Sink slow to drain - what do I use - baking powder, vinegar ???

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Hi my bathroom sink is taking an age to empty, there's no gunk around the plug part so it must be lower down. I used to use soda crystals but haven't any left. Can you use bicarb or is it vinegar or both? I know I've read it on here somewhere! Thanks

Veet is the way forward

Kettle of boiling water, followed by a good old slug of bleach. Bicarbonate and vinegar will fizz up and you have a volcano ! Good fun, but maybe not so good at unblocking your sink!

Veet sounds a good idea.

I had the same problem with my bath plughole. DF came round and dismantled it and pulled out a give clump of hair. It looked like a limp ferret. I had long hair then. Yuk.

Veet would only work f hair was blocking the sink, no?

Caustic soda/ sugar soap.

Dp just plunges it with an implement when that happens....

Plunger

Yeah, the plunging implement is a plunger .

Although he usually just uses his penis, heh heh.

I used a drain unblocker chemical thing from B&Q. It contained lye, a strong caustic. It cleared it like a dream, cost six quid. You have to be very careful with lye though as it can cause skin burns like strong acid can.

start with a plunger, or, better, a sink-pump.

You assistant will have to block the overflow orifice with a damp cloth while you work, or the pressure will escape.