How Do You Make Homemade Drain Cleaner?
Your sink is clogged and running slowly, but chemical drain cleaner is seriously scary stuff. If something can burn you if it touches your skin, then you don’t want to be dumping it into the groundwater for fish and wildlife to contend with. For a clean, fresh-smelling drain, try this simple, eco-friendly homemade drain cleaner before you call a plumber or pour a caustic substance down the sink. Pour ¾ cup (about half a box) baking soda into the drain. Pour ½ cup vinegar onto the baking soda and cover the drain. The baking soda causes the vinegar to foam, and the foam has to stay inside the drain to work. Let the foam sit in the drain for about half an hour. Boil a kettle of water. Slowly pour the boiling water into the drain. If this doesn’t clear the drain the first time, repeat steps 1 through 5.
