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General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: Ken Juul on July 09, 2007, 11:14:49 AM

Title: Slow draining kitchen sink
Post by: Ken Juul on July 09, 2007, 11:14:49 AM
I've done the galley sink drain modification, but over the last 5 or so years crud has started to build up leading to an increasingly slow drain.  Any suggestions for cleaning it?  Clorox? Draino? something less caustic?  Not sure how chemical resistant the Marlon thru hulls are.
Title: Re: Slow draining kitchen sink
Post by: Steve Sayian on July 09, 2007, 11:21:15 AM
Ken,

Had a similar problem on my C-30 drains.

Tried snaking it, garden hose streams, etc.
Best thing was to disconnect the drains and manually clean it out.

Title: Re: Slow draining kitchen sink
Post by: Ron Hill on July 09, 2007, 02:34:46 PM
Ken : A 50% clorox mix does just fine.  I shut off the thru hull and only fill it to just below the drain fixture.  Let it sit over night and then I take a a suction pump and move the water from one sink to the other.  That flow of water seems to clean the "walls" of the PVC pipe.    :thumb: