Clean Sinks With Vinegar

Pour enough vinegar to dissolve all of the baking soda in your sink.

Clean sinks with vinegar.

Mix 1 cup each of white vinegar and hot tap water in a separate container setting them aside until the kettle boils. Remember the 1 2 ratio. Vinegar dissolves the baking soda and any grease or grime it has picked up making it easier to wash down your drain. Baking soda and vinegar will not clog your drain.

With a couple of household items and hot water you can get your sink back to its old self in about half an hour. First place the baking soda down the drain followed by a slow pour of white vinegar. Plus the pair remedies more than just funky smells it s a tried and true method for unclogging drains. Then you can spritz and disinfect your kitchen sink counters or any other spots that you d normally use bleach but.

The vinegar will react with the baking soda and foam up. One part baking soda to two parts white vinegar. This will create a foaming chemical reaction in your pipes that can help break up the clog. If there s enough of each to create foam the mixture has the power to clean a drain.

1 pour a 1 2 cup of baking soda down the drain followed by a 1 2 cup of white. The ratio of baking soda to vinegar to clean drains isn t an exact science. To clear a clogged drain with vinegar allow all of the water to drain from the sink then pour vinegar and baking soda lemon juice borax or salt down the drain.