PUMIE Heavy Duty Pumice Scouring Stick, Scouring Stick for Cleaning Toilet Rings Stain & Hard Water Rings, Extra Strong Pumice Stone for Toilet Bowl, Rust, Grill, Tough Bathroom, Pool & Tub -Pack of 1

sure does help

Saved a perfectly good 20 yr old toilet badly stained from too much "if it's yellow, let it mellow". This was the last try before replacing it simply because of the extensive brown staining/deposits. With some extra long gloves and moderate elbow grease it is now sparking clean again. I didn't care if it got scratch since this was a last resort, but I see no evidence of scratching at all. Nor does it get dirty again quickly indicating enamel wear as I've seen suggested regarding the use of various abrasives. This is a very soft pumice that is worn down as it's used so perhaps others have tried the wrong kind.

We rented a unit in a building that is probably 50 yrs old.I think the toilet might be almost that old too! We also have incredibly hard water in our area, and it leaves crud on everything. We don't have a dishwasher, so don't deal with that, but you can see the buildup in the coffee pot, and other such places.Our potty was disgusting. Hard to tell how many years of buildup was actually in there. It was not the top of the potty - we bought a new seat when we moved in. It was the ring around the bottom seat and just under that ring,where the water flows back into the potty from.I had tried all kinds of cleaners, even bought a steam cleaner that had a concentrated pointer on it. It loosened a little bit of stuff, but the years of hard water and dried urine crystals just would not budge. It not only looked disgusting, but smelled equally yuck. Lime Away did nothing, CLR did nothing, Lysol, etc etc. I tried at least six kinds of cleaner that did nothing but empty the pocketbook.I finally asked in an online group for creative ideas what they had tried for such a problem. I was told about a couple other cleaners (which I have not tried), and pumice. Several people recommended pumice, in fact, so I went on a search for one. I wasn't sure what I was looking for really, having never used it on anything but a rough heel of my foot. Those are thin little pieces of pumice for your skin, and I couldn't imagine it working on thisnightmare of a potty.Well, found this stick. The "heavy duty" is what sold me on trying it. I hadn't looked locally, because I don't have the ability to get out of the house very often (physical limitations).Took a chance and ordered this one.It arrived, and today I went in to tackle The Beast!I armed myself with gloves and the pumice stick and a will to see white again.The stick MUST be wet and stay wet. That is easily accomplished when cleaning a potty by simply dipping it into the water inside. (I'd wet the stone first in the sink and dragged it over there - duh!) I sat down on the side of the tub and proceeded to tackle what must have been decades of hard water and old urine buildup. Gross!This stick was amazing! I wish I'd worn heavier gloves though, so be sure to use something like the kind you wash dishes with - I just used a simple plastic one and it tore! It took probably 35-45 minutes of scrubbing and flushing, scrubbing and flushing,but tah-dah! We now have a nice, clean WHITE potty! The water is also coming into the bowl much better with the buildup reduced so much around the rim holes.All in all, I used the entire stick on this decrepit potty.I'll be buying another one for sure. I'll tackle the old rust stains in the bathtub that CLR didn't remove.Highly recommend this stick for porcelain cleaning!And, it is pet-friendly. We have cats, and one of them was trying to stick her head over the bowl because she was nosy, but I didn't really want to use the hydrochloric acid cleaners in our tiny bathroom with no ventilation for both our sake and the pets' sake. No chemicals, no smells, just some elbow grease.

I have lived on well water all my life and have just accepted that you will always have a clogged shower head, green tint to your shower, red and green rings in your toilet, and buildup wherever the water has a chance to sit. Sure, I have bought many bottles of CLR but I try not to use it because I am also on a septic with a drain field. So, I soaked and scrubbed the toilets and showers for days with CLR whenever I was going to have guests.Then, one day I was talking to a coworker who mentioned finding these Pumie stones at a store and that they took the stains out without scratching the toilet. I was terribly skeptical and then figured... if you can scrub off the lime and iron in less than a day and you don't have to soak the toilet in green stuff that eats the skin off your fingers, then I am all in. And so I went to Amazon and find them. For a fraction of the cost of a bottle of CLR I was able to buy a stick. But I figured that I had to buy 5 sticks because surely no-one would sell something cheaper than the chemical alternative.Well... I got the box... with 5 of these sticks and it weighed next to nothing. When I picked it up I figured that a mistake had been made and the box was empty. But no... they were all in the box. Then my next surprise was that they are big. I was expecting something like a fat crayon. But these things are about the size of half of a clay brick. Looking for anything that I could find as a flaw, I unwrapped it and walked into the bathroom and scratched in an area where it wouldn't be seen if it messed up the finish.Oh my stars! Within minutes I had scrubbed off part of the lime ring under the lip. I stood there in wonder. I still had my dress clothes on and I just started scrubbing that toilet. In an hour it was like brand new. Not a single scratch. Mind you that when I use CLR, I turn off the water and drain the toilet, then line the bowl with paper towels and soak them in CLR. I then let it sit overnight and spend the next day with a green abrasive sponge scrubbing. But to my amazement, I had that toilet spotless in an hour. An hour!I jumped up and went to another toilet. An hour later I am still in my dress clothes in complete amazement. So, now... I think... I have cleaned two toilets completely and the stick is only half worn away. What else can I scrub. THE SHOWER!!! So, I go to the shower and press the stick against the tile on the wall. It cuts right through the green copper stain.Well... I'll spare you the details, but I have a shower that looks like new. Even the soap scum that clouds the glass on the shower came right off. Just amazing. I had tried everything like Easy-Off and CLR on the shower glass to try to get that stuff off.Well... needless to say, I am hooked on these things. It has now been a month and there is no trace of any mineral buildup in any of my bathrooms.I wish I had found these 20 years ago! I was so happy, I sent a box of these to every member of my family.

As advertised

Been using these for years...hard to find in stores ..use for lime/calcium build up in sinks and toilet bowls....

Use this to clean my stovetop and it worked like a charm!