so i grab the ajax, a cleaning rag, and some elbow grease and i stick my hand RIGHT DOWN IN that toilet and go to town.
nasty? yes. but this is the way that lana taught me, and i feel like the toilet gets a better cleaning this way. plus i figure it can't be too bad if it's the toilet in my home--we're not talking a lumberjack lavatory or a tijuana brothel bathroom.....
it's really not my favorite thing to be sloshing around in the toilet bowl, and i would like to state for the record that i let my girls use a disposable toilet wand. and i am vehemently AGAINST those nasty toilet brushes that you use and then store in it's own little bacteria-festering hut. YUCK. and you can't argue that fact when you stop into the godforsaken gas station bathroom in las vegas and there it is, sitting in the corner in all it's yellowed glory. {shudder.}
my point, you ask? it's the fact that i'm always surprised whenever we get on the subject of toilet cleaning (which comes up ALL the time in mindi's circles. we are so glamorous...) that nobody puts their hand in the toilet anymore.
i get lots of "eeewwwhhhhhh, gross!" and several expressions of sympathy, but no fellow hand-scrubbers.
is this a dying art?
i made this cute little tee that i could wear when i do the deed, but i thought it might give people the wrong idea:
i thought this would be a little bit better:
so, my question for you is this: do you use the hand, or the brush? do tell. p.s.--i DO wash my hands after i clean the toilet. most of the time, anyway.
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HAVE to use the hand if you really want to clean it right. My dad used to make us use a cheap toothbrush underneath the rim. I start to twitch when I smell Ajax -- ah, the memories. Really, how much elbow grease can you put into a plastic toilet wand? Uh-hum, I thought so.
I don't think I every saw a toilet brush in my youth... and after trying it out for a few years, I tossed it and now do it by hand. Really, it's the only way to know thats is clean!
I totally clean it with my hand and I'm not afraid to admit it either, although I don't think I am as brave as you to do a whole post on it. No fear...way to go. :)
I've heard they have a fascinating product on the market these days. Something called Latex Cleaning Gloves? From what I hear, they allow you to clean the toilet WITH your hands, while staying dry and germ free.
FYI: I use a toilet brush WHILE wearing my latex gloves. You aren't gonna see me elbow-deep anytime soon. I'd rather poop in the yard and just keep the toilet clean. TMI?
That would be a hell no on using the hand. I am such a germ freak. I can barely use the wand thingy.
I just make the man of the house clean the toilet for me. I figure three boys in the house with one girl--they OWE me.
It never crossed my mind to use the hand. Interesting. And my dad was a super clean freak...I'll have to watch more closely next time I see him tackle a potty.
Would NEVER use hand. Yuck.
Using the bare hand is the ONLY way to get a toilet totally clean. When I was pregnant and puking all day, I learned quickly that if I was going to hang out laying on the toilet it had to be SUPER CLEAN. Thus, I have to use my hands. The joy of a freshly cleaned toilet is beyond measure.... Yeah, uhhuh.....
Hand, with a disposable glove, in the bathroom. (in my best Clue voice)
I can't remember which way I roll, I think I do both. I just had a friend teach me to use baking soda and it works fabulously on the top and lid area:)
I haven't even thought of cleaning it with my hand. I wish I could watch the master at work, and maybe learn a thing or two!!
Brush, gloves, mask, toothbrush for the rim, antibacterial soap after. And the old toilets in this house stil. never. look. clean. That is really what I am looking forward to when we buy a house: new toilets that actually look clean when you take the time to clean them! Oh and kitchen counters too...my two pet peeves right now :) phew thanks for letting me vent
brush on a stick...wand? whatever. toilet-scrubby thing.
But---I used a rag & my hands for the seat area, behind the seat, and down at the bottom...
Mindi, I am like you. I use a sponge and scrub away with my hands in the toilet and without gloves. Gasp!
Could you at least use rubber gloves?? I'm all for getting in there and cleaning thoroughly, but gloves are a must.
omg, I am totally a disposable wand person. My replacement for "hand" would be to maybe swish some Clorox in there once in a while.
Totally use the hand, however, it is clad in a disposable latex glove. I don't know how you get it clean enough without using hand. I have to get in there with a pumice stone to get the hard water ring off too, really using the hand there.
Hand. The brush just swishes the grossness around, so the only way to do it is by hand, with some Ajax (I prefer Comet) and a scrubby pad. And, God gave me built in, reusable gloves (aka) my skin, that I just wash really well when I'm done.
I didn't even know what a toilet brush was until I grew up, went to college, and saw my roomie using one. I'm a professed hand cleaner too!
I use the brush. But am getting gloves and am going to be using my hands from now on. It really doesn't do a very good job. And yeah, they are gross!
Love the shirt.
Ditto to what Vera said. I use my hand when I want the job done good and right. Ajax was my moms cleanser of choice and I love the smell of that stuff. It means shiny and sparkling and super clean. (For a minute anyway!)
I admit I use a toilet brush most of the time, but when I want them really really clean I will go after it the old fashioned hand in the toilet way...
I mostly use a disposable brush, but have no problem getting down there with a scrubby to get hard water and rust stains (I hate well water!) off.
However, I would not wear a t-shirt alluding to this fact. :-)
Brush all the way baby!!
Must.Not.Put.Hand.In.Toilet. Gloved or not, that's just plain sick and wrong.
I am a gloves on up to my wrists, brush, ajax or comet for the inside.
Then fresh gloves on up to my wrists and clorox bleach cleaner for the seat, lid, rim, back and on the bottom/floor area.
Then, AGAIN, encourage the rest of the people in my house (who are all male), that they could indeed sit to pee, that there is NOTHING wrong with that.... I'm still trying to convince them.
Hand. The brush is way grosser.
First of all, freakin hilarious and LOVE your t-shirts (can I buy one?) Second of all, I am afraid I cannot stick my hand in the tiolet, even though it is my own. I will say you are a brave woman and I admire you for sticking your hands in the toilet :)
I use the brush and a lot of AJAX but after reading your thoughts on the brush (since I never thought of it that way) I may need to re-think it! I have used my hands before though... I figure with a gallon of AJAX--what's the harm??
Two thoughts on this:
1. I was taught you use a rag and Ajax as well with bare hands...now ask me how I clean a toitey today?
2. One would think that after having all that Ajax on your hands that nothing would really be left on them...why bother washing them? Oh wait, that's right food that tastes/smells of Ajax=full of nasty ;)
I have never used the hand.
Now I think I need to.
I use the brush in the bowl whilst wearing rubber gloves and I use a rag doused with cleaner all over the seat, behind, the pedestal and other surrounding areas.
You are fa-reakin' hilarious. I am so sorry, but I use hand and brush. Mostly the brush for the really bad parts and the hand for the rest. Can I say, disinfectant please!
Although I haven't used Ajax in a while that's how my mom taught me. Ajax and a good rag. Now it's the liquid stuff you can squirtunder the rim with I let it work it's way down the bowl and sit for a good five minutes while I douse all the other toilets and sinks and tubs in the house. then I come bak and scrub sinks and tubs in one room first than hit the toilet. HARD. And then move on the next room....The way I figure, the stuff they make to clean your bathroom now-a-days none of those little germs are surviving. It's total warfare on germs in my bathroom. That's how my kids will learn to clean the bathroom......Eight is a good age to learn to clean a toilet the right way, right?
I enjoy a clean toilet as much as the next person. but I am not about to stick my hand in there, gloves or not. I use a toilet brush. If it stews in its own germs in between uses, what do I care? That's why I banish the brush to the darkest corners of the bathroom.
Cough (Iusemayhandtoosomuchcleaner)
Maybe we both need to invest in some gloves.
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