As stupid as it says on the tin. Can you remove hair clogs with Nair?

EDIT: I don’t actually have a drain that needs to be unclogged. This is a showerthoughtquestion.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    EDIT: I don’t actually have a drain that needs to be unclogged. This is a showerthoughtquestion.

    Guys…he TOTALLY has a toilet clogged with ass hair.

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      3 months ago

      Reminds me of this story I read on reddit I believe about some dude that jizzed and puked in a sync and it got clogged and it festered for days until his mom had a plumber come out and he found the mess

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    3 months ago

    Nair doesn’t destroy hair, it just makes it fall out of your body. It wouldn’t help a clogged drain.

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    Mechanical cleaning is the only reliable way to clean a drain, period.

    Edited to add suggestions and detail:

    Most clogs are between the elbow and drain so something simple like the item below is more than enough to break free or pull out hair, and toothpaste, as well as anything else that might be stuck in drain or in the stopper parts. https://www.amazon.com/Grabber-Remover-Kitchen-Bathroom-Cleaning/dp/B07RMHNHYC/ref

    In the case where the above is NOT enough, $30 gets you a cheap 25ft snake that is going to cover the bulk of other situations where you have a clog.
    https://www.amazon.com/Plumbing-Adapter-Flexible-unblocking-Powered/dp/B0D46TQBQ9/ref

    Some general basic notes: A food disposal is for the little bits that you cant scrape off into your compost or trash, ITS NOT A TRASH CAN. Please dont put stuff down the disposal that you could have removed from a plate or dish.

    Fats and Grease go in the trash not down the drain. If you are pouring out your bacon grease or remaining cooking oil, or anything fatty it turns to a solid almost as soon as it hits the drain. Running hot water with it wont keep it liquid, and dish soap wont keep it emulsified. It will slowly build up in the pipes and you will get a fat burg/plug that causes a clog. Wipe fatty/greasy pans and dishes with a paper towel and throw it in the trash, for large quantities like Bacon grease you can use a can or jar that you store in the freezer until its full and then toss in the trash.

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      3 months ago

      Look at you cleaning your drains, I just burned down my house and bought a new one - hair free

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        Depends on how far it is. I got a relatively nice 20something dollar drain snake at home depot that was like 15 ft long. Took me like 5 minutes and getting a bit wet cause it was the bath. But yea I get the laziness.

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        I use a plunger on the sink and shower drains (an actual sink plunger that’s separate from the toilet plunger) to get the water flowing and then I just clean out the hair caught around the drain opening. The only trick to this is to block off the vent/overflow pipes as leaving them open makes it so the plunger doesn’t work.

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    Lots of people are wrong. The stuff in Nair attacks sulfur bridges in keratine. This makes it physically fragile so you can scrape it off.

    It doesn’t dissolve the keratin though.

    In theory you could break it into lots of small pieces by say pointing a water jet down the drain (or plunging or whatever) after treatment. Whether this is enough to loosen it will have a lot to do with other stuff in the drain/geometry/penetration depth. It may just make a gel that plugs the drain.

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    At my apartments they have it in the lease that we are not allowed to use Drano, becase our pipes are pvc. I use a coathanger that I’ve put a little hook on with pliers. My gf has long hair, and sheds like a goddam collie.

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      Don’t ever use Drano and then call a plumber either (or at least tell them if you did) because it barely works and instead just sits in the pipe which then gets all over their skin and clothes as they try to remove the clog the proper way.

      A youtuber I watch who cleans drains had this happen and he showed what his pants looked like the next day. They were essentially shredded all down the front from kneeling in Drano water.

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      There’s drain guards you can get that work pretty well, I got tired of cleaning out hair from the shower drain.

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    If it had only active ingredients it might work, but I think with the added oil and skincare ingredients it will make the clog worse.

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    The plastic drain cleaners at home improvement stores with the Velcro tips work really well. They’re like 2’ long but in my experience cleaning the wife and kids long hair out of the bath drain has show that to be plenty.

    The added fact that I have basically no hair on my head also makes be a tad bitter about always being the “handyman” guy of our family. :p

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    Go buy a snake from a hardware store. Spend the extra 10 and get one that has a drill attachment. I’ve used mine 4 or 5 times to clear out clogs… Saves so much money on a pro plumber

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        Instructions unclear

        How do I get the smell of reptile blood out of my drain?

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          “In other news, a rash of copperhead bites has sprung up around town, after residents attempted to shove the snakes down their drain pipes to release a clog.

          Local herpetologists say this is not a smart approach & should not be attempted.

          Local residents responded by asking that their beer be held.”

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    Not sure about Nair in drains, but if it’s a bathtub drain many of them have a sort of catch where all you need to do is unscrew the cover thats over the drain hole and pull the assembley out, if it’s the kind I’m talking about it’ll have kind of a long screw thing with a bunch of hair and junk wrapped around it.