Did You Have Blue Toilet Water?

That was the single most classy thing about the 70s!

I remember

It was something to which I aspired as a youngster.

Yes I do. It keeps you from getting rust stains around your convenience - if you have hard water.....

I almost said......rim.......hahahahahaha.

So déclassé! The best people only use the white tablets in their shitters. That way everytime you flush the room is filled with the smell of bleach, signalling cleanliness.

Blue is taboo.

R3, to be blue toilet water? OK.

The blue color was ghastly. I mean it was truly ghastly. None of us Upper Richmond girls approved, especially Bunny Bixler.

Where can I get some Blu Loo these days? I'd quite like it for a change.

The only nice thing about the blue (which was still all the rage when I was a kid in the 80's and even 90's) was that you knew immediately when the water was no longer blue and the pellet needed to be replaced. The white one is far less tacky but it is far harder to tell when the clear bleach has been used up. Basically, days after when it stops doing its job - time to replace.

Does the white one prevent mineral stains?

If you use these in-tank remedies, you'll quickly become familiar with the plumber. Not that that is a bad thing, just expensive.

They still exist

I heard that they wreck your toilet over time, so I stopped using them. But yeah, I always liked the blue water in the bowl.

Yes, they're still a thing but I don't use them since I want to see the color of my piss and shit. Dog pee pads too as I don't use the dark carbon type because I need to see the color of my dog's pee.

Blue toilet water is the reason I don’t drink anything that resembles that blue color to this day.

My grandmother also has colored toilet paper to match her pink and yellow bathrooms. Wonder if they still make that anymore.

^^^oops HAD not has

My mother was a chaotic housekeeper -- not messy, but there were six of us and no one could have kept up. I've always been a neat freak and I used to think the blue water represented attention to every detail. When I worked at a startup there was one bathroom for everyone. The blue water helped deodorize and disinfect which I appreciated. I think they're most helpful for toilets that don't get flushed often (like guest bathrooms, etc.).

It’s like old ladies with blue hair. You hardly see either any more

What are the tablets supposed to accomplish? Could I clean my toilet less often if I use these?

Who doesn't like blue toilet water? I think it's beautiful!

It was often pink.

Sometimes I overdid it.

The water was so blue that day...

You don’t use that garbage because your dogs and cats drink out of the toilet. Who wants an airedale wiping blue beard water off on their leg?

I used 2000 Flushes tablets, clear variety. They make them without the blue dye, but really though it just helps you know when it's time to replace them without having to keep lifting the tank lid.

Ty-D-Bowl on the other hand, that crap stains the hell out of everything and is a mess to put in and take out of your tank.

As mentioned upthread, these chlorine-bleach tablets are bad for the toilets because they slowly damage the rubber gaskets, washers and flapper. Also, in times of disasters when the water supply becomes compromised, the water in your tank is supposed to serve as your backup source of potable water. So keep it clean and as pure as possible.

Strange side effects.

Yes I use it in the guest bathroom. It’s fun.

[quote] the water in your tank is supposed to serve as your backup source of potable water.

I have a pool, thanks, from which to boil water for my covfefe rather than the blue toilet water FFS.

R6, Why not?

[quote]I heard that they wreck your toilet over time, so I stopped using them.

Porcelain is so delicate.

Shit Troll

As classless as it may be, I admit that I insist on it. At least I know that when the color begins to fade, it's time to drop another tablet in the tank. I NEED bleach tablets in my toilet, and a visual cue, without opening the tank.

Why wouldn’t you bleach scrub at the same time you wash around the exterior including the bolts and please hold the pubes thanks?

Don't use these cleaning pills if you have pets that might drink the water!

[quote]Don't use these cleaning pills if you have pets that might drink the water!

Or if you have a lazy husband/wife who gets thirsty at 2 in the morning.

Yes, I still use it, but I had to stop using the cakes. In one of my loos they clogged up the holes that allow the water to refill the bowl. I had to use full strength hydrochloric acid to dissolve the clogs. I only use the bottles now that hang inside the tank.

They still exist

At the start of the pandemic we could not find any bleach-based toilet bowl cleaners (the kind you squirt into the bowl) and so my dad ordered the blue tablets off Amazon because they had bleach in them.

Never had them growing up so it was pretty weird. They have mostly worn out by now and we found the regular toilet bowl cleaners.

I dunno. Our outhouse didn't have a light.

[quote]Or if you have a lazy husband/wife who gets thirsty at 2 in the morning.

Wouldn't they just use the sink since they would have to only bend over rather than get on their knees and hold the lids up to quaff their thirst.

I remember an All In The Family episode where Archie commented on the "classy blue water" in the toilet of some upscale (to him, anyway) establishment.

I had it for a few years when I lived in a highrise apartment where maintenance came in 2x a year and put an insert in the toilet tank. It wasn't the kind with bleach intended to clean. It was for drain maintenance and was made by Bioline. They contained enzymes and helpful bacteria that break down grease or other residue that can build up on the inside of drain pipes over time and contribute to clogs. The bathrooms and kitchens fed into the same vertical sewer line and the building was having issues with clogs. The idea was that a little of this blue water would go into the vertical sewer line every time anyone flushed, and help keep the pipes clear. Bioline still makes products that serve that purpose, but not in the form of toilet tank inserts.

I like blue.

R40, as discussed on another thread, they apparently pee in the sink.

My memory is for shit but years ago we had one of those products in our toilet and it gunked up the pipes so much that the toilet stopped operating correctly.