I wouldn’t think so, because of the configuration. I’ve replaced a few toilets, and flushed water and ‘contents’ don’t really touch the wax ring. It’s really there as a vapor seal, I think.
Now, if you ran several buckets of 140F water through and heated up the porcelain – nah, I’m confident the melting point of the wax is higher than that.
Just my thoughts as an erstwhile handyman.
Interesting note: I learned from the blacksmith at Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts that when blacksmiths switched from using wood charcoal as a fuel to using mineral coal that they would occasionally get solid mineral deposits showing up in the fire and ruining the evenness of the temperature (something they never got with charcoal). They used tongs to pull these undesirables out of the fire , and they called the offending mass a “klinker”. It wouldn’t surprise me if someone applied the term to another unwanted solid mass clogging up the works.
Blacksmithing “clinkers”
And there’s this, of course:
I have to chop mine up, diet doesn’t seem to matter. They are just very large and very hard. Been like that most of my life.
I can’t believe I’ve read this far and nobody has mentioned dehydration. Did I miss it somehow? Drinking more water with your meals can definitely help.
People who eat things like oatmeal and cream of wheat but cook it with less water for a firm result can be especially vulnerable to clay-ey poops that won’t break up well. Eating lots of al dente pasta is another example. When I was a vegetarian I had this problem until I learned that fully hydrating grains was essential to my . . . errr . . . comfort.
…and then, one day it wasn’t there, and all through the house the cry was heard, “who took the shit stick?!?”
As a child I had phenomenal deposits that necessitated all manner of interventions by my parents.
I routinely clogged toilets across state lines.
I think my mother may have carried implements of rescue when we traveled.
Heavy duty pop cycle sticks, wooden rulers, anything that could be used and tossed.
As an adult I have had a number of episodes likely related to medications and/or end of serviceable life toilets. These have happened many places - at my home, at the homes of family and friends, at hotels in the states and abroad and too many other places to mention.
Most recent was in 2024 at a hotel in Ireland when the last of the flotsam refused to disappear.
I tried.
I made vigorous efforts to remedy the situation.
Thankfully it was a relatively clean rescue but I was still embarrassed to call the front desk for maintenance.
I can assure you it was never a toilet paper issue.
A friend claimed it’s because I don’t drink enough water. Eating more fiber seems to help somewhat too. Probiotics seem to help also.
My claim to fame is I took a dump and it ended in litigation.
No idea why I tend to clog toilets, some of the suggestions above are enlightening. A paranoid amount of flushing has helped to prevent it.
You can’t just drop this load and leave it here…
ha, that’s a good one.
In college I was living in a rental house with 2 roommates. It’s Friday and we are going out of town for the weekend. Right before we leave, I use the bathroom at the top of the stairs. Everything flushed fine. I swear. We return two days later to a flooded house. Even down the stairs to the first floor. A disaster. Apparently the toilet clogged/overflowed and never stopped running all weekend. Threats are made; lawyers are called; money exchanges hands; all the things.
Fun times