unclogging the drain

[Lilmama1011]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ8xHsnMa2Y

anyone use the zipper? how do you unclog the drain. my sink and shower gets clogged, I'm starting to think its conditioner more than my hair. i have use draino and another brand as well and it seems that its fine for a couple of minutes and then its clogged again. my drains are made just like hers.

 

[Lilmama1011]

my sink is clogged because when i prepoo with a oil or conditioner or rinse my hands off after deep conditioning, i think i just might go back to washing in the kitchen sink again with a hair stopper in four sections

 

[mzteaze]

The zipper is very easy to use. It will pull up a lot of hair and other yucky stuff. If you suspect it's oils and stuff, you can try straight apple cider vinegar.

 

[Lilmama1011]

The zipper is very easy to use. It will pull up a lot of hair and other yucky stuff. If you suspect it's oils and stuff, you can try straight apple cider vinegar.

i will definitely try that

 

[Pompous Blue]

i will definitely try that

Lilmama1011

Add baking soda to the ACV. It creates a chemical reaction that eats away at the clog. Do this once a week to maintain a clear drain.

 

[Americka]

Over the weekend, I used a product fom Home Depot called "Instant Power - Hair and Grease". It worked very well, but you have to be really careful due to the lye content. Normally the vinegar/bs combo works, but it recently stopped. The Instant Power cleaner is under $8 bucks.

 

[biancaelyse]

We have 3 heads of big hair in my house so I bought drain filters to put in all the showers that catched the hair so it won't clog the drain.

 

[Lilmama1011]

I use to do that back at home with my mom but my bathroom sink and top not mad to have a hair stopper

 

[lina]

We have 3 heads of big hair in my house so I bought drain filters to put in all the showers that catched the hair so it won't clog the drain.

biancaelyse What shower drain filters did you buy? What about for the sink?

 

[faithVA]

I use to do that back at home with my mom but my bathroom sink and top not mad to have a hair stopper

How are they made? Maybe we can help you find one. There are a lot of different style hair stoppers.

 

[AmiJay]

I also pour hot water that I boil on the stove down the drain each time I wash my hair. It's supposed to help move things down the drain. It's worked so far.

 

[Lilmama1011]

How are they made? Maybe we can help you find one. There are a lot of different style hair stoppers.

With the divider in the middle and a top I will take a pic if up don't know Faith VA

 

[faithVA]

With the divider in the middle and a top I will take a pic if up don't know Faith VA

Yeah, I can't picture it. Take a picture or maybe you can find a picture online.

 

[PJaye]

Lilmama1011

Add baking soda to the ACV. It creates a chemical reaction that eats away at the clog. Do this once a week to maintain a clear drain.

White vinegar works well, too. I use it along with baking soda, and I will let the formulation sit for approximately a half hour before flushing the pipe with boiling water. It works like a charm.

 

[biancaelyse]

@biancaelyse What shower drain filters did you buy? What about for the sink?

lina

This is not the exact one that I bought but it is the closest pic I found online:

I don't wash hair in the sink and use draino for any clogs.

 

[Pompous Blue]

White vinegar works well, too. I use it along with baking soda, and I will let the formulation sit for approximately a half hour before flushing the pipe with boiling water. It works like a charm.

PJaye
I use white vinegar and I believe it's cheaper, too. But since she said she was using ACV, I suggested the addition of the baking soda.

And, yes, I flush afterwards with boiling water and it does work like a charm.

 

[LadyRaider]

I bought a hair stopper. And for a while I thought my sink was "not made" for it. But LONG LONG weeks later, I figured out all I had to do was tear a hole at the top of the stopper so the little knob on my drain plug would fit through it.

Doh! Works like a charm now. All that trapped hair is nasty though.


http://www.amazon.com/Slip-X-Soluti...8&qid=1389274340&sr=8-2&keywords=hair+stopper

 

[Lilmama1011]

Yeah, I can't picture it. Take a picture or maybe you can find a picture online.

this is what it looks like faithVA

 

[felic1]

I am printing this......

 

[MileHighDiva]

Lilmama1011 the hair catcher that LadyRaider listed will help with that drain.

 

[PJaye]

this is what it looks like faithVA


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I have the same pop-up drain in my bathrooms, and I use this type of protector:

http://www.amazon.com/LDR-501-3400-...8&qid=1389319176&sr=8-5&keywords=hair+stopper

 

[faithVA]

this is what it looks like faithVA


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Yes, the two the other ladies mentioned will work. Amazon has a lot of different types and many of them will work with your drain. Your drain style is standard.

 

[MileHighDiva]

White vinegar works well, too. I use it along with baking soda, and I will let the formulation sit for approximately a half hour before flushing the pipe with boiling water. It works like a charm.

PJaye I bought a 1.32 gallon bottle of white vinegar from Costco today for $3.29. How much vinegar and baking soda do you use when you flush your pipe?

 

[PJaye]

PJaye I bought a 1.32 gallon bottle of white vinegar from Costco today for $3.29. How much vinegar and baking soda do you use when you flush your pipe?

MileHighDiva

I use approximately 1 cup of baking soda and 2 cups of vinegar, and I flush it two large old school collard green pots full of boiling water.

 

[MileHighDiva]

MileHighDiva

I use approximately 1 cup of baking soda and 2 cups of vinegar, and I flush it two large old school collard green pots full of boiling water.

PJaye Thanks for the quick response!