Bathroom sink starting to whiff

filigree_2

My bathroom sink is OK but I did have a stinky kitchen sink once that resisted my efforts with bleach.

I took off the U bend and manually scraped out loads of vile smelling gunge. The stench was awful, but it had to be done! My tip is to have a basin of hot soapy water standing ready so you can drop the stinky U bend into it. Don't pour the water down the plughole

I also took off the little metal grid off the plughole, and scrubbed off as much as possible with an old toothbrush.

I think kitchen sinks are more prone to stinky deposits because however carefully you scrape your plates clean, a certain amount of food waste goes down the plug hole. The bathroom sink isn't quite as bad, but what goes down there is often "biological" mess, ie hair, shaving bristles, handwashing sick out of baby clothes... over time it gets pretty minging!

Unless your bathroom sink is one of those built in cabinet types, I reckon you should have a go at scrubbing the U bend clean.

loracan1

A handful of soda crystals and hot water.

There was a thread somewhere that mentioned poking a wire coathanger with a hook down the plughole, they'd got alsorts of gunk out that way.

debtworrier

I bought a cheap stainless steel sieve, which I keep by the sink. When I've finished the washing up, I put the plastic w/u bowl on the drainer, put the strainer in the sink above the plughole and pour the dirty water through it, catching all the little bits of food etc., then empty the sieve into the bin.

(I never use this sieve for cooking.)