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post #1 of 9
3/14/08 at 4:58pm
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It takes FOREVER! I get the water to go down...

any ideas on making it better?
post #2 of 9
3/14/08 at 5:01pm
CLR makes a product that's essentially a can of pressurized air. Works great.
post #3 of 9
3/14/08 at 5:34pm
this may sound silly but have you tried using a plunger? when our tub starts acting up I will plunge it and get tons of hair and ick that I can pull out with my fingers or a chopstick

have you tried putting baking soda in the drain then pouring vinegar from a high height (gives it a little more force)
post #4 of 9
3/14/08 at 5:53pm
There is a product you can get at Home Depot or other hardware stores called a Zip It...it's a long peice of plastic with teeth on it that grabs up the hair and stuff in the drain. We got one to use on our slow-moving sink drain in the bathroom (which I know is full of my hair) but haven't tried it yet.

Chemical free! And cheap, it was like 3 bucks or something.
post #5 of 9
3/14/08 at 7:45pm
The Zip-It is awesome! It's cheap, no chemicals and it really works. The best thing I've used.
post #6 of 9
3/14/08 at 8:27pm
Have you tried taking off the stopper and seeing what is clogging your drain?
I'll bet there's a good deal of old hair and soap residue all clotted up around the part where the stopper attaches.

My no chemical remedy when this happens at our house is to take off the stopper so I can see down the drain. Then get an old wire hanger, pair of tweezers, etc and fish out all the old hair, which I then put into a bag and throw away. This is not a pretty or nice job, but it works amazingly well, is free, and involves no scary caustic chemicals.

Good luck, mama!
post #7 of 9
3/14/08 at 8:37pm
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Originally Posted by lorelei View Post
Have you tried taking off the stopper and seeing what is clogging your drain?
I'll bet there's a good deal of old hair and soap residue all clotted up around the part where the stopper attaches.

My no chemical remedy when this happens at our house is to take off the stopper so I can see down the drain. Then get an old wire hanger, pair of tweezers, etc and fish out all the old hair, which I then put into a bag and throw away. This is not a pretty or nice job, but it works amazingly well, is free, and involves no scary caustic chemicals.

Good luck, mama!
Not to highjack, but...That's exactly what I do in our tub, but what can you do when the stopper doesn't come out???? We had a new sink/faucet installed about 18 months ago in our bathroom, and it is now SO slow, I never have to put down the stopper if I want a sinkful of water, as long as I don't want/need it for long. I can't get the stopper out, and it's driving me nuts!

Might try the baking soda/vinegar trick.
post #8 of 9
3/14/08 at 8:56pm
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Originally Posted by karen1968 View Post
Not to highjack, but...That's exactly what I do in our tub, but what can you do when the stopper doesn't come out???? We had a new sink/faucet installed about 18 months ago in our bathroom, and it is now SO slow, I never have to put down the stopper if I want a sinkful of water, as long as I don't want/need it for long. I can't get the stopper out, and it's driving me nuts!

Might try the baking soda/vinegar trick.
What kind of stopper is it? There might be a screw holding it in place. Try to see if the top part of the stopper will twist off from the flat part, if so there will be a screw down there that you can easily take out and you're golden. Otherwise, there might be a tiny screw on the side of the stopper, under the flat part. if that makes sense? Oh, wait, that's for bath tubs. you said sink.


If the stopper won't unscrew from the base, then you'll have to go under the sink to get it out. There will be an arm of metal reaching from the bottom of the stopper rod in the back to a little rod/lever that sticks out the back of your sink's drain pipe. Take the rod out of the hole in that strip of metal, you may have to take off a clip to be able to do that. You should then be able to extend that rod fully so that you can easily grasp the stopper up in the sink. Give it a quarter turn or so and it should come right out. Reinstall is reverse of removal. Good luck!!!
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post #9 of 9
3/14/08 at 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by lorelei View Post

If the stopper won't unscrew from the base, then you'll have to go under the sink to get it out. There will be an arm of metal reaching from the bottom of the stopper rod in the back to a little rod/lever that sticks out the back of your sink's drain pipe. Take the rod out of the hole in that strip of metal, you may have to take off a clip to be able to do that. You should then be able to extend that rod fully so that you can easily grasp the stopper up in the sink. Give it a quarter turn or so and it should come right out. Reinstall is reverse of removal. Good luck!!!
You are awesome! I've been meaning to crawl under there and see if I can fix it, but haven't had a chance to even look. This will help immensely
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