Comments on: Natural Homemade ‘drain-o’, or How To Unclog Without Harmful Chemicals

By: Twins Squared

Twins Squared — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Thank you sooo much for this warning. I just tried this and it didn’t work and I was going to pour drano down the sink next. Thank you so much for the warning!

By: LynFine

LynFine — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:55:00 +0000

I just tried it once, the sink is half full of water–do I “dip out” the standing water in the sink before trying it again? Also, how exactly do I get the baking soda to do down the drain, when tbere’s a stopper in the sink that I can’t pull out/

By: Betty A. Carter

Betty A. Carter — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:41:00 +0000

Baking soda is the very best for unstopping a sink. My sink was stopped up so badly that water was running on the floor. I had to use about 6 boxes of baking soda and over a liter of vinegar, but praise the Lord it really worked. I also poured about three tea pots full of hot water down the sink after letting the baking soda and vinegar set for about an hour. I would recommend that to anyone before calling a plumber in. You can really save yourself some money. Please try this.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Very cool. LOve the ballad. Humor is very helpful when faced with a disgusting mess! You made tackling it seem fun.

As my kitchen sink already had 4 in of hot water, I bailed that out and then added the baking soda and vinegar as directed. No movement. Added some boiling hot water. Still no movement. Got a plunger and voila, everything went down the drain. Still needed to give it another treatment but now it’s perfect. Thanks!

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:15:00 +0000

I just want inform you this is, in fact, a chemical reaction using a base and an acid. Both sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and vinegar (acetic acid) happen to be chemicals. Mind you, I’m not dissing the original poster about the use of vinegar and baking soda- I stumbled on here for the reason of finding a home-made solution to stubborn drains- but I wanted to clarify to you, Lisa, about your false statement you made.

I’m sure it’s going to work well for me, and no HARSH chemicals. Thanks for the blog.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:02:00 +0000

One word of warning. If you do this and it fails, as it did in my case, do NOT use drano afterwards. I ignorantly tried this and it created a chemical reaction in my sink that ended with a house full of toxic fumes and a sink full of hydrochloric acid. I am not saying this is a bad way of unclogging a drain, but understand that once you do this, drano is no longer an option.

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:46:00 +0000

I haven’t tried that so I can’t speak from experience. I don’t think I would try it in my garbage disposal . . . but that’s just my 2 cents!

Washing machine pipe would probably work. That I would try. Again, I’m not a professional, but that’s what my gut says!

By: MH

MH — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:23:00 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!!! We’re having family over for a get together and now people will actually be able to wash their hands in the sink without thinking they’ve destroyed our plumbing! MUCH appreciated!

By: Nstankovic

Nstankovic — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:42:00 +0000

my bathroom bathtub is clogged and tried the home remedies, plunger, and coat hanger and wire and still plugged. unscrewing the main pipes is the last thing i haven’t done. too many pipes to tackle and don’t know which one to start with.

By: Aka407

Aka407 — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:07:00 +0000

Can I use this mixture in a drain with a garbage disposal. Also can it be used down a washing machine drain pipe.