eco-friendly drain cleaner?

Re: eco-friendly drain cleaner?

• Joes_love member

  March 2009

  i sprinkle baking soda down the drain, then follow with 1/2 cup of vinegar.  let it all fizz up for a few minutes, then run hot hot water down the drain.

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• Fun2Dream

  March 2009

  Joes_love:

  i sprinkle baking soda down the drain, then follow with 1/2 cup of vinegar.? let it all fizz up for a few minutes, then run hot hot water down the drain.

  ^ Yep, that's what I do too.?

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• Dobie_Mama

  March 2009

  I use boiling hot water.  If its LOTS of hair (particularly hair mixed with soap) I break out the drain snake.  A little nasty, but very effective.
  

  
  
  

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• AnnaBananaBelle

  March 2009

  Joes_love:

  i sprinkle baking soda down the drain, then follow with 1/2 cup of vinegar.  let it all fizz up for a few minutes, then run hot hot water down the drain.

  If you already have a clog in the pipe, do NOT pour baking soda down, it will just make it worse.  The most EF way to clean a clog is with a pipe snake.  These cost $5 at Lowes, and do the trick!  To maintain a clean drain/pipe, you can do the baking soda/vinegar trick, but it's not super good at actually clearing blockages.  There are a few commercial EF drain cleaners that use enzymes and citrus oils but I have found they work only so-so at best. 
  

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• Joes_love member

  March 2009

  AnnaBananaBelle:

  Joes_love:

  i sprinkle baking soda down the drain, then follow with 1/2 cup of vinegar.  let it all fizz up for a few minutes, then run hot hot water down the drain.

  If you already have a clog in the pipe, do NOT pour baking soda down, it will just make it worse.  The most EF way to clean a clog is with a pipe snake.  These cost $5 at Lowes, and do the trick!  To maintain a clean drain/pipe, you can do the baking soda/vinegar trick, but it's not super good at actually clearing blockages.  There are a few commercial EF drain cleaners that use enzymes and citrus oils but I have found they work only so-so at best. 
  

   

  man, why weren't you at my house 3 days ago to tell me this :-(  i bet that's why i had a slow drain this morning.

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