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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / October 2009Toilet does not seal
Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. Two attempts at cleaning it have not helped. What is the preferred method of cleaning short of seal replacement? > Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. Two attempts at cleaning it have > not helped. What is the preferred method of cleaning short of seal > replacement? 1) The Thetford people make a cleaning kit which is basically some Soft Scrub and a tongue depressor or even a paint mixer with the hook side of Velcro glued on to it. Put the Soft Scrub (the kind without bleach) on the stick. Open the valve and put the stick in there. let the valve close then run the stick around the valve. Do the same thing again, but turn it over so that you are getting the other side of the valve. 2) I learned this from Bob Livingston's book and it worked. Sometimes the bowl isn't sitting right on the floor seal. Get down on the floor, grab the bowl around with both arms and wiggle it. It worked for me. 3) The last thing I can recommend is to go to a flea market and get a dental pick. Use this very gently on the seal under the ball. Sometimes all it may be is a bit of TP stuck in that groove. One of these should work.  SignatureJanet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. >> Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. Two attempts at cleaning it >> have not helped. What is the preferred method of cleaning short of seal [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > One of these should work. Would an old tooth brush work too? >>> Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. Two attempts at cleaning it >>> have not helped. What is the preferred method of cleaning short of seal [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > Would an old tooth brush work too? I can't say for sure, but give it a try. SignatureJanet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. >>>> Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. <snip> >>> >> Would an old tooth brush work too? >> > I can't say for sure, but give it a try. And then throw it away, to avoid confusion.<g> Ken H > Would an old tooth brush work too? Even a new one would do nicely, rinse thoroughly before reuse. Eldo Hold Valve open, and burnish the gasket very lightly with very fine sandpaper. >> Would an old tooth brush work too? >> > Even a new one would do nicely, rinse thoroughly before reuse. > Eldo > Hold Valve open, and burnish the gasket very lightly with very fine > sandpaper. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> Even a new one would do nicely, rinse thoroughly before reuse. >> Eldo Is the gasket flat or grooved? It's flat and it's on the underside of the bowl. The blade is supposed to seal up against it. >> Hold Valve open, and burnish the gasket very lightly with very fine >> sandpaper. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Is the gasket flat or grooved? >> Would an old tooth brush work too? >> > Even a new one would do nicely, rinse thoroughly before reuse. > Eldo EEWWW! >>> Would an old tooth brush work too? >>> >> Even a new one would do nicely, rinse thoroughly before reuse. >> Eldo > > EEWWW! Don't be so squeamish and help the environment by recycling. >>>> Would an old tooth brush work too? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > Don't be so squeamish and help the environment by recycling. Do you use both sides of the tp too? > Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. �Two attempts at cleaning it have > not helped. �What is the preferred method of cleaning short of seal > replacement? I may be talking when I shouldn't, but have you tried lubing the seals with vasoline? If the rubber is dry, it may re-vitalize them. You might want to do this after cleaning. Hank If you want to lube it use plumbers silicon grease. Dale On Sep 14, 12:01�pm, "Dan Listermann" <d...@listermann.com> wrote: > Out ceramic toilet goes dry very quickly. �Two attempts at cleaning it > have > not helped. �What is the preferred method of cleaning short of seal > replacement? I may be talking when I shouldn't, but have you tried lubing the seals with vasoline? If the rubber is dry, it may re-vitalize them. You might want to do this after cleaning. Hank Use a Q-Tip and some vasoline, worked for me. |
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