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[Cookie]

Hello,

 

What would you all recommend I use to unblock two sinks? They are not completely blocked, just rather slow to drain and a bit smelly. Urgh.

 

All tips welcome - ta muchly!

 

Love,

Cookie. xx

[Fleata]

ooooo in my green recipe book it says baking soda and some lemon scented viegar will deoderize you drains as well as fizzing away any gunk

 

1/2 cup of soda and 1 cup on scented white vinegar. you can use any essential oil you like.

covers e snk hole untill fizzing ends

[melcotton]

Sounds a great idea Fleata - just the recipe I need at the minute!

 

Mel

[Fleata]

glad to be of help.

 

the book i have is called Clean house, Clean Planet. By Karen Lgan. Its a US book but apart from borax which i can't find, it's full of 100's of great cleaning recipies.

 

if you need anymore ideas pm me

[melcotton]

you can buy borax from the green shop. They have a website www.greenshop.co.uk it is £3.50 for 500g or £6.00 for 1kg.

 

Mel

[SeramaSilly]

Or at the Dispensary in Boots.

 

Sophie

x

[One Man Banned]

for Borax pop into your local Lloyds Pharmacy as they can either order it or some branches may have it in stock

 

A

[Lesley]

I use the soda crystals which I use for making the home-made washing powder. It always has lumps in which is a bit annoying for the wash powder, so I save the lumps and pop them on the drain hole and slowly run warm/hot water over them until they've dissolved.

[The Dogmother]

I use soda crystals on blocked sinks too Lesley - I wash them down with some boiling water.

[Cookie]

Ooooh - loads of fab ideas - thank you everyone

 

I will have fast flowing beautiful smelling sinks later this week once I've restocked with baking soda or soda crystals

 

Cookie. xx

[The Dogmother]

You can get the soda crystals in the laundry section at Tesco.

[Trish]

Mix 1/2 a cup of bicarb with 1/2 a cup of salt, pour down the drain and add vinegar. The salt acts as a scoureron the way down

[Lesley]

That sounds so much more fun then just soda crystals

[The Dogmother]

Sounds like amateur explosives to me

[Mel (& Paul)]

And of course the best way to unblock is to undo the trap and remove the gunk

Yukky I know, but the best way

(it also helps if you have an (& Paul) to do it for you)

[The Dogmother]

You mean he doesn't get the pressure washer onto it?

[Mel (& Paul)]

imagine the back blast

[The Dogmother]

[Mel (& Paul)]