How do i get a small bit of water out of my bath?

[SideWinder]

The bath has been blocked for a few days and being a student house, jobs don't get fixed very often. My housemate tried fixing it but ended up creating a small leak in the kitchen below so i've bought some plughole unblocker stuff. Problem is, there is a small amount of shallow water still in the bath and so i can't use the unblocker stuff. Its taking hours for the water to drain even after using a bucket to get rid of some of the water...so ideas of how to remove less than 1cm worth of water? Tried a water bottle to scoop it but hasn't really worked due to the shape of it...and i don't want to drink it through a straw.

Yes blah blah its 1.20am.

 

[greywolf]

A sponge.

 

[V4NT0M]

Use a sponge or other absorbent material.

 

[Audigex]

A straw...

 

[Xappy]

turkey baster.

What?

 

[SideWinder]

I tried a sponge but doesn't seem to work very well as it isn't 'sucking up' enough. Its the only sponge in the house as far as i know.

 

[Cosimo]

A mop, throw in newspaper or a towel to soak it up.

 

[Nix]

Sponge/Mop/Towels.

 

[SideWinder]

Mop!
There's one in the shed i think for some reason...forgot about that.

 

[greywolf]

If you want a challenge use a hair dryer and evaporate it, see how long it takes.

 

[Dunks]

A crap load of towels.

 

[cheets64]

Plunger?

 

[Cosimo]

If you want a challenge use a hair dryer and evaporate it, see how long it takes.

He’ll burn out the dryer before that happens.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

powerful hoover

 

[CliffyBiro]

It's likely clogged with hair. Any women in the household? Or hairy students?


Got a plunger?

 

[cheets64]

Your low level bath trapped is blocked, you have bends below plug holes to stop the foul smell of the swears coming up, just wait till tomorrow and buy a plunger, if not take the bath panel off and take off the trap probably pubes and sick blocking it.

 

[Vixen]

As others have said, a sponge or towel is the best idea. It's possible that the top of the drain is blocked with hair though, if you can get that cleared it might help draining a little. I find it's easy to clear with a cotton bud.

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

Towels or sponge depending on how much water there is.

Or if it's a lot of water try a wet and dry vac machine

 

[Viper²]

Stop shaving your nuts in the bath.

 

[RobH]

You need to take the trap apart (unscrew it) and clean out whatever is blocking the flow. There's a 99.9% chance that it's blocked with hair, the hair will also hold on to other bits of filth adding to the problem.