Skip Chemicals and Use Baking Soda to Clean Your Drain

By TheresaJ

Simple Tip Rather than pouring a veritable cocktail of chemicals down your drain, use a couple of kitchen (or science experiment) supplies and a pot of boiling water to get things flowing smoothly again.

Ingredients

• Here are the step-by-step instructions:

Preparation

Step 1

1. Pour 1/2 cup of baking soda followed by 1/2 cup of vinegar down the clogged drain.

2. Cover the drain with a wet cloth for 5 minutes.

3. Remove the cloth and flush the drain with steaming-hot water.