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Hair wads in the drain! We here at BUNGCO want to pour harsh chemicals on them. Sulphuric acid! Sodium hydroxide! Sodium hypochlorite! All of that! But not at the same time.
How frustrating to dump a great gout of chemical down a slow sink and see it merrily disappear. Most of that caustic
vigor bypasses the spot you want it to attack and just vanishes down the drain. How to get each dangerous drop to linger on the clog, gnawing it into submission?
The slow drip drain cleaner bottle is inverted over the drain and left. It has a wide top and so will stay put. From the spout a slow and gradual drip of cleaner emerges. Each drip descends into the drain but is not washed through on a tide, instead lodging on whatever material it finds.
The bottle can also be used to water plants over an extended holiday. Rinse it first.
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This, [bungston], is possibly a brilliant idea. You
should talk to [2fries] for advice on how to turn it
into a fortune. [+] |
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/Have you tried cola ?/
I love it! Although today it was a diet Dr Pepper, which might claim to be other than cola. |
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Regarding the implied obscene wealth poised to accrue to me, I am happy to do my part: scheming, scratching, Dr Pepper driniking, typing, criticizing, accruing. |
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But bigsleep - re the actual merits of cola as drain opener (and the related vinegar and baking soda method), the masks-and-rattles aspect of much foam is always welcome but I do not understand the mechanism by which this would clear an amalgam of hair and calcium / soap concretion. I am not sure what the name for these concretions is as a class - those substances in which a soap - the sodium salt of a fatty acid - has the sodium replaced by calcium. Calcium soap? |
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Strong base makes the most sense because it will convert soap back to soap. |
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Chlorine trifluoride will cause hair to ignite spontaneously on contact. |
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Yes, but a simple match is cheaper. |
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The flame schemes are fine with wads of hair out in the light. In fact I poked a wad of floating cat fur into the gas flames this morning, to remind me of the smell. |
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But these deep lodged hair wads are more deduced than observed, and their glutinous fungal slime coat makes them difficult to ignite. |
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Take a pipe snake. Stuff it through a feral cat. And
ram it down the offending drain. Be sure and
retrieve the cat though or you'll have bigger
problems. |
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// am not sure what the name for these concretions is as
a class - those substances in which a soap - the sodium
salt of a fatty acid - has the sodium replaced by calcium.
Calcium soap?// |
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It's a difficult one to work out. I have a clue though, I
have a few male friends with long hair, from my more
metal days, and they get blocked drains less frequently
than your average lady. As the introduction of a live-in
lady, anecdotally at least, led to a disproportionate
increase in blockages. Now, you can say things about the
washing habits of a typical metal band, and you may be
right. But the sudden appearance of large bottles of
conditioner is a significant step in my mind. Basically a
thick gloop of oils, odd polymers, hydrolyzed proteins, all
sorts. I also find that EDTA containing shower sprays lead
to bunged up drains. A total guess is that the EDTA
chelates all the Ca2+ and Mg2+ leaving the microbes
struggling. Maybe all the bugs down there are the real
digesters. |
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As for the idea, I'm a bit worried about the toxic fume
potential and rather unpleasant-smelling home as a result. |
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/Maybe all the bugs down there are the real digesters/
I like it. Cultivate your drain ecosystem. |
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Very small miners with pickaxes, gas masks or scuba gear. Tiny dump trucks to haul away the mined hair, soap and calcium and so on. |
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An animated film of these workers in action could give generations of kids nightmares. Very small mares to help with the mining. |
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A removable drain catch-basket would be nice. |
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