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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: What's the korean equivalent of drano? |
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| I gotta clear some slow draining pipes. What's the hanghoul and what's the cost of this stuff? |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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SOJU.
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Chamchiman
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Location: Digging the Grave
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| lot's of generic brands. just look for the picture of the u-bend pipe like that link |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Get a good plunger. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Puncilin - it's in a white bottle with a red top at Homeplus. 3,200 won
or there's one in a yellow bottle but I forget the name |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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basically, it's for my apartment washroom.
I have one of those standard standup shower set ups. where you have a shower head and you stand and wash yourself like an elephant would. there's no tub, it's just the toilet and the shower head and sink. I have a square grate that acts as the drain, this is much larger than the standard plunger head. Recently, the flow has started to get slow, I suspect it's hair (not mine). I tried to open up the drain/grate, but I can't figure it out. So I'm just gonna pour drano or whatever they've got.
So is the stuff listed here liquid or is it like the drano pellet stuff? |
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Zulethe
Joined: 04 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hey pal...didn't you get the memo?
Hanghoul is what Korean ghosts speak..
It's Hangul
thank you very much..
gees what would this site do with out me? |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
Puncilin - it's in a white bottle with a red top at Homeplus. 3,200 won
or there's one in a yellow bottle but I forget the name |
We use Puncilin to melt the hair in our drains. You can buy a huge bottle of it at Costco for cheap. It works. Try it. |
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skeeterses
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| My suggestion to you would be to get some rubber gloves and an old coat hanger and remove the hair. To get the square grate off, you'll have to pry it off with a flat head screwdriver. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| Xuanzang wrote: |
Puncilin - it's in a white bottle with a red top at Homeplus. 3,200 won
or there's one in a yellow bottle but I forget the name |
We use Puncilin to melt the hair in our drains. You can buy a huge bottle of it at Costco for cheap. It works. Try it. |
It`s huge but cheap. Good for someone going with a car. 5L for 4,220 won. |
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Mashburn71
Joined: 15 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| skeeterses wrote: |
| My suggestion to you would be to get some rubber gloves and an old coat hanger and remove the hair. To get the square grate off, you'll have to pry it off with a flat head screwdriver. |
Going to open this convo back up.
I could easily get the grate off, but underneath is was just a white cylindrical thing that WILL NOT come out, and it doesnt look like its meant to. Can't reach into it at all. Any suggestions? (AKA does anyone else have a drain like this???) |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Has anybody ever had Drano actually work in unclogging drains? I never have. I think the stuff is worthless. |
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comm
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anybody ever had Drano actually work in unclogging drains? I never have. I think the stuff is worthless. |
Yeah, it's effective. Though I tend to use enough in each go to poison a small ecosystem. |
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Pablo
Joined: 15 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Here is your solution. It really works. I have done it five times now in the past three years. It is simple and cheap, and probably still better for the environment than draino:
1) Remove standing water from above the drain.
2) Get a medium size bottle of everyday, cheap Chlorox (or the generic brand- no problem.)
3) Pour the whole thing into your drain.
4) Wait as long as you can. A few hours should be okay. I like to leave it overnight when I can.
5) Flush the drain well. Yes, it is now unclogged.
"But that's so easy. That's too dumb."
Yup.
And it works.
Every time. |
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