Evil LiquidOk, so I hinted earlier about my adventures in drain clog clearing and how I’d give more details later.

Now’s later.  Let’s do this!

So over the past few months, I noticed that the kitchen sink was draining kinda slow.  As the weeks passed, it was slower and slower.  What was odd was that I could run the water for a couple of minutes before it started to back up.

It finally got to the point where it wouldn’t drain at all.  It was time for some corrective measures, and Drano was gonna pummel some stoppage!  I thought. 

Drano 0:  Sink 1

Ok, so having followed the directions, I had only used 1/4 of a bottle on the clog.  I’m done messin around though; I’m usin the rest of the bottle!

Drano 0:  Sink 2

omgwtfbbq??  Liquid Drano’s not doin the job, so I must need the denser gel.  Off to wally-mart and then 1/2 a bottle down the drain….

Drano 0:  Sink 3

x_x  Ok, now I’m done bullshittin.  If the rest of this bottle, 15 mins later doesn’t do the trick…

Drano 0:  Sink 4

Mother….

Right.  I’m done w/ you fewls.  I went to the local Ace hardware store to get a snake to get rid of this nuisance, when a semi-hot hardware store chick convinced me that it wasn’t yet time to throw in the towel w/ the liquids.  I was partly interested in just chattin w/ her, but also not fond of breaking the sink apart to deal w/ gook and nasty water. 

Enter “Professional Drain Opener”.  This stuff came w/ a bag around it and warnings that said “Do not squeeze!  Do not tilt!  Do not drop!” and a ton of warnings about how to properly use this stuff.  Holy crap — it’s sulphuric acid.  :O

Professional Drain Opener 0:  Sink 5

*sigh*  When i tossed this stuff down the drain, an INCREDIBLE smell came outta there.  It was so bad, I had to leave the house and take the bitches w/ me.  Having carefully followed the directions on the bottle, I’d put upside down pans over both sides of the drain and ran outta there.

After an hour, the house was STILL a bit hard to breathe in, but not so bad that I was worried for our health.

… and the sink was now not only NOT DRAINING, but now filled w/ a greenish-black sulphuric acid soup.

After three days, I snaked it.

Snake 1:  Sink 5

Jeez.  What a freakin pita.

It works now, but it’s freakin’ permanently stained by the acid. >: (