How to Clean a Drain With Baking Powder & Vinegar

Vinegar has many practical applications outside of the kitchen. It can help clean tough stains around the house and in your laundry, help soothe sunburns and small cuts, and remove pet odors. When combined with baking soda, vinegar can even clean tough drain clogs. Cleaning your drain with baking soda and vinegar alleviates the needs for harsh chemical solutions.

Things You'll Need

• Baking soda
• Vinegar
• Sauce pan

Instructions

1. Pour roughly a ¼ cup baking soda into the drain opening. Use your fingers to force the baking soda into the drain, if obscured by a cover.

2. Pour roughly a ¼ cup vinegar into the drain opening. The vinegar will immediately begin to react with the baking soda, fizzing up and out of the drain. Cover the drain open so that the reaction goes down the drain, rather than up and out. Wait 15 minutes.

3. Pour a gallon of boiling water into the drain opening. Pour the water slowly and steady. The baking soda and vinegar solution, combined with the hot water should dislodge the clog.

Tips & Warnings

• Repeat the steps if the drain isn't immediately cleared on first run through.

References

• Vinegar Tips
• The Good Human: Naturall Unclog a Drain with Vinegar
• Bonzai Aphrodite: How to Unclog a Drain Without Chemicals