Thick beach V's Thin bleach

mattyfez · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:14

I have a problem, cheap thin bleach is significantly cheaper than thick branded fragranced bleach.

I'm not too fussed about fragrance, but there must be something that I can add to it to cake it up a bit, any ideas?

Basically my kitchen sink needs a bit of bleach throwing down it every couple of weeks, otherwise it smells, so I'd like to save some cash and thicken up some cheap stuff as the thin stuff I think drains to quickly.

Any ideas?

Tar!

Raumarik · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:21

Run cold water down the sink after using it, job done

mattyfez · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:28

Oh cool does that actually work, some kind of chemical reaction?

Thanks

Over Clocker · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:43

You can buy cheap generic thick bleach which isn't fragranced or branded from most supermarkets!

Rotty · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:45

Over Clocker said:
You can buy cheap generic thick bleach which isn't fragranced or branded from most supermarkets!

exactly

diverse180 · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:58

Gravy granules.

...or

Over Clocker said:
You can buy cheap generic thick bleach which isn't fragranced or branded from most supermarkets!

Pawnless Endgame · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:12

There is drain unblocker as well, comes in a smaller black bottle. More expensive than bleach but does a good job with blocked sinks and baths.

mattyfez · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:12

But cheap generic thin bleach is half the price of cheap generic thick bleach!

DirtyJester · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:22

Cement, sand and briefly run a small amount of water.

PhillyDee · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:23

DirtyJester said:
Cement, sand and briefly run a small amount of water.

Crowort · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:51

Use thin bleach will get stuck in the trap just the same was thick stuff. Thick stuff is for clinging to surfaces like on a toilet bowl. Thin stuff is fine for everything.

unwashed potato! · 5 Jul 2013 at 20:59

maybe try taking off the ubend and cleaning it out, might help remove most of the smell, and it's easy to do. unscrew with hand, clean, rescrew. just make sure you don't empty the contents of the ubend into the sink.

also why does it need to be thick to work? thin stuff will still be on the surface working away.

mattyfez · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:02

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
maybe try taking off the ubend and cleaning it out, might help remove most of the smell, and it's easy to do. unscrew with hand, clean, rescrew. just make sure you don't empty the contents of the ubend into the sink.

also why does it need to be thick to work? thin stuff will still be on the surface working away.

I didn't consider the U bend actually, I think that's where I'm going wrong! thanks!

Edrof · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:06

Get some caesium and throw it down there. Then just run the water hard for a few seconds. This is what plumbers do alllllllllllllllllllllll the time.

mattyfez · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:09

Edrof said:
Get some caesium and throw it down there. Then just run the water hard for a few seconds. This is what plumbers do alllllllllllllllllllllll the time.

Ahh yes, I remember that experiment from school, should probably fix the issue, and take care of that pesky kitchen wall at the same time!

QlimaxUK · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:39

I find the lemon bleach tastes the best use that one

darael · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:40

1. Pour kettle full of boiling water down the sink to get rid of initial grease.
2. Pour a decent amount of caustic sode (not the stuff from poundland) down the plughole - when I say a decent amount, I mean maybe a quarter of the tub.
3. Start boiling the next kettle. The time it takes to boil a full kettle of cold water will allow more than enough time for the caustic soda to work it's magic through any debris.
4. STAND BACK FROM THE SINK FOR THIS STEP. Once the kettle has boiled, pour the hot ewater into the sink. Not directly into the drainhole, allow the water to surround the plughole.
5. Cue much rumbling from your pipework as the boiling water pushes the caustic soda through the pipes. After about thirty seconds, the rumbling should calm down or even stop.
6. After the worst of the rumbling has stopped, run the cold tap for about thirty seconds to rinse caustic soda from your pipes.
7. Pour plenty of thick bleach down the sink.

What the above should do is clean out any blockages with the caustic soda and boiling water, then freshen up the now clean pipes with bleach - rather than trying to freshen up the blockage!

Pawnless Endgame · 5 Jul 2013 at 22:21

Edrof said:
Get some caesium and throw it down there. Then just run the water hard for a few seconds. This is what plumbers do alllllllllllllllllllllll the time.

Lol caesium! I saw that Brianiac episode years ago called Reactive Metals. They dropped a small sugarlump-sized piece of caesium into a bathtub, which promptly disintergrated

Angilion · 5 Jul 2013 at 23:42

Monserrat said:
There is drain unblocker as well, comes in a smaller black bottle. More expensive than bleach but does a good job with blocked sinks and baths.

Caustic soda is very cheap and usually works very well as a drain cleaner and unblocker. It's something to be careful with, though, because it's nasty stuff. The specialised drain unblockers can be better if they expand in the pipe, but caustic soda is far cheaper.

Angilion · 5 Jul 2013 at 23:48

Monserrat said:
Lol caesium! I saw that Brianiac episode years ago called Reactive Metals. They dropped a small sugarlump-sized piece of caesium into a bathtub, which promptly disintergrated

They faked the result with explosives. Bigger bangs are better for TV.

The real reaction would be a tad excessive for pipe cleaning though