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I would like to know how to put the finish back on the bottom of the toilet bowl

I have never used harsh abrasives or scratch pads to clean my toilet & the finish is off the inside of the bowl on the bottom. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem?

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Might be just stained
get a good stain remover or drain cleaner and leave it sit for a while then flush
talk with a plumber as to possible solutions

Testimonial: "no it is not stained, the finish is off!!"

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karl fink

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  • Posted on Mar 16, 2009

SOURCE: Toto toilet Power Gravity intermittently running

I suggest that you replace the cap with the new seal, it sounds as tho the valve is not shutting off and the bowl fill tube continues to run. Have you adjusted the water level to 3/4 of an inch below the overflow tube. If not, try that.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 07, 2009

SOURCE: basement toilet won't flush. water fills the bowl

Check your flapper line to the flush handle. The flapper is in the tank on bottom. There shoiuld be a plastic line to handle or chain. :)

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 13, 2009

SOURCE: running toilet

your float is stuck

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 12, 2010

SOURCE: water leaking inside toilrt bowl

The flush megnisems rubber has parished.
Step1. open sistern and locate the flush meganisem, [shoold 90% of time be the gajet in middel]

Step2.unhook or unscrew all the handels conected to it,

Step3. turn the meganisem left, it wil pop out and at the bottom after you pop it out u see a black rubber that looks damaged, go to plumbing shop with the rubber and they will give u 1 ,its cheeep.

that should fix it.

plz rate my advice


Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 19, 2010

SOURCE: We have a Jacuzzi X532 toilet. Can't get the water

I am not familiar with the model of toilet that you have, but many toilets suffer the same problem. It is usually due to the toilet cistern over-filling, as the water running into the bowl is the safety-overflow mechanism. The overfilling can be for a few reasons. The most common is that the fill valve is being held open, either due to mal-adjustment, or due to it being postioned slightly wrongly so that it hits either the side of the cistern or another part of the mechanism and can't close off properly. If you lift off the top of the cistern and watch what happens when the flush goes, you might be able to spot what is preventing the valve from shutting off entirely, and solve it. Hope this helps! :)

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