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Electric Elbow Grease   (+2)  [vote for, against]
Scrubbing a toilet can be a little more fun

Today I found myself facing a toilet that had been accumulating crud for a significant period of time. None of the usual toilet-bowl cleaning chemicals seemed to have any effect at all, on dislodging the crud from the porcelain. A scrub brush did work, but slowly. So, Idea!

It happened that this particular toilet-bowl scrub brush had a straight round handle, and the brush itself was largely spherical in its construction/bristly- ness. I got out my electric drill and used its chuck to hold the brush handle like a drill bit. The variable-speed drill can now spin the brush at up-to a couple thousand RPM. Some time later, after a fair amount of crud had been removed from the toilet bowl, I decided to take some time to post this. And now, back to applying Electric Elbow Grease to a traditional dirty job...with something of a grin on my face.
-- Vernon, Jul 07 2015

Preventitive measure _22ScrubBot_20can_20handle_20it_22
[normzone, Jul 07 2015]

[bigsleep], actually, the lip the bowl is keeping that from happening. Otherwise I wouldn't be grinning.
-- Vernon, Jul 07 2015


Would a hammer drill have been even more effective?
-- hippo, Jul 07 2015


You can usually rent jack-hammers at the local tool rental shop.
-- RayfordSteele, Jul 07 2015


What in the hell have you been eating lately?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 07 2015


Can we not just pack loads of loose bristles around a modestly sized explosive charge?
-- pocmloc, Jul 07 2015


That is theoretically possible, although we have serious issues with "modestly sized" ...
-- 8th of 7, Jul 07 2015


Probably this Idea should have been named "Electric Toilet Brush" (we could certainly imagine motorized brushes getting sold), but I like the current name better.
-- Vernon, Jul 09 2015


Err, that grin on your face has brown speckles.
-- AusCan531, Jul 11 2015


If it came with a disposable biodegradable one-size-fits-all seal this would sell.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 11 2015


You've never met my father in law...
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 11 2015


I simply love the title. So +
-- blissmiss, Jul 11 2015



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