The Clean Toilet Challenge Begins!

[kimberlysteele]

Are you in for the Clean Toilet Challenge?

The Clean Toilet challenge is a magical experiment to see if keeping the toilet clean brings money luck and other forms of good fortune to the home or business where the toilet is located. Many cultures believe that an immaculate toilet improves your financial bottom line, and I have explained this belief in a blog post that is linked in comments.

If you’d like to be part of the Clean Toilet Challenge, starting sometime this week of June 22, begin keeping your toilet very clean and plan on cleaning it everyday until December 22. At the beginning of your clean toilet journey, make a mental snapshot of where you are financially, what the general state of your household is, and how lucky you feel. On December 22, take the same sort of mental snapshot. Since I keep a journal, I’m making a note of my bank account numbers today, though I have been keeping my toilet clean all month already, and I can say my finances have already improved considerably and I have been able to afford some luxuries I usually do without, such as eating at restaurants 4x a week when it’s usually more like 4x a month.

Every day after you use or clean your toilet, you can optionally say this little rhyme: "Toilet, toilet handling waste, thank you for your saving grace." I recommend cleaning the toilet with a spray bottle with half vinegar and half water for a safe, all natural, non-toxic clean.

At the end of the Clean Toilet Challenge, I’d like to compare notes with everyone here on Dreamwidth and at my TikTok account @whitewitchoftheprairie. Happy Solstice and see you at the other end of the Challenge.

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I broke my toilet brush today

[(Anonymous)]

... needless to say, darted right out and got another one.

As others have commented, the radius of 'clean' is gradually expanding outward from the toilet. "Oh, why don't I wipe off the side of the bathtub too?" etc.

The toughest part is working 5 years' worth of lime off the inside of the bowl (using CLR periodically for that) but the toilet already looks much better-- and happier.

- Cicada Grove

Re: I broke my toilet brush today

[(Anonymous)]

There's a little pumice stone brush you can get, which is good for rubbing off the build-up inside the bowl. Just let the bowl soak for about ten or fifteen minutes in the cleaner you're using, then gently rub away the scale. Depending on how accretion you have, it will take at least three or four cleanings before you notice a difference. But then after that, it's just a matter of keeping up with the regular brushing to prevent a build-up from recurring.

A stitch in time really does save nine!

JLfromNH/Heliotrope Addlepated Centipede

WOW!!!

[(Anonymous)]

First thing this morning, before 8 am even, I got a call from the State Disability Office.

I'd had surgery in May and been off work for a month.
My doctor and I applied for state disability, the application was accepted, I was sent a check, and I thought the transaction was finished.

The nice Disability Office lady this morning (and she was very kind and nice) said 'no, you didn't send us the extension paperwork for the last week of your disability,' then she PROCEEDED TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE (when is a bureaucracy ever that nice??) then she said 'We will be sending you a check for the last week of your disability, because we didn't pay you for that yet.'

!!!

Well, I'm most certainly onboard now!!

Centipede, thanks for the tip about the pumice.
I am reluctant to hit the bowl with abrasive stuff, so I've been using CLR (it's a chemical that dissolves lime and rust). It's made some progress so I will just repeat-use, similar to your suggestion above, until the last of the dirty stuff has come off.

- Cicada Grove

Re: WOW!!!

[(Anonymous)]

One thing that's helpful, if you've got bad scale buildup down in the bottom of the bowl, is to use a cup to scoop most of the water out of the bowl first, and then use something like CLR on it (I use a hydrochloric acid toilet cleaner I get from the hardware store), letting it sit a few minutes and then scrubbing. That way it's not getting so diluted by the water.

Re: WOW!!!

[(Anonymous)]

I was a little itchy about using the pumice stone at first too. But I'm trying to avoid using any harsh cleansers. The brand of toilet cleaner I'm using contains plant-based enzymes. So, the trick is to give the cleaner a chance to soften up the buildup first (usually about ten or fifteen minutes), then VERY gently rub at it with the stone. That's why it can take a few cleanings before you notice any results. But once it's done, then you just do daily regular cleanings to keep the buildup from reforming and the pumice stone can sit gathering dust in your bathroom cabinet. ;)

JLfromNH/Heliotrope Addlepated Centipede

Re: WOW!!!

[kimberlysteele]

That's wild! It's especially shocking that they called you and not the other way around. I'm also going to try pumice. My toilet looks pretty good but my stove has some stubborn areas that could benefit.