About once or twice a year my bathroom sink drain gets clogged up with hair and debris and starts draining very slowly.
How to get hair out of sink drain.
Possibly one of the more expensive options in comparison but using depilatory cream also known as hair removal cream has the same effects on the drain as it does for your legs.
Pour the mixture down the drain and leave it overnight.
You may feel some resistance as it pulls the hair from the drain.
Apply petroleum jelly to the rim of the plunger.
To dissolve hair in the sink is not difficult and doesn t need to involve caustic drain openers.
Pull the drain plug straight out of the drain hole.
If the previous method didn t work we have an alternative for stubborn hair clogs in your drain.
Pull the metal pivot rod straight out from the p trap to release the drain plug.
It will fuzz numerous times and dissolve balls of hair in the drain.
Mix 1 3rd of a cup of baking soda with 1 3rd of a cup of vinegar in a measuring cup.
After twisting it a couple of times slowly pull the drain snake out of the drain.
When your bathroom sink does not drain well quite often it s because your pop up stopper is plugged with debris.
This time you will mix a cup of baking soda and a half cup of salt.
Repeat this process every 10 days to keep drains free of hair.
This will create a tight seal between the suction cup and drain hole.
In the past i ve removed the drain po.
This video will show you how to remove and.
Inspect the plunger to ensure its suction cup will cover the drain hole.
Even a wire hanger can come to the rescue when you open and bend it to use it as a claw.
You can see below all the hair that came out on the drain snake.
When mixed properly baking soda salt boiling water and vinegar can unclog the sink within hours.