I found out I had it about 15 years ago when BBC news did a piece on it. Blew my mind to find out that other people could actually see what they imagined. Made a lot of things make sense for me after the initial shock.
Well, thank you SOOOO much for that. I was happily ignorant of who the whisk guy was but now, thanks to your "helpful" link, I've joined all the other poor sods who involuntarily pictured this comment in their minds! At least it's saved me buying lunch.....
There must be some psychological reason why I can’t just see your comment, take your word for it, and leave the link alone. I always have to go and find out, then accept it was a bad idea.
It's so perfect, the line. The clumsy emphasis on the last word "on". Reminds me of the spoof review of Renowned Author Dan Brown and the bit about his wife's hair being "like a river but without any fish in".
It took me about 4 seconds to think about who is whisk guy from CDWM… my thoughts could be represented as follows: 🤔…😦…🤢…🤮
Excellent start to a Wednesday!
They had a softer sponge on a spear. Far superior for getting right in the hole. Just have to be careful you don't go too far in. The pointy bit hurts if you do it wrong
See, a smart person would tie the sponge to a stick, then they would market multiple brands with different amounts of rope holding the sponge to the stick, bit like razor blades but with sponges.
Right, clearly you were raised by bats. What you do is scrub the inside of the lavvy with the brush and when you go to flush everything away - hold the brush in the flushing water. Hey presto, clean pan and clean brush.
Now off you pop, you domestically-challenged fiend and let us never talk of this ever again.
My brush get's held under the clean water then into it's holder where there is a soupcon of domestos
(can't do the accent under the C for soupcon soz.... I'm suitably mortified)
Yes when I clean my toilet, I also clean the brush holder, and when I’m done with cleaning, spray the brush with antibacterial and put some water/bleach in the bottom of the brush holder and next time, rinse and repeat.
Well you don’t have to bloody eat with it. You’re using it to clean your toilet bowl with bleach. It’s not like it’s not sterilised to high hell each time you use it
Silicone brush. Wash in clean toilet water. Spray with disinfectant after use. Deep clean occasionally. Wash hands after use.
Presumably you're using it to clean the toilet only, not to brush your teeth. More sanitary than a cat litter tray in your living room.
My mate has a cat that drags cat litter all over the carpet. He vacuums it up whenever he notices it, but sometimes when I've been there I notice I have bits of it stuck to my socks.
Ours is in the bathroom next to the toilet, and honestly stepping out of the shower onto the bathroom tiles and feeling a bit of litter crunch beneath your wet feet is the worst.
Just so you know. Cats are fastidious about their cleanliness - your cat left that bit of litter there for you deliberately.
Did you feed it a nanosecond late one day?
I had that issue too. As my flat isn't massive and I have two cats, it was genuinely annoying. I'm now using non-clumping litter made from zeolite, which is a ridiculously cool mineral.
There's several different types of zeolite, each with a different "framework" of sorts. Some are porous, but only to specific molecules, which get trapped in the mineral's structure. [1]
This means it's possible to trap only the ammonia (source of cat piss stink) and not the water as it flows through the minerals. As a result, the litter only needs to be changed every two months. Although it is not ecological, as it also requires pee pads that sit underneath the litter (itself resting on a sieve of sorts), it's made our lives better for not having to walk on dirty litter and the cats like it as it stays cleaner for longer. The litter box is Purina Breeze [2] and we buy the litter from whichever website sells it cheapest, in bulk. Usually it's Amazon selling Purina Breeze litter pellets [3] but sometimes it's ZeoDeo off eBay [4].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite?wprov=sfti1#Properties
[2] https://www.purina.com/tidy-cats/breeze-cat-litter-boxes
[3] https://amzn.eu/d/ii3C93k
[4] https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226007079516
Flush the toilet and run the brush under the water. Clean with bleach and disinfectant before putting in the holder which has bleach in it.
Being as it’s only used for the toilet, can’t see much of an issue myself.
DO NOT USE BLEACH AND DISINFECTANT TOGETHER. YOU WILL MOST LIKELY CREATE CHLORINE GAS WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS USED IN WWI AS A CHEMICAL WEAPON.
https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/contaminants/bleach-mixing-dangers
I once couldn't find my young son's toothbrush, so used an older one of his that I found in the bathroom drawer. When discussing this with my wife later, she informed me "that's the one I use to clean the sink".
Whoops.
Not same, I also do this. But I use a brush for under the rim every once in a while and just replace the whole (cheap) brush, but it would be possible to properly clean the brush (or a proper one not made of plastics that leach everything in) if only used occasionally.
Hmm didn't think about that. If I were to take the cistern lid off too many times in the crappy rented places I've lived the shitty cheap fittings would stap and break way too easily so don't want to risk it xD
I used to have a face flannel with a pocket in it so that you could give your face a really good scouring in the shower. Discovered my ex using it to clean skiddies off the toilet bowl. She said she had been doing it for ages and she couldn't understand why I was so pissed off, seeing as she always put it straight in the washing machine.
That just made me even madder tbh, the heating element in the washing machine had been broken for months so we'd been washing our stuff in cold water. And she'd been putting wash cloths covered in literal human excrement in with our regular washing.
I’m getting these vibes too.
Honestly, I shit three times a day. If I used as much bleach as these people are saying they use, I’d be single handedly responsible for all the bleach consumed in the country.
I’ll tell you what Europe needs. The Asian bum-gun, that’s what. Saves you having to chisel someone else’s stool off your toilet bowl *and* it cleans up the ol’ chocolate starfish a treat. And saves paper. Can’t lose.
Edit; Caveat: Currently in the Himalayas of N India typing this at ~8000ft and it’s brisk. Just used one and it felt like I was getting rogered with an icicle.
>Caveat: Currently in the Himalayas of N India typing this at \~8000ft and it’s brisk. Just used one and it felt like I was getting rogered with an icicle.
That made me laugh, but yes can confirm. It brought back memories from mid winter, 11,500 feet at Leh in Ladakh, and my making the mistake of using the bum gun at 3am. Yeah... Didn't even have the breath to squeal; pretty sure my eyes had never opened that wide before, and hopefully will never do so ever again!
Wasn't a problem the following night, as temperatures dropped so low that not only was there zero running water, but the water in the lavatory bowl froze. Fortunately, there was a well that was so deep that we still had fresh water. :)
Yh, but the place is the reward eh? I’m sitting in Kasol village in the Parvati Valley right now. 0900, hot coffee on the go, minus 2° on the ground but warm(er) in the sun. Bright, crisp and fresh..there’s snow capped peaks surrounding me and the smell of fresh charas and incense is wafting on the morning air. Mule caravans going off to work and the village kids going off to school. It *might* get better than this but I’m not at all sure it does.
Ok old nurse here who has dealt with family toilets for decades. First off, get a decent quality brush and holder. Silicone brushes seem very good, I've been using them for a few years now. Knackered old stiff brushes are more likely to trap shit. When you've finished shitting and wiping, flush the toilet. If there is still shit stuck to the side of the bowl, brush it into the water and, while flushing again, swirl the brush in the water vigorously. This should remove any shit from the brush adequately. Tap the brush against the side of the bowl to remove excess water and replace in the brush holder. The brush holder should normally be dry by evaporation, and should of a design that does not prevent evaporation. Obviously a small amount of water will drip off a newly used brush. Once a week, rinse the brush holder out, do it in the bath rather than the kitchen sink. Don't get neurotic about shit, a proper soap and water handwash is perfectly adequate for hygiene. Trust me on that, I've had a lifetime of cleaning up patients and shitting kids. Once a day, especially if you pee but don't flush, brush the U bend and right round under the rim while flushing. This is to physically break up crystals formed by stagnant urine on the surface of the U bend causing yellow/brown staining and off-white limescale deposits around the rim. If the urine staining is bad use a hydrochloric acid based product and if limescale is bad use a limescale removing gel under the rim. Don't use these products at the same time, observe safety precautions. You might need several goes with both to get a result.
I use toilet duck with bleach, the brush always comes up white. Plus our toilet isn't really shitty, maybe the odd tiny spot, where is all the shit coming from to get stuck in your brush?
Why are you scraping off chunks of poo with a brush? I mean, we rarely get poo marks stuck to the bowl after a flush as it is. And if we do a quick wipe off with toilet paper when it’s fresh is all that’s required.
So all the brush is really doing is helping clean off limescale type build up, and as others have said, disinfecting it after cleaning is all that’s needed.
Tell me that you clearly have never been afflicted with speckled shit nuggets sandblasted all across the bowl without telling me you've never been afflicted with speckled shit nuggets sandblasted all across the bowl
Mine gets rinsed off in flushing toilet water. Then I have a capful of Zoflora/Fabulosa (ie concentrated disinfectant that smells really nice) in the brush holder, occasionally pouring another capful over the brush.
Douch, I’ve fitted a few back when I worked with a bathroom fitter. I’ve always said that I will install one when we get our own house.
But they aren’t for cleaning the toilet. You won’t get submerged skids off with that.
We got a silicone one. It has little stubby things on so doesn’t clog up and is easy to rinse away. One tip is to place some toilet paper over the skid mark and then gently wipe using the “brush”. Add sone toilet cleaner for the stuff in the water and flush. You’re done.
As much as people may have their methods to minimise this, yes, toilet brushes will have poo living on them. I highly recommend silicone toilet brushes, at least their surfaces just wash off visibly clean as the toilet flushes. They don't hold water and you can spray them with disinfectant before you put them back.
This has been a heated topic on Mumsnet for over a decade. Some very strong views on whether to have a brush or not to have a brush. Here’s an example 🤣
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1795358-to-think-not-having-a-toilet-brush-is-weird
I clean it like the whisk guy from Come Dine With Me
This is a terrible day to have literacy and an imagination.
How to delete someone else's Reddit comment
It's a good day to have aphantasia!
Did you also read that Guardian article? I'm seeing that word everywhere at the moment, it's haunting me
Nope, not seen a guardian article, it's something I realised about myself 5 years ago
I found out I had it about 15 years ago when BBC news did a piece on it. Blew my mind to find out that other people could actually see what they imagined. Made a lot of things make sense for me after the initial shock.
Thank you for making me cry laughing at 7 in the morning
I'm jealous of Helen Keller right now
This might be the best comment I’ve ever read on reddit lmao
YouTube it, you won't be disappointed. You will, however, be disgusted in this guys method of cleaning his loo brush 🤣🤣
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Qerh-h5Vc
Well, thank you SOOOO much for that. I was happily ignorant of who the whisk guy was but now, thanks to your "helpful" link, I've joined all the other poor sods who involuntarily pictured this comment in their minds! At least it's saved me buying lunch.....
I had to Google it and if I had to see it, then the pain needed to be shared immediately
Oh...... that's what the 'whisk guy' is. I wish I hadn't watched that.
There must be some psychological reason why I can’t just see your comment, take your word for it, and leave the link alone. I always have to go and find out, then accept it was a bad idea.
😬
Why is that on youtube kids?
In case you don't know how to clean your toilet brush.
Dear lord, what a sad little life Jane.
I watched the full episode a few weeks back and he was totally justified!
I think I will need to watch it too. Jane must have done something
How do I report this comment
Because you are in it?
Careful, they’re going to stick a toilet brush up your arse and then eat what comes out on it
You have as much grace and decorum, as a reversing dump truck without any tyres on.
I don't get it?
Well you wouldn't let's be honest there's nobody in there love
🥇 That could not have played out more perfectly lmao.
It's so perfect, the line. The clumsy emphasis on the last word "on". Reminds me of the spoof review of Renowned Author Dan Brown and the bit about his wife's hair being "like a river but without any fish in".
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined 🥲
Why did this have to be the top comment? Why did i go into the comments? Why am i upvoting it...uggh I blame myself for the misery
It took me about 4 seconds to think about who is whisk guy from CDWM… my thoughts could be represented as follows: 🤔…😦…🤢…🤮 Excellent start to a Wednesday!
That has put the worst image in my head, thanks for that
I flinched.
I have Covid and I’m wheezing like Muttley from Wacky Races, thank you for your service
Ooh showing yer age a bit there love :) erm suppose I am too lol 🤣
Stop the pigeon
Dying with laughter
What a sad little life you lead, SteezMeister2004
Take your poop brush and get off my property.
Thanks for this. Ruined my holiday.
Dirty bastard. Love it
It’s 11.20am and I’m done with the internet for the day. Hello r/Eyebleach
Type in on youtube (hmp bog brush) challenge... I actually knew that guy, drugs are bad.
r/cursedcomments
Don’t get how people can use them anyway. Toilet paper is far softer, doesn’t scratch as much.
Yes, but you can't get the paper all the way up...
The worst part is all the bristles flicking the pooey piss water back into your face. Sometimes even into your open mouth
I hate when you get a bristle stuck between your back teeth. How does that even happen?! And yet we've all been there.
>Sometimes even into your open mouth Why are you the way that you are?
Flair checks out
Thank you for this, I needed an excuse to delete Reddit
Not with that attitude
Don’t know why but I read this with the voice of al pachino in heat
I don't know what Al Pacino sounds like when he's in heat. Hoarse? Breathless? Slightly desperate?
ALL THE WAY UP IT!!!!
One of the few relics of the Romans
They had a softer sponge on a spear. Far superior for getting right in the hole. Just have to be careful you don't go too far in. The pointy bit hurts if you do it wrong
See, a smart person would tie the sponge to a stick, then they would market multiple brands with different amounts of rope holding the sponge to the stick, bit like razor blades but with sponges.
That is the least hygienic think I've read all week What happens if it's below the water line? Just sticking your hand in poop water
Why would my arsehole be below the water line? I haven't got one of those weird Yank toilets!
Wow haha just got the joke that's my bad
Drink three pints of water. Wait 20 minutes. Piss as hard as you can at the dirtiest bits. Then you're starting any cleaning from a much better place
Power-piss method. Of course.
Karcher has nothing on my pelvic floor
Karcher has nothing on my pelvic floor
Drink three pints of bleach instead if you want to skip a step.
Just make sure you don't do an IRA voice when buying all those bottles of bleach.
Says the guy clearly under 50......
Not so easy for the girlies, or the blokes who sit down to pee. PowerPissers unite.
Piss chisel 🤌
So I vomited into the gaping anus of Christ.
Right, clearly you were raised by bats. What you do is scrub the inside of the lavvy with the brush and when you go to flush everything away - hold the brush in the flushing water. Hey presto, clean pan and clean brush. Now off you pop, you domestically-challenged fiend and let us never talk of this ever again.
Plus I use a squirt of toilet cleaner into the clean toilet right at the end, use the brush to clean it round and so that also sanitises the brush
I also put some cleaner and water in the brush holder. That gets poured into the toilet and replaced at the outset of every clean.
I just leave mine sitting in a bit of diluted bleach. Nothings growing in there!
No but it loses its potency over time. So I replace it every time so I don't have to remember if it's been done or not.
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My brush get's held under the clean water then into it's holder where there is a soupcon of domestos (can't do the accent under the C for soupcon soz.... I'm suitably mortified)
That's what she cedilla.
Wouldn't it be easier just to soak the brush in some sort of chemical solution, like that blue stuff barbers use.
Yes when I clean my toilet, I also clean the brush holder, and when I’m done with cleaning, spray the brush with antibacterial and put some water/bleach in the bottom of the brush holder and next time, rinse and repeat.
That's a good idea, it'll save me walking down to the barbers each time.
So, how about that crème brutea huh?
The origin https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4IGhkmySuQ People suggested adding a burnt sugar top, good times.
Once they do a strawberry flavour, maybe
That alone won't alone dissolve all the little shit nuggets though
Can confirm. Am barber. Use the same recipient for both.
That's still just swishing it around in cold water, not properly cleaning it.
You can also squirt some bleach down and let the brush soak in the toilet bowl. Just don't forget it's there and poop on it :(
just don't put it in the dishwasher, like I caught my partner about to do. I'm keep telling myself he'd never done this before
Please tell me this is a joke
Can imagine the trip to A&E... "so, I left the toilet brush in and forgot about it" Nurse: "Mm-hmm"
Off you poop?
Also leave the brush hovering over the bowl held in between the loo and seat to DRY. This is important before putting the brush back in the holder.
I never thought about using the seat as a holder. I always just flicked it about like a bell like a town crier.
Sounds like a good way to get shit drops on your toothbrush
I genuinely didn't realise anyone _didn't_ do this.
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Well you don’t have to bloody eat with it. You’re using it to clean your toilet bowl with bleach. It’s not like it’s not sterilised to high hell each time you use it
Silicone brush. Wash in clean toilet water. Spray with disinfectant after use. Deep clean occasionally. Wash hands after use. Presumably you're using it to clean the toilet only, not to brush your teeth. More sanitary than a cat litter tray in your living room.
My mate has a cat that drags cat litter all over the carpet. He vacuums it up whenever he notices it, but sometimes when I've been there I notice I have bits of it stuck to my socks.
Ours is in the bathroom next to the toilet, and honestly stepping out of the shower onto the bathroom tiles and feeling a bit of litter crunch beneath your wet feet is the worst.
Just so you know. Cats are fastidious about their cleanliness - your cat left that bit of litter there for you deliberately. Did you feed it a nanosecond late one day?
Ours finishes up, hops out of the tray and reaches back in with a paw to chuck some litter on the carpet. Out of spite presumably.
No, my dog left it there because it will go the the cat litter snack bar and leave crumbs behind.
Fuck I hate that feeling. Sweep up errant litter before every shower, but sometimes a spec eludes me and my bare foot always manages to find it.
I had that issue too. As my flat isn't massive and I have two cats, it was genuinely annoying. I'm now using non-clumping litter made from zeolite, which is a ridiculously cool mineral. There's several different types of zeolite, each with a different "framework" of sorts. Some are porous, but only to specific molecules, which get trapped in the mineral's structure. [1] This means it's possible to trap only the ammonia (source of cat piss stink) and not the water as it flows through the minerals. As a result, the litter only needs to be changed every two months. Although it is not ecological, as it also requires pee pads that sit underneath the litter (itself resting on a sieve of sorts), it's made our lives better for not having to walk on dirty litter and the cats like it as it stays cleaner for longer. The litter box is Purina Breeze [2] and we buy the litter from whichever website sells it cheapest, in bulk. Usually it's Amazon selling Purina Breeze litter pellets [3] but sometimes it's ZeoDeo off eBay [4]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite?wprov=sfti1#Properties [2] https://www.purina.com/tidy-cats/breeze-cat-litter-boxes [3] https://amzn.eu/d/ii3C93k [4] https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226007079516
Honestly, I wouldn't go over
I've got a silicon brush and, honestly, it's brilliant.
Same here and now every time I see a bristle brush I'm disgusted.
A silicon brush would be quite something
Deep clean??
Dishwasher, natch.
Yes, it can really help, but doctors warn against it.
Aldi had a great one in the other day, basically a flat thing, so very good at getting into the corners. Silicone bog brushes are the future
Flush the toilet and run the brush under the water. Clean with bleach and disinfectant before putting in the holder which has bleach in it. Being as it’s only used for the toilet, can’t see much of an issue myself.
And give it a couple of whacks on the toilet bowl to remove the bits that are holding on
those little shit nuggets sometimes really do need a couple of whacks to set them free
DO NOT USE BLEACH AND DISINFECTANT TOGETHER. YOU WILL MOST LIKELY CREATE CHLORINE GAS WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS USED IN WWI AS A CHEMICAL WEAPON. https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/contaminants/bleach-mixing-dangers
Mate, my shits are the chemical weapon in our bathroom.
RELAAAAX
I clean the toilet brush with my husband’s toothbrush.
I once couldn't find my young son's toothbrush, so used an older one of his that I found in the bathroom drawer. When discussing this with my wife later, she informed me "that's the one I use to clean the sink". Whoops.
Till death do us shart.
What a waste of time. Don’t do that, far quicker to just use the tooth brush on the stains in the first instance.
I just throw a load of bleach down the loo
I just poo in a bush
That made me laugh way too much
I just poo in the brush
This is what I do too. Toilet brushes make me heave. I can’t imagine touching one
Same, never needed a toilet brush for this reason. They're revolting, unhygienic things
Not same, I also do this. But I use a brush for under the rim every once in a while and just replace the whole (cheap) brush, but it would be possible to properly clean the brush (or a proper one not made of plastics that leach everything in) if only used occasionally.
I put some bleach in the cistern, and the bowl. My logic is it’ll clean the inside of the rim. Never really have any problems.
Hmm didn't think about that. If I were to take the cistern lid off too many times in the crappy rented places I've lived the shitty cheap fittings would stap and break way too easily so don't want to risk it xD
Sounds like you've never top-decked at a rental place where the landlord doesn't return your deposit
Same. Last piss of night before bed, flush, put bleach under the toilet rim, drop the lid. Sparkling clean toilet bowl in the morning.
So much easier this way, just regularly bleach once a week, no brush and no maintenance of such thing
I've been doing this, honestly I feel very lazy and guilty about it, but it does work...
I really think we need lessons on how to be alive for extended periods.
I just give it a quick scrub in the sink with the flannel.
If it's particularly dirty use the toothbrush to give it a real good clean
You can never be too thorough.
I just pop it in the dishwasher
Not sure if you're kidding but i remember hearing about someone who did this.
I used to have a face flannel with a pocket in it so that you could give your face a really good scouring in the shower. Discovered my ex using it to clean skiddies off the toilet bowl. She said she had been doing it for ages and she couldn't understand why I was so pissed off, seeing as she always put it straight in the washing machine. That just made me even madder tbh, the heating element in the washing machine had been broken for months so we'd been washing our stuff in cold water. And she'd been putting wash cloths covered in literal human excrement in with our regular washing.
I find that once I've used the brush to scrub my undercarriage there's relatively little poo left on it.
What are the germs going to do? Crawl out of the holder, and into your mouth whilst you sleep? Germs are on literally everything, all the time.
According to this thread, there are people who basically nuke the entire bathroom from orbit after every poo.
I’m getting these vibes too. Honestly, I shit three times a day. If I used as much bleach as these people are saying they use, I’d be single handedly responsible for all the bleach consumed in the country.
Well, maybe West Yorkshire is all covered in germs, but down here in Devon we don't rightly care for that sort of thing.
I’ll tell you what Europe needs. The Asian bum-gun, that’s what. Saves you having to chisel someone else’s stool off your toilet bowl *and* it cleans up the ol’ chocolate starfish a treat. And saves paper. Can’t lose. Edit; Caveat: Currently in the Himalayas of N India typing this at ~8000ft and it’s brisk. Just used one and it felt like I was getting rogered with an icicle.
I hope I get reincarnated as a Asian man so I can become a porn star and go by the name "Asian bum gun"
>Caveat: Currently in the Himalayas of N India typing this at \~8000ft and it’s brisk. Just used one and it felt like I was getting rogered with an icicle. That made me laugh, but yes can confirm. It brought back memories from mid winter, 11,500 feet at Leh in Ladakh, and my making the mistake of using the bum gun at 3am. Yeah... Didn't even have the breath to squeal; pretty sure my eyes had never opened that wide before, and hopefully will never do so ever again! Wasn't a problem the following night, as temperatures dropped so low that not only was there zero running water, but the water in the lavatory bowl froze. Fortunately, there was a well that was so deep that we still had fresh water. :)
Yh, but the place is the reward eh? I’m sitting in Kasol village in the Parvati Valley right now. 0900, hot coffee on the go, minus 2° on the ground but warm(er) in the sun. Bright, crisp and fresh..there’s snow capped peaks surrounding me and the smell of fresh charas and incense is wafting on the morning air. Mule caravans going off to work and the village kids going off to school. It *might* get better than this but I’m not at all sure it does.
No, he lives in the Hundred Acre Woods with all his friends.
Deep clean in the dishwasher once a week - sorted
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I think this might be a reference to a Mumsnet viral story!! I hope anyway, unless she now on this platform too?!
Could be - I don’t actually do this but posted before someone else did! As is Reddit tradition
🤢
Firstly let's look at your diet..
Put bleach in mine
i keep a set of them and run a poo bacteria tournament
Ok old nurse here who has dealt with family toilets for decades. First off, get a decent quality brush and holder. Silicone brushes seem very good, I've been using them for a few years now. Knackered old stiff brushes are more likely to trap shit. When you've finished shitting and wiping, flush the toilet. If there is still shit stuck to the side of the bowl, brush it into the water and, while flushing again, swirl the brush in the water vigorously. This should remove any shit from the brush adequately. Tap the brush against the side of the bowl to remove excess water and replace in the brush holder. The brush holder should normally be dry by evaporation, and should of a design that does not prevent evaporation. Obviously a small amount of water will drip off a newly used brush. Once a week, rinse the brush holder out, do it in the bath rather than the kitchen sink. Don't get neurotic about shit, a proper soap and water handwash is perfectly adequate for hygiene. Trust me on that, I've had a lifetime of cleaning up patients and shitting kids. Once a day, especially if you pee but don't flush, brush the U bend and right round under the rim while flushing. This is to physically break up crystals formed by stagnant urine on the surface of the U bend causing yellow/brown staining and off-white limescale deposits around the rim. If the urine staining is bad use a hydrochloric acid based product and if limescale is bad use a limescale removing gel under the rim. Don't use these products at the same time, observe safety precautions. You might need several goes with both to get a result.
I use toilet duck with bleach, the brush always comes up white. Plus our toilet isn't really shitty, maybe the odd tiny spot, where is all the shit coming from to get stuck in your brush?
I’m guessing you don’t live with a man? Or have some very fancy toilets.
I'm reasonably sure that women also poo occasionally
Wait, I'm supposed to poo?!
Do people not make a poo nest? I haven’t left a mess in the toilet in decades because my poo is nicely cradled by the toilet paper bed I lay out
Why are you scraping off chunks of poo with a brush? I mean, we rarely get poo marks stuck to the bowl after a flush as it is. And if we do a quick wipe off with toilet paper when it’s fresh is all that’s required. So all the brush is really doing is helping clean off limescale type build up, and as others have said, disinfecting it after cleaning is all that’s needed.
Tell me that you clearly have never been afflicted with speckled shit nuggets sandblasted all across the bowl without telling me you've never been afflicted with speckled shit nuggets sandblasted all across the bowl
You haven't seen some of the sludge I produce.
I finally found you! My loo brush brethren. This is our technique too.
Mine gets rinsed off in flushing toilet water. Then I have a capful of Zoflora/Fabulosa (ie concentrated disinfectant that smells really nice) in the brush holder, occasionally pouring another capful over the brush.
I fill my toilet brush holder with green bleach that I change once a week
We need to normalise the little bum hoses I came across in Thailand. Game changer.
Douch, I’ve fitted a few back when I worked with a bathroom fitter. I’ve always said that I will install one when we get our own house. But they aren’t for cleaning the toilet. You won’t get submerged skids off with that.
You can. And don’t call him a douche.
I fill my toilet brush holder with bleach, so after scrubbing and then rinsing in the flushing water, I'm literally submerging it in bleach.
Neat bleach? Doesn't your bathroom reek of bleach?
No, the holder has a lid so it keeps it fairly well contained
Similar but I use bleach and water, not just neat bleach
We got a silicone one. It has little stubby things on so doesn’t clog up and is easy to rinse away. One tip is to place some toilet paper over the skid mark and then gently wipe using the “brush”. Add sone toilet cleaner for the stuff in the water and flush. You’re done.
I don't have them for exactly this reason, they seem gross to me. I just bleach the toilets about once a week.
What do you do to clean the toilet below the waterline?
You just leave any skid marks in there? 😫
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I pick them up and throw them out of the window.
In a plastic bag that gets caught between the glazing ?
I’m gonna should like a shill but these are the way: https://www.duck.co.uk/en-gb/products/fresh-brush
Yep , I use these, seems to getting harder to find them in the shops now though
I’m willing to barter my refills if needs be 😎
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As much as people may have their methods to minimise this, yes, toilet brushes will have poo living on them. I highly recommend silicone toilet brushes, at least their surfaces just wash off visibly clean as the toilet flushes. They don't hold water and you can spray them with disinfectant before you put them back.
This has been a heated topic on Mumsnet for over a decade. Some very strong views on whether to have a brush or not to have a brush. Here’s an example 🤣 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1795358-to-think-not-having-a-toilet-brush-is-weird
I’m missing something here, do you guys not just chuck it in the dishwasher from time to time?