Disguising Water Rings and Marks

To disguise water rings or marks you can rub a little cigarette ash into the mark with your finger and buff with furniture polish. If you do not use furniture polish you can use shoe polish of the same colour. However, if the polish is too dark, dip a cotton bud in white spirit and rub this over the area to get the polish the correct shade.

Remove Water Rings From Wooden Furniture

Water rings are formed in the surface of the wood - not in the wax or polish, as some people assume. For waxed wood you can remove the rings by rubbing a little white spirit into the mark.

Cleaning Your Toilet - Exterior

Once you have cleaned the bowl or pan you are ready to clean the rest of the toilet. Using your regular cleaning spray (or hot soapy water) target the tank, handle, outside of the lid and outside of the bowl. Then, with a damp cloth or paper towels, begin wiping down, starting at the tank and ending with the outside of the bowl.

Pay extra attention to the handle - people rarely wash their hands before they flush!

Next, spray the seat, inside lid and rim with cleaner and then wipe clean with a cloth or paper towels. Extra grime collects around the hinges so use either an old toothbrush or slip a cleaning wipe between them to get right in.

Finally give the seat and lid a polish with a squirt of window cleaning spray.

Cleaning Toilets - Make It Sparkle!

Over time toilets can collect layer upon layer of grime at the bottom of the pan, which cannot be easily removed using a toilet brush. Here are three tips to make your loosen the grim and make your toilet sparkle:

1. Drop a couple of denture cleaning tablets into the toilet bowl and leave over night. Flush in the morning and wipe the bowl for easy removal of grime.


2. Pour in a can of cola (make sure it is not flat!) and leave it for an hour. This will remove stains.

3. You can neutralize odours by pouring a cup of bicarbonate of soda into the pan once a week.