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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 3361490, member: 8708"]I soaked it in warm water and dish washing soap and gave it a scrub with a baby toothbrush that did precisely zilch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I then soaked it in white vinegar which did improve it but still looked grey and still full of dirt in the crevices.</p><p>I’m not sure I should divulge what I did as I went a bit off piste and the wise ones may faint in horror. I figured that if it’s porcelain then dilute clear bleach was worth a shot. It doesn’t hurt toilet pans and let’s face it it was unwearable as it was. Soaked for 30 mins.........Tada!!!!</p><p>Then another wash with washing up soap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 3361490, member: 8708"]I soaked it in warm water and dish washing soap and gave it a scrub with a baby toothbrush that did precisely zilch :hilarious: I then soaked it in white vinegar which did improve it but still looked grey and still full of dirt in the crevices. I’m not sure I should divulge what I did as I went a bit off piste and the wise ones may faint in horror. I figured that if it’s porcelain then dilute clear bleach was worth a shot. It doesn’t hurt toilet pans and let’s face it it was unwearable as it was. Soaked for 30 mins.........Tada!!!! Then another wash with washing up soap.[/QUOTE]
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