What's the best way to clean a stinky sink drain?
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Once you know this quick, easy and natural trick for unblocking smelly sink drains you'll want to do it to every sink and basin in the house.
You can use this hack to clean a kitchen drain as well as a bathroom drain - basically any drain that you want to make smell better.
It's cheap and easy and and is better for the environment than many of the commercial alternatives.
Have any of your own sink unblocking hacks? Share them in the comments below.
#homehacks #cleaningtips #diy
I put the vinegar in the water, boil it, put baking soda in the drain, pour the water/vinegar down a little at a time, stop as it foams up into sink, pour more when that settles down, until all is gone. Do this to my drains on a weekly basis in the kitchen, monthly in bathrooms. This is an oldie, my mom was doing this in the 1950's.
Thank you so much for a simple and helpful solution to my very smelly sink. I can tell the difference already.
Glad it was helpful : )
Yes this works great! I also top it off with a few drops of lemon or eculyptus essential oil.
MY DRAIN WAS BACKING UP AND VERY STINKY. TRIED THIS METHOD, TOOK SOME TIME AND A BIT OF PLUNGING, LOW AND BEHOLD IT CLEARED MY DRAIN. ALSO DID MY TUB DRAIN. . NO NEED FOR HARSH CHEMICALS. CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. 😁
Glad it helped : )
WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING ?? 😂
WHY ARE WE YELLING!?
My capital button was stuck. Besides putting all big letters was no big deal till someone made it so. Now it's considered yelling. What's next.
Chill out folks. My capital button was stuck.
Thanks for the info !!! I use "Kids & Pets" it's a natural enzyme I clean my carpet with. It takes all smell away instantly. But I think baking soda & vinegar would probably scrub more
I used extra strength white vinegar (9% acidity) and used a full cup instead of half and it still took two applications before the smell went away.
Sounds like that was one stinky drain
Hi, I take a slightly different approach, I remove the “P” trap and clean that out getting rid of a lot of gunk (good word that pity my online dictionary did not recognise it as a real word) than replace the pipe and use the baking soda and vinegar treatment. I put the gunk into a nappy bag (I use them for when my cay uses the tray) tie it up and put it into the outside bin
I have done that in the past too when we've been fixing the sink - it's not for the faint hearted though!
@@GeorginaBisbyDIY I agree 😭😭😭😭😭
Not a fun experience for sure.
Bought drain cleaner and I’m nervous to use it for the exact reasons you mentioned. Saw videos of people here using drain cleaner without even using gloves! Will definitely try the natural, less scary method first.
Amazing! I’m off to buy a gallon of vinegar and a bucket of baking soda! 🤠 handy for all drains I take it? Thank you soooo much 💕
Yes I use it for all of my drains - enjoy : )
The smell is coming up from the side of my sink with the garbage disposal. Is it ok to do this on the garbage disposal side?
What should I use for black mold inside of the shower drain?
Remove cap from drain,. Coat top of drain generously with dish soap (morning fresh). Let it's drip down and soak the piping... Then get a cheap toilet brush and scrub (go as far down as you can), then once it looks clear, discard brush (don't reuse), clean cap also, put cap back on, then do this method in this video
Great short clip helping homeowners who have the time keep repeating doses. As a tradesman, there's not really the time to keep trying another dose, so out comes the strong stuff.
The hot kettle down the drain is really good maintenance. I usually recommend once a month...would you say that's sufficient??
It probably depends how careful you are about what you put down the sink but once a month seems like a good frequency to aim for 😊
I've tried filling the sink twice with a ton of vinegar and baking soda left it overnight twice and filled the sink to the rim to flush it out twice and it still stinks! I just moved into thia place so I have no idea what the previous tenants did but I think I need to resort to harsh chemicals😓
Vinegar is an acid, baking soda is a base. The two react with each other and cancel each other out.
Very informative thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Just take pipes apart under sink and clean them 😀
Can you use this method on a bathroom sink? (not caused by hairs).
I will definitely try this!
Yep, all good, thanks so much for the viideo.
1.29 Top tip, pour out from the side.
Thank you
WOW Great video ty
Will this method kill the mold in the pipes?
Is this safe for septic tanks?
Shouldn’t think so because may kill the helpful bacteria
My wife and I could never figure out the smell emanating from our kitchen and bathroom sinks but now we did. I can say that I'm happily single again.
What the hell 😂
Hi, where did you get your large container of white vinegar?
Hiya, I got it from amazon: amzn.to/35Fe7mT
Walmart
@@GeorginaBisbyDIY Wouldn't it be as cheap, if not cheaper, to buy the 35/50p bottles from Aldi's etc? £3.50 and you have your 5 litre....
I get gallon jugs at the grocery store.
Thanks for sharing, going to give this a go
Me gustaría que fuera en español
Super
I did this and now it stinks more. I’m guessing the baking soda is caked on the pipe
Perhaps you have something else stuck down there!?
Keep repeating the method, follow it to a t and you should get results. Unless your ptrap is clogged.then you need to remove the trap plug from the ptrap, remove the water, and repeat the process.
Georgina, does this method work on bathroom sinks?
Yes absolutely - I use it for all my sinks and basins
This is going to be my first night
If something went wrong some how what is the worst that could happen
I can’t stand double sinks. That is why your sink stinks because of the plumbing connecting the two sinks. If you had one big sink you would never have this problem. That smell coming out of the double sink drain is toxic mold and very unhealthy. I hope this trend goes away but I doubt it.
I didn't even think about that! My fiancè and I moved into my sister's old place and the had installed a double sink. I'm thinking of removing it and putting in one.
I have that problem with only one of my bathrooms sink. I use the white vinegar, baking soda and boiling water. It works great.
That doesn't sound right. Maybe a single drain sink lasts longer to accumulate a bad drain smell, but it still does.
My drain isn’t clogged it just smells because we don’t use that tub.
Run some water and fill the trap back up and the smell will go away. The water in the trap evaporated and ur breathing sewer gases.
Will it disinfect the drain? I regularly disinfect the drains with clorox soap and lots of water.
Vinegar has some disinfectant properties so yes to sone extent
@@GeorginaBisbyDIY wow! great to know! thanks
I read somewhere that baking soda and vinegar will make a toxic gas if you mix them with bleach. Don't use this method if you are regularly putting bleach down your drain.
@@cynthiawomack4033 thanks so much