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Periodically, will flush the sink with baking soda about 6 heaping spoons down the drain followed by a 1/2 cup vinegar. The I boil some hot water and flush after about a half hour. No more clogs.
We often have black sludge in our bathroom sink drain. It is pretty gross. Is that soap/shaving cream build up? We don't have it in other, less frequently used, bathrooms.
We often have black sludge in our bathroom sink drain. It is pretty gross. Is that soap/shaving cream build up? We don't have it in other, less frequently used, bathrooms.
In my house, that black gunky stuff is a mixture of soap scum. shaving cream and whiskers.
I use one of those zip-it strips too. It is a little gross to do, but I keep a box of gloves for gross chores, so that minimizes the ick factor.
I use a cup of salt followed by a cup of vinegar down the drain. Let that set for the time it takes to boil a kettle of water, and pour it down the drain. Do this once a month in all your sinks.
I use a bottle of Drain-o every few weeks. It's the kind that has two different components in the bottle. It gets clogged with hair from someone's shaving.
Will also do the baking soda and vinegar thing. But I don't think that is as good as the draino.
Wikipedia gives a range of 100C to 260C, and I suspect that the drain pipe manufacturers have anticipated this problem and formulated their plastic to be in the higher end of that range, well above the boiling point for water (100C at sea level of course). These products are often used for kitchen drains, and are quite likely to see boiling water temperatures - manufacturers know this very well.
I can only speculate, but I would guess the author of your linked article did not pay attention to C vs. F -- 176 Celsius strikes me as about right for run of the mill PVC drain pipe.
Periodically, will flush the sink with baking soda about 6 heaping spoons down the drain followed by a 1/2 cup vinegar. The I boil some hot water and flush after about a half hour. No more clogs.
Be careful with that. If you try that in the sink you will see a chemical reaction. The sizzle could damage the porcelain.
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