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1. 
   JTC1 | Mar 26, 2008 12:47am | #1

   Muriatic acid.

   White vinegar will remove a light stain (acetic acid).

   Or any number of commercial toilet bowl cleaners - all that claim rust stain removal contain an acid of one type or another.

   Jim

    

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   DanH | Mar 26, 2008 01:00am | #2

   Something with oxalic acid in it.

   However, iron stains are, at best, very difficult to remove.

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   calvin | Mar 26, 2008 02:17am | #3

   CLR used to work quite well when we lived in the country 20 yrs ago.

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4. 
   5brown1 | Mar 26, 2008 02:37am | #4

   Pumice. You can buy blocks of it for removing mineral and rust buildup.
   Work great.

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   WayneL5 | Mar 26, 2008 03:51am | #5

   Be sure you don't mix any chemicals together.  If you have a dispenser in the tank, remove it and flush a few times before using acid in the bowl.  Acid and bleach, in particular, react to form poisonous gas.

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   Billy | Mar 26, 2008 03:58am | #6

   Put a little galvanized in your chow, and if that doesn't work try stainless.

   Billy

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   RedfordHenry | Mar 26, 2008 05:15am | #7

   Iron Out made by works pretty well.  It's a powder that you put into the bowl.

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   reinvent | Mar 26, 2008 05:21am | #8

   First cut back on your iron supplements.

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   Pelipeth | Mar 26, 2008 01:13pm | #9

   CLR has worked great for me. Most any hardware store should carry it.

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   theslateman | Mar 26, 2008 01:15pm | #10

   A sledgehammer, and a trip to Lowes

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    dpsours | Mar 26, 2008 03:15pm | #11

    Whink Rust Stain Remover.  Worked when everything else failed.

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   rez | Mar 26, 2008 04:28pm | #12

   Thanks to all. I have another toilet in sitting in the waiting but being a rental with nothing else wrong with the stool I'd much prefer to swab the deck and go on as there are greater waves to fight.

    

   be aye, maties 

    

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