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Offline franksolich

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she with the face like Hindenberg's spends Christmas unclogging sink
« on: January 18, 2012, 11:42:20 PM »
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CTyankee (26,372 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

 unclogging kleenex from the drain from my washer.

My husband leaves wads of kleenex in his pockets and I don't catch them all when I do his laundry. I ask him not to but he forgets.

Now I have a clogged drain in the large tub that the wash water flows into. I know it is kleenex because the load of laundry had a LOT of bits of kleenex clinging to the clothes!

I have tried drain cleaner (but it was specifically for hair clogs so I don't know if it helped or not). I have also tried the coathanger routine but nothing substantial was removed.

It is still a very slow drain, a full hour after the last load. Any ideas before I have to call a plumber?

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3. I spent Xmas unclogging my kitchen sink, so I sympathize

The hardware store is your best friend. Since access was through a very restricted drain (stupidly installed 15 years ago), I chose a flat plastic drain snake. It's about 30 inches long, flat plastic, with spines on either side. You shove it down, it's flexible enough to go around a few corners, and then just shove through the clog. Run plenty of water through afterward, and since your clog is lint and Kleenex, make sure it's hot water.

Then, since you drain your washer into the sink, put some old pantyhose on the end of the drain pipe to collect the pocket detritus. Just put about half a leg on and secure it with a rubber band. When it gets full, find another leg and replace it.

ETA: while better living through chemistry will get through minor clogs, there's nothing like a snake for a bad one. My own chemistry is Kosher salt, baking soda and vinegar. If that doesn't do it, it's time for the snake. Since I process raw fleece, that time comes frequently.

Okay.

Stupid Question Time.

What would the defrocked warped primitive, she with the face like Hindenberg's, do with "raw fleece"?

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4. I will go get the plastic drain snake.

How much of each of the salt, baking soda and vinegar in the mix?

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5. I just eyeball it

Salt goes in first, then baking soda, then vinegar. It fizzes and foams and will push a thin clog on through. It won't work on a bad one and your best strategy for Kleenex in pockets is to put that piece of pantyhose on the drain.

I say this as someone who does that for processing raw fleece in the washer.

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CTyankee (26,372 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

7. I did it wrong. I put the mixture together in a plastic bowl and poured it down.

Should I try again?

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Warpy (61,977 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

10. No.

It won't work if you mix it in a bowl. The idea is to get the salt and baking soda down the drain as far as possible and then pour in the vinegar to react with the soda to foam the clog out.

As I said, it won't work with big clogs and yours is likely to be a big one. Get the snake.

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12. I realized that when the stuff started to effervese. Oops...
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Re: she with the face like Hindenberg's spends Christmas unclogging sink
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 11:44:36 PM »
No words can express how utterly stupid these people are. It's f'n Kleenex. It will dissolve. Run a hot cycle by itself. DAMN!








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Re: she with the face like Hindenberg's spends Christmas unclogging sink
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 11:51:06 PM »
What's that raw fleece deal ?  Little House on the Prairie ?   

I looked up up.   :o
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Re: she with the face like Hindenberg's spends Christmas unclogging sink
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2012, 10:11:18 AM »
My boyfriend's family fix washers and dryers for a living (and for a heck of a lot cheaper than stores). You'd be surprised how many people bring washers that won't drain due to socks, lint, and just plain junk in the pump. you'd also be surprised how much money the find in the back of dryers people bring in...they give it back unless the people traded the old dryer for one of the ones they have.
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Re: she with the face like Hindenberg's spends Christmas unclogging sink
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2012, 12:16:59 PM »
Good gracious!

This is why these clueless people need government to do everything for them.  If this was a 100 years ago they all would have Darwinned and we wouldn't have the mess that sub 50IQ people bring with them.

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Re: she with the face like Hindenberg's spends Christmas unclogging sink
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2012, 02:23:28 PM »
I thought only women carried around big wads of Kleenex.

When I've been caught with no handkerchief, a few times I've had a couple sheets of paper towel or a shop rag in my hip pocket, but never Kleenex.

Of course, every woman on earth carries at least fifty sheets of Kleenex at all times.
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