Leaving bleach in a toilet overnight is fine, but you shouldn't leave it any longer, or else it might corrode your toilet. If you do decide to leave it in the bowl overnight, let other members of your household know so that they don't use the toilet and accidentally mix the bleach with ammonia from urine.

Keep out of reach of children. Precautionary statements: hazards to humans and domestic animals. Physical and Chemical Hazards: This product contains bleach. Do not use or mix with other household chemicals such as toilet bowl cleaners, rust removers, acids or products containing ammonia.

Put on your rubber gloves. Coat the toilet bowl's entire interior, starting underneath the bowl's rim, with a product formulated to clean and disinfect, like Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner with Bleach. Use your toilet brush to scrub away stains and deposits.

Chemical Composition/Ingredients

On its own, bleach is corrosive when poured down the drain but that process is accelerated when mixed with other chemical cleaners, thanks to a chemical reaction that creates heat. Like many chemicals found in your home, bleach can be corrosive to your pipes.

Here are some ways to use distilled white vinegar as an effective, non-toxic, bleach-free bathroom cleaner: As an all-purpose bathroom cleaner: Combine 1 part vinegar with 1 part water and use it as an all-purpose bathroom cleaner on countertops, sinks, floors, bathtubs, mirrors, and toilets.

For a toilet cleaner from a brand known for killing germs, our top pick is Clorox Clinging Bleach Gel. It kills 99.9% of germs thanks to its disinfecting, bleach-infused gel formula. Plus, the gel formula clings to the toilet bowl longer than liquid formulas to help remove tough stains, mildew and mold.

You can use straight or a diluted vinegar cleaning solution for the bathroom to clean bacteria, especially around the toilet. Cleaning with a mixture of baking soda and vinegar in the bathroom can work really well. To clean your toilet with vinegar, pour a cup of vinegar in the toilet bowl and let sit overnight.

For older stains, using an industrial-strength cleaner like CLR should do the trick. Another less conventional strategy you can try is removing the stains with Coca-Cola. To do this, simply pour a full can of Coke into the toilet and let it sit in the bowl overnight. Then flush the toilet the next day.

Pour 2 cups of distilled white vinegar into the toilet bowl. Close the lid and let the concoction work for 30 minutes. Give the whole inside of the bowl a vigorous scrub. Turn on the water supply and flush the toilet.

In our tests, toilet grime disappeared within minutes of applying Clorox with Bleach toilet bowl cleaner, which meant very little scrubbing was necessary to tackle tough stains. This cleaner contains bleach, so it whitens, kills 99.9% of germs and deodorizes the toilet, too, when used according to label directions.

Toilet cleaning agents

• Mrs.
• Lysol Power Toilet Bowl Cleaner, 2-Pack.
• Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Grime Fighter Disinfectant Spray.
• Bon Ami Powder Cleanser for Kitchens & Bathrooms, 2-Pack.
• Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda Shaker.
• Zep Acidic Toilet Bowl Cleaner.
• HDX Pumice Stone.
• Clorox Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaner Tablets.