What works the best for a slow draining kitchen sink clog, the crystals or the Drano Foamer?

Question

Or if you know of something better with true results let me know. Don't really want to pay a plumber big money.

Answer 1

Try a plunger. I have found that to work well on a slow running sink.

Answer 2

I am a huge plunger fan, you can look at some of my other answers and figure that out. If you use the plunger and it unclogs the drain for only a while than that usually points to grease build up. When you just drain hot water down the pipes, it is just passing by and not melting the grease. I have done this multiple times. Fill the sink with hot water, start draining it a little bit before you start plunging so some of the water is in the pipes, you may have to plug the vent on the roof which allows the water to just continue draining. When you plunge, make a mess and plunge very hard, this usually helps and you will see a lot of junk come back up the drain if you are doing it right. If that fails to solve the problem I have had better luck with a piece of 1/2" pex tubing you can get from Menard's. It is flexible enough to get around a corner and rigid enough to blast through a clog. You will have to disassemble the p-trap underneath the sink to get into the drain with the pipe though, it's very easy as they usually use compression rings and nuts for the p-trap. Hope this helps, and good luck.

Answer 3

Drano Professional Strength Crystals

Answer 4

If you have goose neck plumbing.under the sink.( it curves like a goose neck) hence the name...you should be able to disconnect it at two ends,there will be water in it of course to keep sewer gases from coming up Through the drain,, so be ready for that with old rags and,or bucket. If there is no clog there you might want to buy a small plumbers snake,and snake the pipe... to replace the goose neck, buy a small roll of plumbers Teflon tape..rap around the threads of the pipes then connect goose neck....hope this works for you!!!

Answer 5

"Nix" on the Drano, lye, etc. Try the baking soda-vinegar-hot water thing, several times if necessary.

It might also be an accumulation of crud in the main drain from the p-trap into the wall-arm plumbing, in which case either YOU take it apart and clean it, or a plumber does...and if there's Drano or lye, etc., in there, WATCH OUT! It'll burn ya. That crap oughta be outlawed.

Answer 6

more often then not a slow draining sink can be cleared by simply using very hot water

no chemicals required

the grease that goes into the line slides to the sidewalls of the line and as the lines are generally cool they grease grabs tightly then of course anything else that goes down that drainline is grabbed by the grease

uh oh the line is getting smaller in diameter by the day


so just chase it on out with the cheapest drain cleaner available HOT WATER

Answer 7

i use baking soda and vinegar for drain cleaning. dump 1/2 cup baking soda down drain, followed by about 1/2 cup vinegar. when it stops fizzing, dump a little more vinegar, and, a few minutes later, run some really hot water. this may take a time or two, but that should help. then follow up about once a month. good luck.

Answer 8

Professional Strength Liquid Plumber, drain cleaners need time to work, people think they can pour it in and the magic drain fairy does the rest.

Answer 9

pour baking powder down the drain and take a knife and pack it down and then start pouring the vinagar in start with a small amount and wait till it stops fizzing and then pour a little more till you can pour the vinagar in and no fizz or the drain starts working

Answer 10

Put baking soda (dry) into the sink and then pour vinegar on top of it. If it opens up run hot water through it. Hope it opens up.