woman_who_sees Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 A woman I met at the local food bank was telling me she just bought a used RV. She says it is in pretty good shape and looks good except for the plastic toilet which looks like it hasn't been cleaned in awhile and is badly stained. I told her I would ask on this forum if there was anything she could do to clean it up (she's tried cleanser and Scrubbing Bubbles) or if she should just buy another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarome Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Personally, I wouldn't spend a great deal of time on it.. they are fairly inexpensive, however, those Mr. Cleaner erasers are fairly inexpensive and might do a little better cleaning job where liquid cleaners may not be up to the task. Just to be aware though... those "erasers" work by abrasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeBeFulltimers Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 I wouldn't invest any time or money in it either. I wouldn't want a plastic one even if it was new because they are so cheaply made. Tell her to invest a couple hundred (or less) in a new porcelain toilet like Dometic 310 or 320. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biere Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 If it is plastic it is probably stained as well as dirty. It can always get bleached back but in my opinion once the plastic has been stained anything like bleaching it back or using something to abrade away the stains is just making a future problem. I had a single wide for a while and it had weird plastic sinks. Sure they were functional but much use got them to where they wanted to hold the colors of stuff and the plastic does not take well to serious chemicals anyway. Stainless steel was already in kitchen, plastic sink in the master bath got replaced with porcelin or whatever and the guest bathroom plastic sink lasted the longest due to minimal use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Consider that you may not want as much bleach in your black tank as it might take to make that toilet look new. I'm with the replace it group. Linda Sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyretired Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 We have had excellent results using Stain Away Denture cleanser. Just fill the toilet with water enough to cover the stains. Add a generous amount of the denture cleaner and leave it for a couple of hours. I think you will be amazed at the results. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Without more info I will speculate that it could be the the water with the minerals that was used. I have had that issue based on where I have camped long term. I have often solved the worst of it by soaking with cheap white vinegar. Depending on where it is stained you may be able to let some sit in the toilet. I had some serious build up on the clean water outlet that flushes into the bowl. I used some small pieces of paper like paper towels or pieces of cloth that I soaked in the vinegar and let it sit on the stained area. I would replenish the vinegar with and eye dropper. Of course you cannot let the paper or cloth be flushed. The eyedropper let me dribble on to specific spots. It was pretty bad so it took awhile but it did no damage and now it looks good. My toilet is one of the cheaper plasticThetfords that I put in over 10 years ago and have had no issues with. I hope I haven't jinxed myself by saying how trouble free it has been which is amazing since I have full timed all that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildmandmc Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 put me in for the vote on getting a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dgallo66 Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 One thing that always has to be done, but no one looks forward to it. In fact, some, like the guy in this video, delay doing this as long as possible. However, if you don't do it often, there could be consequences. Check this out: https://youtu.be/8X4E8FCOZzY -Lobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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