Homemade Drain Cleaners

Clearing Clogs With a Homemade Drain Cleaner

If your sink (or tub or shower) is full of backed-up water, bail out as much of the water as you can, using a cup and dumping the water into a bucket. It’s fine to leave a small amount of water down in the drain opening itself, but the sink should be mostly empty so your drain cleaner gets as close as possible to the clog. Also, if you’re working on a sink or tub drain, remove the sink pop-up stopper or the tub stopper to gain better access to the drain.

This may involve pulling out the drain linkage temporarily to open up the drain. Now you’re ready for the homemade drain cleaner:

1. Pour a small pan amount of boiling water into the drain.
2. Pour 1/2 cup of baking soda into the drain.
3. Then Pour 1/2 cup of vinegar into the drain.
4. Cover the drain with a stopper, if available. The baking soda and vinegar will fizz and bubble a lot; covering the drain forces the reaction downward instead of up and out of the drain, but it’s not critical that you cover the drain.

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