Well, here I sit, its 3:32am (or 0332 for the emergency people...don't ask, I'll explain later)
I figure its a good a time as any to finally start posting here...I've only had this blog set up for about 3 months..
Waiting for the familiar whimpers and cries of P, the just about 7 month old, I thought it would be a great time to get the dishes done, clean the tub drain, get a shower, finish up some fundraising stuff for the firehouse.....I realized that we're out of "drano" - so, I started thinking of what kinds of crap I could finagle down the drain to blast the clog out, so I could actually get a shower before the sun comes up .... Baking Soda and Vinegar ....
...yup, the stuff we dumped into the paper maché volcanoes in elementary school, waiting to watch the explosion make a huge mess that the teacher wouldn't find as funny as we did. Apparently it cleans drains pretty well too!
-- what to do:
Clean as much of the water out of the clogged area as possible (plunger, bucket, cup, straw, whatever..you just want a relatively dry drain hole to get the baking soda into)
Put about a quarter cup of baking soda into the drain, until it reaches the top of the hole - but is still below the rim.
Locate some sort of object to quickly cover the drain hole (I used a shaving cream lid that I've been meaning to get back on its original can) - get it and that hand pretty close to the drain.
Pour a splash of vinegar into the drain and slam the cover over it until it stops fizzing (you're forcing the fizz to go down the drain and work it's fizzy magic in the pipe) ... Do this enough times to release the entire blob of baking soda down into the drain. I found it works better to pour it in smaller amounts rather than the whole cup, because it gives the baking soda a chance to blast all of whatever is stuck in the pipe.
Wait about 15 minutes, then pour the hottest water you can get the tap above the drain to produce (about a gallon worth of hot water) down the drain - you might have to flush/dump the water twice to get everything down.
Hopefully it works for you like it did for me!
Off to finally take that shower and maybe close my eyes for a few minutes before I'm awoken by the little precious one as he's demanding food.
Good night!
:)
I figure its a good a time as any to finally start posting here...I've only had this blog set up for about 3 months..
Waiting for the familiar whimpers and cries of P, the just about 7 month old, I thought it would be a great time to get the dishes done, clean the tub drain, get a shower, finish up some fundraising stuff for the firehouse.....I realized that we're out of "drano" - so, I started thinking of what kinds of crap I could finagle down the drain to blast the clog out, so I could actually get a shower before the sun comes up .... Baking Soda and Vinegar ....
...yup, the stuff we dumped into the paper maché volcanoes in elementary school, waiting to watch the explosion make a huge mess that the teacher wouldn't find as funny as we did. Apparently it cleans drains pretty well too!
-- what to do:
Clean as much of the water out of the clogged area as possible (plunger, bucket, cup, straw, whatever..you just want a relatively dry drain hole to get the baking soda into)
Put about a quarter cup of baking soda into the drain, until it reaches the top of the hole - but is still below the rim.
Locate some sort of object to quickly cover the drain hole (I used a shaving cream lid that I've been meaning to get back on its original can) - get it and that hand pretty close to the drain.
Pour a splash of vinegar into the drain and slam the cover over it until it stops fizzing (you're forcing the fizz to go down the drain and work it's fizzy magic in the pipe) ... Do this enough times to release the entire blob of baking soda down into the drain. I found it works better to pour it in smaller amounts rather than the whole cup, because it gives the baking soda a chance to blast all of whatever is stuck in the pipe.
Wait about 15 minutes, then pour the hottest water you can get the tap above the drain to produce (about a gallon worth of hot water) down the drain - you might have to flush/dump the water twice to get everything down.
Hopefully it works for you like it did for me!
Off to finally take that shower and maybe close my eyes for a few minutes before I'm awoken by the little precious one as he's demanding food.
Good night!
:)
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