Today I Learned

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

You never see that blue shit in the water anymore. Was that just a fad? Is it still a thing in some parts of the country?

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

They still make it but my BIL, the plumber, says it's the worst thing for the rubber and plastic parts in the tank. (flapper, gaskets, etc)

Yeah, I went looking for something similar when we had a perpetual mold problem in my stepkids' toilet tank (since it goes for 2 weeks at time without getting flushed,) and the internet and later a plumber assured me that the stuff would dissolve the internal workings of a toilet within 1-2 years.