Cleaning and Removing Rust Stains with a Pumice Stone

Philippa Lane
Have you scrubbed and scrubbed around your bathtub or inside your toilet, but you couldn't get the stain out? If you have, then a pumice stone can really help you.

For me, it all started when I saw some stains in my toilet bowl. I had tried many different products in an attempt to remove the stains, but nothing really seemed to work. I began to search online in order to find out if anyone else had the same problem that I was having with removing stains from a toilet bowl. Many people shared their views on this subject, but one in particular stood out, a lady said that she used a pumice stone to remove the stains from her toilet bowl. Yes, that's right, a good old fashioned pumice stone. I was so excited about my discovery that I began looking around my home to see if I had a pumice stone. I was so glad when I found one. I proceeded to lift up my toilet seat and I knew that I was going to have to do some scrubbing, because I did not have any rubber gloves. I recommend that you use rubber gloves if you are going to use a pumice stone to clean a stain out of your toilet bowl.

Pumice is a porous, light, solidified glassy lava that is created when extremely hot, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. Pumice is usually used in solid form as an abrasive and in powdered form as both a polish and an abrasive. Pumice is typically a pale color, but it can also be light gray, white, blue, black or completely colorless and has the general appearance of rocky froth.

Pumice stones are frequently used in beauty salons for pedicures to remove calluses or dry/excess skin from the bottom of feet, but pumice stones are not just good for removing calluses from your feet, they also really help to remove dark, ugly yellow stains out of toilet bowls. I was also amazed that the pumice stones do not damage the porcelain finish of a toilet bowl.

So, if you have tried many products to get yellow stains out of your toilet bowl and you have had no success, why not try a good old fashioned pumice stone? It will really help to make your toilet bowl bright and sparkling clean.

Don't Forget To Wear Your Gloves!

You can find pumice stones at most beauty supply stores and pharmacies across America and online at www.Target.com, www.sallybeauty.com, www.nextag.com, and ranges in price from $0.97 to $5.00.

Published by Philippa Lane

Philippa Lane is a professional freelance writer and is a staff member of the Cable Muse Network. She is a prolific writer and covers a variety of subjects, such as health, beauty, appliances, travel, food,...  View profile

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  • Cristina Maccarrone - Italy3/19/2009

    Thank you very much for the INFO! On the afternoon I've just cleaned my toilet bowl from resistent gray stains and now it shines as new... really, it does not harm the porcelain!

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