cheapest vinegar for sink unblocking!!

surfsister

used to buy this for 19p a pop but now 39p in tescos. anyone seen it cheaper as it is money down the drain! sorry!

Ken68

Lidl 21p for 568ml.

sb44

I buy 5ltr bottles of white vinegar from a chinese supermarket for about £3.50, along with 3 kilo tubs of bicarb of soda for about the same price. 😉

Marktheshark

Boil the kettle and tip it down the sink = price of boiling the kettle

surfsister

thanks all!! will try lidl then tried boiling water but not quite enough oomph!!

[Deleted User]

Hi,

my Lidl only seems to have the malt vinegar, never get 'white', same with Aldi, though might do the same job.

surfsister

hi yes any vinegar will do if you pour it down the sink with soda crystals it fizzes up and clears and blockages!

[Deleted User]

or take the u bend apart - no cost

robin58

deannatrois wrote: »

or take the u bend apart - no cost

Yes you are right.

Once cleaned out a stinking u-bend at a place of work in a kitchen area. It had melted chocolate, coffee grounds and wooden sticks jammed down it in a congealed mass, I prefer putting half a bottle of One Shot down it.:D .

surfsister

thanks all now have a good supply of cheap lidl vinegar and soda crystals to keep the sink clear!! don't think I fancy undoing the sink bed thingee!!! but thanks for the suggestion.

johnk

robin58 wrote: »

I prefer putting half a bottle of One Shot down it.:D .

Can you use OneShot in sink? Will it damage the (plastic) pipe and metal/chrome bowl in any way?