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    <title>topic Re: How to best remove old silicone around toilet base? in Bathroom and Laundry</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/40594"&gt;@barydos&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your patience. Our resident Bunnings D.I.Y. expert&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/25445"&gt;@EricL&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;will be back on the site this afternoon and I'm sure will be happy to share some advice with you.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Let me also tag helpful members in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/12068"&gt;@TedBear&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/11883"&gt;@Remarka6le&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/20862"&gt;@JoeAzza&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to see how they might tackle this one.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Jason&lt;/P&gt;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-04-12T01:30:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How to best remove old silicone around toilet base?</title>
      <link>https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Bathroom-and-Laundry/How-to-best-remove-old-silicone-around-toilet-base/m-p/149734#M8081</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I probably should have asked before attempting this one myself, but basically I wanted to remove the really old silicone around the base of the toilet (between toilet and tile floor). Id like to re caulk this and replace the seat/cistern after.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I had a go at it with a knife and metal scraper and did a really poor job with it, and worried I mightve scratched either the toilet or the tile floor itself.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So now I'll ask, what is the best way to go about this? I tried with some methylated spirits but didn't seem to go t&lt;SPAN&gt;hat well. Here is the current state of it:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="PXL_20230411_104731829.jpg" style="width: 4032px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67891iE39862305BD6C9F9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="PXL_20230411_104731829.jpg" alt="PXL_20230411_104731829.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="PXL_20230411_104708542.jpg" style="width: 4032px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67892i75D48508DDF61CF9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="PXL_20230411_104708542.jpg" alt="PXL_20230411_104708542.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:52:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>barydos</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-11T10:52:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to best remove old silicone around toilet base?</title>
      <link>https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Bathroom-and-Laundry/How-to-best-remove-old-silicone-around-toilet-base/m-p/149798#M8084</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/40594"&gt;@barydos&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your patience. Our resident Bunnings D.I.Y. expert&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/25445"&gt;@EricL&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;will be back on the site this afternoon and I'm sure will be happy to share some advice with you.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Let me also tag helpful members in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/12068"&gt;@TedBear&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/11883"&gt;@Remarka6le&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/20862"&gt;@JoeAzza&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to see how they might tackle this one.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Jason&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Bathroom-and-Laundry/How-to-best-remove-old-silicone-around-toilet-base/m-p/149798#M8084</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-12T01:30:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to best remove old silicone around toilet base?</title>
      <link>https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Bathroom-and-Laundry/How-to-best-remove-old-silicone-around-toilet-base/m-p/149867#M8087</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/40594"&gt;@barydos&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have removed old silicone the same way, using a scraper blade to remove as much of the old silicone as much as possible, then use a scouring pad with mentholated spirit to remove and clean the surface.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Scouring pads below.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JoeAzza_1-1681286752348.png" style="width: 960px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67961i2F46DC547ECC103F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="JoeAzza_1-1681286752348.png" alt="JoeAzza_1-1681286752348.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JoeAzza</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-12T08:06:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to best remove old silicone around toilet base?</title>
      <link>https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Bathroom-and-Laundry/How-to-best-remove-old-silicone-around-toilet-base/m-p/149885#M8088</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/40594"&gt;@barydos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;If there are tough portions of the silicone around the toilet base and tile floor, I suggest using &lt;A href="https://www.bunnings.com.au/selleys-375g-silicone-remover_p1232412" target="_blank"&gt;Selleys 375g Silicone Remover&lt;/A&gt; in combination with a &lt;A href="https://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright-5-in-1-scraper_p5760334" target="_blank"&gt;Craftright 5-in-1 Scraper&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;It's important to give the silicone remover enough time to dissolve and soften the old silicone before attempting to remove it with the scraper.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;If you need further assistance, please let us know.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Eric&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:51:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>EricL</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-12T08:51:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to best remove old silicone around toilet base?</title>
      <link>https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Bathroom-and-Laundry/How-to-best-remove-old-silicone-around-toilet-base/m-p/151288#M8179</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks everyone!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I did a combination of both of your suggestions and it did the trick, but still required some good hard effort to get the job done.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm pretty bad at caulking but hey at least it's better than the gross mess it was before!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="toilet-base.jpg" style="width: 375px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/68677i64795974C12BD747/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="toilet-base.jpg" alt="toilet-base.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks again &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/html/@45A9845BB027EC316189AE2CA43B1C27/images/emoticons/Smile.png" alt=":smile:" title=":smile:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 01:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>barydos</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-24T01:47:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to best remove old silicone around toilet base?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;It looks like a decent job to me, &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/40594"&gt;@barydos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;! A whole heap better than the previous job.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Well done, and many thanks for sharing your results with us. I'm sure they give our members the confidence they need to give this a crack themselves.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Mitchell&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 02:08:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MitchellMc</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-24T02:08:06Z</dc:date>
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