Hi all. Anybody have any tips or tricks on making a bathroom sink drain faster without going through the process of taking it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together?
Normally when my bathroom sink starts to drain slowly, I remove the P-trap and push all the gunk through the bottom into a bucket using a metal rod. Now that I might be responsible for cleaning out several bathroom sinks, I’m starting to dread this process far more.
Drano works OK and makes the sinks drain a bit faster, but it usually gets bad pretty quickly again. Any tools I should be investing in for minor stoppages like this?
Assuming it’s something like hair, you can usually use a drain snake, small hook, or the dollar store has these things that work surprisingly well:
I also find that the Drano-like things do not all work the same. I like the 10 minute hair clog remover from Zep (available at Lowe’s or Home Depot) more than the rest. It’s quick and easy, but it’s nowhere near as good as the thing above.