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====== Drain cleaner ======

A Simple Recipe for Homemade Drain Cleaner

You Will Need:

1 cup baking soda (240ml,220gr)\\ 
4 cups boiling water (240ml*4)\\ 
1 cup vinegar (240ml)

Directions for Homemade Drain Cleaner:

Remove all water from the sink or tub and pour 1/2 cup of baking soda down the drain. Make sure that baking soda makes it down the drain.

Next, pour about  2 Cups of boiling water down the drain. The baking soda mixed with boiling water dissolves the sludge and gunk in the pipe, even if you don’t see it happening. Wait a few minutes.
Now, pour another 1/2 cup baking soda down the drain then add 1 cup of white vinegar and plug the drain immediately. If you’re unclogging a double sink, plug both drains. You’ll hear sizzling coming up from the drain and see bubbles foaming up.
When the bubbles have died down, add the remaining boiling water down the drain.

Repeat this process if necessary. This can be used as a monthly treatment to help prevent future clogs too; simply pour 1/2 cup of baking soda down the drains followed by boiling water.

If the Drain Remains Clogged:

If it remains clogged after using the homemade drain cleaner, you might need to use a small plunger for sinks. The baking soda and vinegar loosens the clogging material, freeing the gunk that should start moving around with the plunger’s pressure.

Fill the sink with enough water to seal the plunger around the bottom against the sink.
Push down fully and pull up quickly. Repeat if necessary.


How Does Natural Homemade Drain Cleaner Work?

Baking soda is a base and when combined with vinegar, an acid, reacts to form carbon dioxide and sodium acetate. In drains, it works to create scrubby bubbles on the drain’s insides. Instead of rising up and out it is sent down into the drain dissolving the gunk.