my toilet is stopped up. i poured in bleach, which usually works, but it didn't help. i bought a drain opener that forces air through the toilet, and i'm worried that there will be some bad reaction with the bleach.
2007-06-22 16:06:35 · 5 answers · asked by NATALIE 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Not a chemical reaction but it could spray bleach back st you. Wear safety glasses and be prepared to wash off any thing that gets on your skin.
2007-06-22 16:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by Charles C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Household bleach is made by reacting chlorine gas with sodium hydroxide in water. The mixture has a high pH and a strong active chlorine level. If you mix only air into the bleach, very little will happen. However if you mix CO2 in with the bleach it will want to form a scale called sodium carbonate. If you repeated this to excess, you would form a lot of scale on the inside of the toilet and the downstream piping.
Using the "forced air" opener should cause no problems, but you need to wear eye protection or a face shield to keep from splashing the bleach liquid into your eyes and mouth.
I would suggest that you use drano or an equivalent drain cleaner and keep the lid down overnight to allow the cleaner to clear the line. Afterward you can use a plunger to help it along, but don't forget eye protection until after the system is free of bleach and/or drain cleaner.
2007-06-22 17:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by richard Alvarado 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-09 18:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is common air then no sweat.. If it is actually Oxygen, I wouldn't chance it.. CO2 should not be an issue.. Remember both Chlorine and Oxygen are highly reactive so it is best to keep them apart.
2007-06-22 16:11:12 · answer #4 · answered by ALittleAboutALot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of hot water is going to help you.
2007-06-22 16:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by HEMA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋