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CLOG DANCE

My bathroom sink has been clogging up.

We each have our own bathroom more or less and so I have somehow figured that it might be my fault. At least my responsibility to fix. I have funny ideas about going it alone, to this day.

The same thing happened in our old house. My sink clogged, John's did not. Both on the same line.

Over there I used Drano. It didn't really work very well and I hated the toxicity.

So, when you are ignorant and don't want to ask anyone for help, where do you go?

The internet, of course.

And here is what I found.

Clear a Clogged Drain with Vinegar

Wow. Natural. But is also involves baking soda. And scalding water. And other considerations.

So I looked at the movie they have there.

They suggested scalding water so I tried that. No dice.

It turns out that it is vinegar and baking soda, a controlled explosion. And if you use both and later want to used Drano, you are warned that the residues could interact and produce cyanide.

The other thing is that the plug in the sink won't come out. I would have to stuff the baking soda down into the gap and into the drain.

So, I thought about it for awhile and the sink got more cloggy.

I remembered the plunger part of the movie.

You plug the drain holes (duct tape) in the sink, fill the sink with water letting the clog be immersed and plunge!

If there is a geyser in the toilet there is a plumber drain line problem.

But, if not, it might break the blockage.

So, today, I got energized and thought maybe the plunger would work without the baking soda/vinegar thing.

I went to get the duct tape, I got the plunger. Sealed the holes and plunged.

Son of a bitch!

No geyser in the toilet and when I released the plunger a bunch of gunk came up out of the drain and into the sink.

I plunged again.

I ran some more water and repeated.

By then, I couldn't get enough water to stay in the line to plunge. The clog was removed.

Wow.

I felt so handy!

Not a frequent feeling.

When I went to get the image for this post, I found the same solution in a picture.

I have to do everything backwards. Start with the complicated solution and end up where everybody else already knows the answer. I guess. I didn't ask so I don't know if "everybody" knows or not.