KOH as a drain cleaner?

[neisel]

Possible? If so, how?

Ta!

[julianf]

just chuck it down.

(my drain is still blocked though - however, im not convinced it actually goes anywhere either!)

[Bill]

The same procdure as using caustic soda as drain cleaner.

[neisel]

^^^ Which is?

[nathanrobo]

mate

mix some up carefully in water (hot I think) and pour down the drains.  I'd play around with the strength, but make sure you are wearing proper safety gear including googles and gauntlet rubber gloves etc.

[kamaangir]

I am the absolute authority on using Naoh as drain cleaner, get a jam jar, as small as possible and half fill with water and add KOH or NAOH, swirl it around and watch in alarm as the exothermic reaction makes the jar too hot to hold, put the jar down and observe how the thermal shock cracks the glass and the boiling and extremely caustic mixture pisses all over the bathroom floor.

Shrug nonchalantly at the missus and say it'll be fine.....

Method 2 failing to find other suitable container to mix water and KOH/NAOH just pour a load down the drain and open the tap and watch the granules form a solid plug in the drain and trap. Boil kettle and while wearing appropriate PPE, in my case boxers (never Y fronts!) Simpsons fathers day socks and copious chest hair, pour down the tap and admire the mini volcano effect!

You may not wish to try this at your home, and I don't blame you! After all I am a professional Iranian and have been so since birth!

[Glycer-rides]

An excellent post, Arash.
I think using petrol these last months has made you tangibly funnier.
Not that that's a right and proper way to carry on, you understand...

[Bill]

you could cheat and read the lable on the drain cleaner products found in most hardware shops.
Or,
just chuck it down the drain.

[kamaangir]

Its not like I drink the stuff Andy, I just dab a bit on the old boy every now and then.......


Ron 95 coz you're worf it

[Tony]

Well that brings a whole new meaning to "petrol head"

[Jamesrl]

Well that brings a whole new meaning to "petrol head"

Well that brings a whole new meaning to "petrol head"

Shouldn't that read "knob head"?

[nigelb]

I am the absolute authority on using Naoh as drain cleaner, get a jam jar, as small as possible and half fill with water and add KOH or NAOH, swirl it around and watch in alarm as the exothermic reaction makes the jar too hot to hold, put the jar down and observe how the thermal shock cracks the glass and the boiling and extremely caustic mixture pisses all over the bathroom floor.

Shrug nonchalantly at the missus and say it'll be fine.....

Method 2 failing to find other suitable container to mix water and KOH/NAOH just pour a load down the drain and open the tap and watch the granules form a solid plug in the drain and trap. Boil kettle and while wearing appropriate PPE, in my case boxers (never Y fronts!) Simpsons fathers day socks and copious chest hair, pour down the tap and admire the mini volcano effect!

You may not wish to try this at your home, and I don't blame you! After all I am a professional Iranian and have been so since birth!

The funniest post I've read in a long time...it did make me chuckle.

[neisel]

^^ +1.