How to Make Your Own Drain Cleaner
When clogged drains or toilets have you stuck, make this quick and easy home remedy for getting things moving again. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Measuring Spoons
- Sealable Container
- Two Cups Boiling Water
- Microwaves
- One Cup Salt
- 1/4 cup cream of tartar
- Measuring Cups And Spoons
- One Cup Baking Soda
Instructions
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Boil two cups of water on the stove or in the microwave.
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Mix together 1 c. baking soda, 1 c. salt, and 1/4 c. cream of tartar.
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Pour dry ingredients into a glass or plastic sealable container and stir until well mixed.
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Measure out 1/4 c. of the dry ingredients and pour into clogged drain.
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Pour two cups of boiling water into drain.
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Let stand for 30 minutes.
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Flush the toilet or run fresh water through the drain.
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Tips & Warnings
This recipe should make enough to unclog all the drains in your house.
This recipe can also be used every three months to maintain clean drains.
Store unused mixture in a dry place.
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@Angelicsorrow Plenty of people have cream of tartar hanging around. It's a simple leven, used in cookies and bread and stuff. If you didn't have it, your neighbor probably did. MOST people have some at home. You just happened not to. Not the author's fault...
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Something to handle the results of a high fiber diet..... Safe and effective.
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coloradodude
Jan 08, 2010
Hi everybody.It's 1/8/10 and I have a 60 year old house that frequently gets clogged drains & toilets.I am going to try it.Come to think of it,I use this basic recipe on car batteries.*Be extremely careful!!! And be sure to rinse off with plenty of clean water,and don't get it on the fender !
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angelicsorrow
May 22, 2008
look...i came on here looking for something that i could make myself...using ingredients that i already have in my home...and it turns out that some of the ingredients i have to go out and buy...i mean, come on!...who the hell has cream of tartar just lying around? if i need to go out and buy an ingredient for an at-home cleaner, then i might as well just go out and buy DRAN-O
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marupiravi
Jan 30, 2008
Thanks all of you. The baking soda and vinegar think really worked for me. Any body can try this for a clogged toilet.
