toilet
 * How to Fix a Running Toilet
 * How to Unclog a Toilet
 * How to Fix a Slow Toilet
 * How to Make a Webcam Stand out of a Coke Can

Sources and Citations

 * How To Clean Your Toilet With Coke from VideoJug, original source of article used with permission.