Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- Vinegar
- Vinegar
- Baking Soda
- Baking Soda
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Step 1
Remove contents from sink.
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Step 2
Pour 1/4 cup of baking soda down the drain.
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Step 3
Pour in one cup of vinegar into the drain.
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Step 4
Cover the drain with a lid and wait fifteen minutes. The baking soda and vinegar will have a chemical reaction, breaking down the clog.
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Step 5
Rinse the drain with hot water to clear it out.
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Step 6
Repeat if necessary.
Comments
dnyray said
on 12/23/2009 it worked! thanks!!!!
dannyremington said
on 12/2/2009 PART 3: The sink drained like nobody's business and still does more than a month later.
dannyremington said
on 12/2/2009 PART 2: (I should have done this sooner!) God told me to use baking soda so I googled "clogged sink baking soda" and found this posting. By putting in baking soda in the standing water followed by vinegar produced immediate results. Black gunk and live larvae came up and the sink began to very slowly drain. Tried again after all water drained but no results since baking soda was now sitting in the sink trap. Next few times I chased the baking soda and vinegar with a kettle of boiling water. More black gunk and dead larvae came up and the sink drained a lot faster. Sink was still slower than designed for, so I prayed again. The last time I plugged the holes on the sides of the sink with wet rags, I put in the baking soda, then the kettle of hot water, then the vinegar and then I plugged the sink with a wet rag. There was a gurgling noise followed by a rumbling noise. The sink dr...
dannyremington said
on 12/2/2009 I had a sink clog was located way down deep in the pipes. My wife would unclog the drain with chemical drain openers but it still be a little sluggish. In a few days it would clogged again. After about two months of this cycle, I bought some unclogging tools from Lowe's including a drain snake. The clog was so far back in the plumbing and the plumbing was so contorted that it took me about an hour of coxing the cable to reach the actual clog. When I did the head of the drain snake came full of hair and black gunk (about a teaspoon) but failed to dislodge the main clog as advertised. I went through this process several times but found that the clog was still there when I tried to run boiling water through the system. Apparently all that our efforts had down was to move the main clog to grow in a hard to reach area. Finally I asked God for wisdom in the name of Jesus. (I shoul...
cliffordrk said
on 8/2/2009 If you realy want to keep your lav and kitchen sink drains open and running freely Just call the FaucetDoctorSuperstore.com they have a new typeof drain p-trap that is made of clear see through plastic and has a sweeping disc that can be turned from the outside of the body of the trap to clean and scrap away build-up sludge. Its really easy to use and you don't have to take the trap apart.