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2. How To Clean Your Kitchen Sink Drain In 3 Easy Steps - AOL

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   “But overall both vinegar and baking soda are great natural methods to use for cleaning your sink drain and if only done once a month or so, it should be fine,” Koch says. Always contact a ...

3. Old-School Cleaning Tricks That Southerners Stand By

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   Simply dump a generous amount of baking soda into the affected drain, then pour in white vinegar (the cheapest and most utilitarian) and wait until it bubbles up. Repeat the process as needed ...

4. How to Clear a Clogged Sink Drain - AOL

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   Both baking soda and white vinegar have a bunch of household uses—they’ll clean your laundry, banish soap scum, and keep your refrigerator smelling fresh—and when combined, they make for a ...

5. Drain cleaner - Wikipedia

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   A drain cleaner, also known as drain opener, refers to a person, device, or product used to unblock sewer pipes or clear clogged wastewater drains.This term typically applies to chemical, enzymatic, or mechanical tools such as commercial chemical cleaners, plumber’s snakes, drain augers, bio-enzyme solutions, or toilet plungers.

6. Chemical drain cleaners - Wikipedia

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   Drain cleaners usually contain a strong base such as sodium hydroxide that decomposes hair and converts fats into water-soluble products. The reaction is exothermic, releasing heat to soften the fats. Drain cleaners can also contain aluminum, which reacts with sodium hydroxide to produce bubbles of hydrogen gas that help to break up the clog. [11]

7. Drano - Wikipedia

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   The release of hydrogen gas stirs the mixture and improves the interaction between the lye and the materials clogging the drain. It's possible that pressure may build up inside the pipe, causing the hot, caustic solution to spurt out of the drain. Sodium nitrate reacts with hydrogen gas: Na + + NO 3 − + 4H 2 → NaOH + NH 3 + 2H 2 O. This ...