Wickham-Soap-Co
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Screwed to the floor and siliconed to the basin, maybe?
Surprising how strong silicone is. The fitters would use it to stick 6ft tall mirrors to oak frames in the shoe shops we refitted.
Blocked drain and shaving soap
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Surprising how strong silicone is. The fitters would use it to stick 6ft tall mirrors to oak frames in the shoe shops we refitted.
Happily the plumber working on the heating has a list of small jobs that weren’t worth their own call-outs and replacing the stupid clicky waste is one of them. The pedestal's his problem now.
TobyC
Patriot
That would be my preference, apparently SWMBO likes pedestals.
Northam Saint
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Had this issue is two sinks and a shower tray this week ! Used drain cleaner that didn’t work, tried Bicarbonate and vinegar still no joy. Tried a new modern version of a plunger, that did the trick. With the shower tray it sucked up a large clump of hair !!! Oh the joys of a wife and daughter both with long hair !!! Satisfying to sort, and lovely seeing a nice quick flow and a gurgle at the end.
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Beemers
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When you say free fat what the f.Shouldn't do, if it's mostly fat and oil blocking the drain. Soap has to have free fat, more fat than needed to make the soap. For two reasons, one to stop there being any unspent lye remaining in the soap, and the other as a skin conditioner. The drain cleaner, if it is sodium hydroxide, should heat the fat and oils and turn them into soap, which then should dissolve.
I can't think of any other substances that would end up in the drain that would react with sodium hydroxide in such a manner to create concrete. Maybe if it was a mound of hair and fat. I don't know if the heat would melt the hair to form a hard substance? I don't have much knowledge of hair and how it reacts to high temperatures.
ischiapp
Doctor Strange of Wetshaving
More than involved in saponification. (structure)
So they're free, to work on the skin. (function)
TobyC
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Chappy
Senior Member
When I first heard of this and saw pictures I changed the order of what I "clean up" after shaving. The order of cleaning things is brush first with warm water. Then I bring on the hottest water I can get and leave it running while I clean the lather bowl, blade, and finally razor. Didn't have any problems before but believe cleaning is this order will help so I don't have a problem in the future.
chazt
shave
Yes, hot water is key. Still, I find that every few months the drain becomes clogged nonetheless. We’ve found a decent drain opener that purports to be different from traditional drain cleaners. It’s called Green Gobbler. The package contains two chambers with pre-measured juice. Both applications (2 days in a row) seem effective.
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