tombstonedrug
New Member
Terry, thanks for the straight scoop on cleaning CEFIONTECT bowls. I live in a hard water area. I have three Toto toilets, a Guenevere, a Performance and a Drake. Two have CEFIONTECT finishes. They are extremely difficult to keep clean, much less shiny. The non CEFIONTECT toilet is a typical, beautiful, efficient toilet. After two years of following Toto's vague, ambiguous instructions for cleaning the CEFIONTECT bowl, I started using Barkeepers Friend and Lysol toilet bowl cleaner on one CEFIONTECT toilet while cleaning the other using Toto's directions. I've continued that cleaning process for a little over three years now. The CEFIONTECT bowl that I followed Toto's cleaning instructions on continues to have a shiny white bowl, with an ugly hard water ring at the water line. The CEFIONTECT bowl that has been cleaned more aggressively has a dull finish which quickly turns the color of urine (until it's scrubbed again) but which does not have an ugly hard water line. The non CEFIONTECT toilet looks better than either CEFIONTECT toilet bowl and requires much less effort to clean.
I'm sending up the white flag and ordering a new, non CEFIONTECT bowl for my 'yellowing beauty'. I hate to spend $180. I wish I could just drip some Visine in the bowl and get the red, er.., yellow out, but I have ruined the bowl. I'll keep the rest of the toilet because you just can't beat Toto toilets. For their part, Toto needs to respect their loyal customers enough to give specific cleaning instructions, especially for hard water applications. I'm of the opinion that CEFIONTECT and hard water are incompatible and if that's the case, I'd like to see Toto state that in their brochures.
Thanks to everyone who has been working to discover the secret of a successful CEFIONTECT shine!
I'm sending up the white flag and ordering a new, non CEFIONTECT bowl for my 'yellowing beauty'. I hate to spend $180. I wish I could just drip some Visine in the bowl and get the red, er.., yellow out, but I have ruined the bowl. I'll keep the rest of the toilet because you just can't beat Toto toilets. For their part, Toto needs to respect their loyal customers enough to give specific cleaning instructions, especially for hard water applications. I'm of the opinion that CEFIONTECT and hard water are incompatible and if that's the case, I'd like to see Toto state that in their brochures.
Thanks to everyone who has been working to discover the secret of a successful CEFIONTECT shine!