If Drano can damage the pipe system, how can its chemical liquid be stored in a plastic container in the store without any leakage for a long time? I poured some Drano liquid into a metal container a few minutes ago without any dilution to see what happen in a month. The usage of the Drano is diluted actually after being poured into the drain.
HDPE vs metal? But most drain cleaners tend to have some additive to minimize or reduce reaction with metal. Pure acids will tend to react with metal, and most violently with aluminum.
HDPE, the usual bottle material, is particularly chemically resistant, along with most polymers (plastics) generally being more resistant than other materials, except glass and maybe ceramic. Metals, however, are chemically rather reactive, hence rusting by sitting in just the plain air. The reactivity series shows the order of how reactive metals are, but they all generally can be oxidized rather easily by oxidizing agents, such as acids.
heres a amazingly stupid idea. make the pipes out of the same exact plastic used in containing the acid and lye instead of useless metal. that way you can pour the decloggers without worrying about the decloggers ever damaging the pipes. since they wont. crazy idea right?!?!? smdfh.
My favorite is how nearly all bathtub drains made today are designed to be a bitch to take apart and manually clear... So, you are forced to call a Plummer or buy this shit.
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPOit depends on what your sewer pipes are made of and sometimes you have pvc leading into cast iron. However, sulfuric acid will not touch your pvc but will react with anything containing iron. It will make iron sulfate and hydrogen gas. Sodium hydroxide will not touch iron since they are both basic and does not have a reaction. However, sodium hydroxide has an exothermic reaction when it comes in contact with water and can potentially get hot enough to soften you pvc pipes and in rare cases melt them. This is due to heat produced and nothing to do with it "eating the pipes". Sulfuric acid also has an exothermic reaction but it is significantly more aggressive and does not sit long. Another warning if you have any aluminum sodium hydroxide will react with it creating hydrogen gas fairly quickly so ensure you aren't introducing that into a system with aluminum. Lastly, if you used bleach recently and suspect any of it is stuck in the drain still DO NOT use sulfuric acid. You'll create chlorine gas and die a really horrible death. Sodium hydroxide is the safest of the two and significantly more forgiving if you spill it on yourself. If you should spill any of these chemicals on yourself. Do not remove clothing like a shirt or anything that will need your head to pass through. It's better to leave it on while you do the next step. Get in a shower as cold as you can letting the water hit the top of your head and run down your entire body with your eyes clothed. Have someone call poison control and stay in the shower either 30 minutes or until PC or emergency services says otherwise. If you get them in your eyes same procedure shower cold water but your eyes are now priority. Call 911 because it's past PC.
Thanks for the video. What DOES work on goo in pipes from hair products? Just cleaned hair off the stopper but there is a gross sludge of old product in p-trap, etc. 😢
im annoyed, i starting pouring this into my shower drain because it was blocked up and i think i inhaled some of the fumes. hope it didnt do any permanent damage. i shudder how quick it dissolves the gunk in the drain and then to think what would happen in your lungs when you breathe it in.
Zep sulfuric was too strong for my pipes. Ate up a plastic ball joint in stopper system. Read the sds and I think it said sulfuric acid is between 90 and 100 percent....lol not sure if I read it correctly. But getting that concentrated sulfuric i thought was unavailable to regular public. If it is that concentrated. It's good to have for other stuff.
If Drano can damage the pipe system, how can its chemical liquid be stored in a plastic container in the store without any leakage for a long time? I poured some Drano liquid into a metal container a few minutes ago without any dilution to see what happen in a month. The usage of the Drano is diluted actually after being poured into the drain.
How can you chuck piece of metal in the sea and it rusts away. But you can chuck plastic and it won't deteriorate by the sea.
HDPE vs metal? But most drain cleaners tend to have some additive to minimize or reduce reaction with metal. Pure acids will tend to react with metal, and most violently with aluminum.
Be careful which metal container you use with sodium hydroxide. It will react to aluminum releasing hydrogen gas which is violate.
You're correct. This plumber doesn't know what he's talking about
PVC pipes are not affected by these chemicals.
here's what i also wondered why doesnt the chemical eat away at the plastic bottle it is stored in?
That’s a good question 😂
HDPE, the usual bottle material, is particularly chemically resistant, along with most polymers (plastics) generally being more resistant than other materials, except glass and maybe ceramic. Metals, however, are chemically rather reactive, hence rusting by sitting in just the plain air. The reactivity series shows the order of how reactive metals are, but they all generally can be oxidized rather easily by oxidizing agents, such as acids.
@@constantinexi6893 Then why not make pipes out od HDPE then?
heres a amazingly stupid idea. make the pipes out of the same exact plastic used in containing the acid and lye instead of useless metal. that way you can pour the decloggers without worrying about the decloggers ever damaging the pipes. since they wont. crazy idea right?!?!? smdfh.
My favorite is how nearly all bathtub drains made today are designed to be a bitch to take apart and manually clear... So, you are forced to call a Plummer or buy this shit.
If you don't want to use an auger or plunger are there some safe chemicals to use preventively to keep the toilet from getting clogged?
But are they damaging to sewer pipes, which are usually made of material that is unaffected by acids or strong bases (alkali's)?
I'd assume they are thoroughly diluted by the time they reach the sewers?
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That has nothing to do with my question. Do these chemicals, diluted or not diluted, damage SEWER PIPES?
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPOit depends on what your sewer pipes are made of and sometimes you have pvc leading into cast iron. However, sulfuric acid will not touch your pvc but will react with anything containing iron. It will make iron sulfate and hydrogen gas. Sodium hydroxide will not touch iron since they are both basic and does not have a reaction. However, sodium hydroxide has an exothermic reaction when it comes in contact with water and can potentially get hot enough to soften you pvc pipes and in rare cases melt them. This is due to heat produced and nothing to do with it "eating the pipes". Sulfuric acid also has an exothermic reaction but it is significantly more aggressive and does not sit long. Another warning if you have any aluminum sodium hydroxide will react with it creating hydrogen gas fairly quickly so ensure you aren't introducing that into a system with aluminum. Lastly, if you used bleach recently and suspect any of it is stuck in the drain still DO NOT use sulfuric acid. You'll create chlorine gas and die a really horrible death. Sodium hydroxide is the safest of the two and significantly more forgiving if you spill it on yourself. If you should spill any of these chemicals on yourself. Do not remove clothing like a shirt or anything that will need your head to pass through. It's better to leave it on while you do the next step. Get in a shower as cold as you can letting the water hit the top of your head and run down your entire body with your eyes clothed. Have someone call poison control and stay in the shower either 30 minutes or until PC or emergency services says otherwise. If you get them in your eyes same procedure shower cold water but your eyes are now priority. Call 911 because it's past PC.
Even the risk of somebody using it without realizing just how dangerous they are, and spilling some, is a huge yikes!
Great input! Spilling any of these products would definitely be a bad thing.
Thanks for the video. What DOES work on goo in pipes from hair products? Just cleaned hair off the stopper but there is a gross sludge of old product in p-trap, etc. 😢
No problem!
What happens if you mix both together in a drain?
One is a strong acid and one is a strong base, so theoretically they should neutralize each other, but it's probably more complicated than that
Talking about metal pipes not PVC ?
im annoyed, i starting pouring this into my shower drain because it was blocked up and i think i inhaled some of the fumes. hope it didnt do any permanent damage. i shudder how quick it dissolves the gunk in the drain and then to think what would happen in your lungs when you breathe it in.
Zep sulfuric was too strong for my pipes. Ate up a plastic ball joint in stopper system. Read the sds and I think it said sulfuric acid is between 90 and 100 percent....lol not sure if I read it correctly.
But getting that concentrated sulfuric i thought was unavailable to regular public.
If it is that concentrated. It's good to have for other stuff.
home chemistry armatures love sulfuric acid drain cleaner as it is used in a lot of chemistry experiments
Thanks sir ji.
Just say “No” to Drano!
You're a good man, Tom! Keep up the applause. ;-)
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