![]() ![]() The sample soaking in vinegar shows no change. No ferocious reaction or bubbles, but the sample is breaking up. My sample soaking in bleach has lost some integrity. It bubbles - remember the volcano you made in fifth grade? After the two mix and make CO2, you have no more acid or base. When you read helpful hints on the internet, any solution that tells you to mix baking soda and vinegar is wasting your time. Any one of these events can be smelly or expensive. Use of chemicals may cause junk to flow out into your drain field. When the microbes wake up from the dead, it may smell bad. ![]() Too much of either acid or base will kill every microbe in your septic system or sewer. They also use gloves and glasses and ventilation. Citric acid is good for freshening your dishwasher, oxalic acid takes cat-pee stains out of a wood floor, and manly men use muriatic (hydrochloric) acid to clean up bad tiling jobs. In the acid lineup, 5% vinegar is the starter. Here is one bit of chemistry you should know, though: calcium salts are less soluble in hot water, so dumping hot vinegar in your drains is counterproductive. I have calcium deposits in my shower nozzles and in my toilets, but I'm not convinced it filled my sewer line. If you need more, buy lye or drain cleaner (lye in a fancy bottle).Īcid will dissolve calcium deposits. You probably have baking soda (weak) or bleach (not quite as weak) in the house. If you didn't dissolve plastic pipe, set the house ablaze, or seriously pollute the environment, you still probably wouldn't dissolve enough to make a difference.Ī base is great stuff. gasoline, paint thinner, acetone, or dry cleaning fluid). One would be silly to pour an organic solvent (i.e. In general terms, there are only three things you could pour down the drain besides water to fix problems: A base (high pH), an acid (low pH), or an organic solvent. Right now I have samples soaking in bleach and vinegar. There is a bit of black nastiness on the outside, but the inside is surprisingly white for something from a sewer pipe. It feels like one might expect wet chalk to feel, or joint compound that has about 90% of the stickiness removed. Of course, make sure your sink is empty first.I just recovered two big (6") chunks of a bouyant, white chalky pipe-blockage from my tank.
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