How Do Toilet Bowl Cleaners Work?
Commercial Toilet Bowl Cleaners Some toilet bowl cleaners use bleach, which will create toxic fumes when the bleach comes into contact with ammonia (urine contains ammonia). Other toilet bowl cleaners create a foamy, amorphous mass that rises when it hits the water in the toilet bowl. The foam is a concentration of bubbles that continuously scrub the toilet by bouncing against the toilet bowl surface. Blue liquid toilet bowl cleaners work more slowly than foam cleaners, and are made of chemicals that break up grime and mineral deposits in the toilet bowl. The two most common types of toilet cleaners are made of acidic or alkaline chemical ingredients. Acidic cleaners contain phosphoric and citric acids, as well as alcohol, citrates and anionic or nonionic surfactants. Alkaline cleaners are made of sodium carbonate/hydroxide/hypochlorite, anionic/nonionic surfactants, citrates, glycol ethers, alcohol and sodium. Compounds of ammonia are widely used in cleaners for toilet bowls. Acidic C
