How To Safely De-Funk-i-fy Your Drains

By DIY Maven

Have you ever walked past your kitchen sink and got a whiff of funk? You flip the disposal switch and hope that will take care of the stench, but the malodorous cloud remains, emanating, we assume, from foodbits caught in your P-trap. Here’s an easy and SAFE way to eliminate the problem.

All you need is some baking soda, vinegar (the cheapest you can find will do nicely), and a few cups of boiling water.

First, sift a cup or so of soda directly into your drain; next, pour about a cup of vinegar into the soda. (Here you will get a flashback of elementary school science class. Remember soda and vinegar volcanoes?) Then, pour two cups or more of boiling water down the drain. And voila, no more reek-age.

Of course you can be proactive with your funk by doing this simple process every now and then to keep your pipes clean and the funk at bay.

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April 26, 2007

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thingles

May 02, 2007

I've always just ran a few orange peels or grapefruit peels down the disposal. It smells great afterwards.

lilybee

April 26, 2007

That's a much smarter thing to do with vinegar and baking soda than firing film canisters out of paper towel rolls at your brother's face.

jrysavy

April 26, 2007

mmmm....yummmy....reminds me of the time at my cabin, the whole place smelled funk-y and I discovered the source as the main floor drain in the basement by putting my nose right up to it and taking a deep whiff -- nearly passed out.