Even though hair tends to clog shower drains the most some of the hair can sneak into the drain in your kitchen as well.
Hair blocking drain product.
Salt and baking soda.
So when using drain cleaning products wear gloves at all times and apply the product carefully.
This drain cleaner works by the chemicals attaching themselves to the strands of hair that are blocking the drain and dissolving them.
The green gobbler product is 2 pre measured amounts of drain cleaner it is very simple to use all you need to do is pour one of these pre measured amounts down the drain you need to clean and leave it to work for most effective results leave it overnight.
Mix 1 2 cup of table salt with 1 2 cup of baking soda and pour down the blocked drain.
When mixed properly baking soda salt boiling water and vinegar can unclog the sink within hours.
A few months ago we moved into a new rental home and it was fair to say there were a few problems one of them being a couple of slow blocked slow drains.
If the hair just won t budge it s time to bring out the drain cleaner.
However this is not the end as the risk of hair clogs gets higher if you have hard water.
Even a wire hanger can come to the rescue when you open and bend it to use it as a claw.
And as you know kitchen drain and pipes are already prone to clogging due to grease and oils which makes the problem worse.
The salt baking soda and.
Just like many other chemical cleaning products if drain unblocking products get in your eyes skin hair or lungs they can burn and cause significant irritation.
A winner in our 2020 best cleaning product awards the revolutionary design of the tubshroom allows it to sit inside the bathroom tub drain neatly collecting hair around it as the water drains.
To dissolve hair in the sink is not difficult and doesn t need to involve caustic drain openers.
Pull out the drain stick.
Remember to start with the easiest ways to unclog a shower drain.
Clean the gunk off of the drain stick if you want to save it to use again in the future.
Unclogging a shower drain can be a diy project.
Hair and soap can build up in as little as a few months so having a drain stick often comes in handy.
If that doesn t work use a mixture of vinegar and baking soda.
Leave it for 10 20 minutes then pour boiling water down.
If the clog persists use a plunger plumber s snake or chemical drain opener.
We timed that the kitchen sink initially took about 100 seconds to drain completely and used abut 30 with various expensive products and managed to reduced the time to about 70 seconds.