[Loch-Ruadh] OT - Killing Fire Ants

[Sonja Crocker]

Cool idea! I will print this and keep in my hand(wo)man journal. :)

Cait



On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Cat <fem_cat at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since we are posting neat tricks let me share with you all my drano
> dilemma. You see my
> kitchen pipes mysteriously got filled with grease one very very cold night
> (It was Sigmarr's
> night for dishes...that's all I am saying) and no matter what we did we
> could not get the
> grease clog to budge. We snaked, augured, screamed at, cajoled, whined,
> doused with
> boiling water and flooded it with harsh chemicals. NOTHING was going to
> make that grease move out.
>
> For two days we battled the clog
>
> So I called the plumber. The phone quote he gave me was for a $200 minimum
> visit and
> dependant on where the clog was...maybe more!  Obviously I opted to look
> for other
> options.
>
> This is when I used  "THE GOOGLE".... here is the solution it gave me.
>
>
> After bailing out the water or draining the sink fully. Take 1 cup of salt
> water and pour it
> down the clogged drain. Then pour 1 cup dry baking soda down the same drain
> after the
> salt water. Following that you pour 1 tea kettle full of boiling water down
> on top of the
> baking soda. INSTANT relief! And I do mean instant. There wasn't a slow
> drain process, it
> stripped the clog out immediately and cleared the pipes.
>
>
> $200 saved!
>
>
> Kat
>
>
>
>
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Cait O'Hara
mka: Sonja Crocker