The toilet was in a very bad condition (Image: Facebook/Cleaning Tips & Tricks)

Toilet stains can leave your bathroom looking unsightly and prove difficult to budge if they've been left for too long between cleans.

If your toilet is looking a bit worse for wear, a professional cleaner has shared the perfect solution to get it sparkling again using a rather unlikely item.

Pumice stones are usually used to remove hardened or dead skin, but one expert has revealed they work wonders as a cleaning tool too.

Pictures shared to the Cleaning Tips & Tricks Facebook group show the incredible before and after results she achieved when she was asked to clean a home which had recently been vacated.

It was in such a bad state with staining around the water line, under the rim and even on the base, the cleaner thought the property manager would have to replace it.

However, using a combination of a pumice stone, limescale remover and a cleaning pad, she managed to get it looking new once again.

 It looked new afterwards (Image: Facebook/Cleaning Tips & Tricks)

Explaining her technique after one person questioned if the stone could scratch the surface, she revealed she doesn't use one often as it could cause damage, but it was worth a go as the loo would have been chucked otherwise.

She said she only used the stone for the top of the toilet and a Shaw's pad for the rest - a scouring pad designed for toilets which is available from retailers including Amazon.

The post read: "I thought the property manager was going to need to replace the toilet but it came clean using LimeAway, a pumice stone, and a Shaw’s PAD.

"This is why I clean my toilet regularly, then it is super easy to clean. Move out cleans are so much work."

Hundreds praised her for the transformation job, as one wrote: "Wow fair play, I think I'd puke having to clean that - how could someone even use a toilet in that condition."

Another said: "Congratulations on conquering that beast!!"

A third added: "Doesn't look like the same toilet to me tbh."

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