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[PhatCat]

I heard The Works is wonderful but cannot purchase it here in CT and cannot be shipped here for some reason or another either.

I have over 30 parts per million of iron in my water and have every system Culligan makes in my basement and I still get some iron. What I use is a product called Iron Out. Stinks to high heaven but it works.

[toodles11]

I was also going to ask if anyone had tried coke. It's amazing what it eats through.

[sylviahomeatlast]

I have black fixtures in my bathroom and they are prone to getting this. there are scrubbers designed for this. Sometimes, the lime etches into the porcelain and in this case you might have to take extreme measures like physically scraping the porcelain with a razor blade

[sylviahomeatlast]

On 12/10/2014 dklcat5 said:

Ditto the pumice stone (scour stick) my son had raised rings in sinks, tub and toilet and with very little pressure, removed these. Light and steady touch.

^^^^^^^^^^^^like this

[athenian]

Second the recommendation of the ring eraser from Vermont Country Store. It did the job when we moved into a house that hadn't had a water softener in years. It didn't scratch the porcelain, either.

[ThinkOutsidetheBox]

I have heard of using coke for this problem before, but I have not tried it myself.

If you have a septic system, do NOT use harsh chemicals or chlorine. At some point, maybe in the distant future if not now, you will pay for those choices with a new septic system cost....and YIKES! You have to read the fine print on everything these days to see if something is septic safe, and if it is not mentioned, then do not use the product...trust me on this. We got lucky, and I got educated when a septic tank pumper lectured me on the state of my septic tank one year. ROTFL!!! I got a potty lecture of sorts...but he made good sense, so I do not put chemicals down our toilets, in our washing machine or dishwasher, and nothing oil/fat-based or chemical-based in the garbage disposal.

The pumice stones and drywall sanding stuff do work very well on the mineral rings. However, I have found that no matter how obsessively you clean your toilets, you cannot avoid the mineral ring build up (not with my well water anyway). I had considered getting the magnetic thingies you put in your tank. Has anyone tried those? I forget what they are called. Oh, and although my water is high in iron, a specialized iron chemical did nothing for my problem (back before I got the lecture from the Honeypot man...kid you not, that is his company name).

[pupwhipped]

Pumice stone and lots of elbow grease...and patience. And make sure the pumice stone is wet, do not use it dry.