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rabbithorns
True Blue Farmgirl
544 Posts
Allison
Fort Scott
KS
USA
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 Posted - Dec 12 2008 : 08:06:31 AM
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Has anyone ever had problems with using baking soda and clogging pipes. It seems it can replace deoderant, shampoo, toothpaste, and scouring powder...anything else?
Years ago I did use it as an alternative to scouring powder and all I got after 4 months was a clog in my sink pipes that broke one snake and took a second more industrial one to break up the cement rock it had formed.
So I'm hesitant to use it and wash it down the sink.
Any other farmgirls experience this?
Allison
http://www.rabbithorns.etsy.com & www.wayofthewife.blogspot.com |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Dec 12 2008 : 09:30:06 AM
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I've not had any problems with it. That's all I use to clean with, even the toilets.
Have you tried flushing it down with vinegar?
Kris |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Dec 14 2008 : 8:55:16 PM
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| I use vinegar and baking soda to clean my drains, flusing with really hot water. Never had a problem. |
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rabbithorns
True Blue Farmgirl
544 Posts
Allison
Fort Scott
KS
USA
544 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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MotherLodeBeth
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Beth
Calaveras County
California
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 2:35:19 PM
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Love that idea of baling soda and plain vinegar, and yes it works. Just make sure the baking soda disolves, which is why vinegar as well as running hot water helps.
Also taking a cup of homemade yogurt and flushing it down the toilet also helps if you have a septic tank system, since the active culture in the yogurt eats the bacteria that can clog the system. You can also do the same thing with the compost starter some garden supply stores sell. Simple flush a tablespoon of the stuff down the toilet once a month.
~MotherLodebeth- I was born in the wrong era~ |
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
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Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 06:26:42 AM
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| Thanks for the tip, Beth, much cheaper than RidX! |
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