How does Liquid Drano work?

[EarlJam]

I had a clog in my sink over the weekend. I poured in some Liquid Drano and "presto!" the clog was undone.

What is that stuff? Acid? If you poured some on your skin, would it just eat through? (I will not do this sober, by the way).

Seriously, is it just an acid that eats away at the stuff that clogs drains (e.g. hair, tissue, vermin, etc.?)

-EarlJam

[Indoor66]

I had a clog in my sink over the weekend. I poured in some Liquid Drano and "presto!" the clog was undone.

What is that stuff? Acid? If you poured some on your skin, would it just eat through? (I will not do this sober, by the way).

Seriously, is it just an acid that eats away at the stuff that clogs drains (e.g. hair, tissue, vermin, etc.?)

-EarlJam

Just the opposite. It is highly caustic.

[Cavlaw]

... and you definitely shouldn't put it on your arm. And never pour it onto alumninum foil (although there is aluminum in it).

[EarlJam]

... and you definitely shouldn't put it on your arm. And never pour it onto alumninum foil (although there is aluminum in it).

What would happen? Seriously.

-EJ

[EarlJam]

Seriously, if you put the smallest, smallest dab of it on a toothbrush and proceeded to brush your teeth with it, would it serve as a teeth whitener?

You would, of course, spit it out and rinse, but would it work?

-EarlJam

[Cavlaw]

It would release hydrogen, which has a tendency to explode.

It probably would not whiten your teeth (more likely put microscopic holes in them which would become a haven for bacteria), and burn your gums, tongue and cheeks.

[EarlJam]

It would release hydrogen, which has a tendency to explode.

It probably would not whiten your teeth (more likely put microscopic holes in them which would become a haven for bacteria), and burn your gums, tongue and cheeks.

Oh snap.

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

Oh snap.

Did someone get told?

[billybreen]

Did someone get told?

Actually, I think Cavlaw saved EarlJam's teeth from getting served.

[throatybeard]

Actually, I think Cavlaw saved EarlJam's teeth from getting served.

[EarlJam]

I freakin' love your sig.

-EarlJam

[greybeard]

I used it once to try to dispose of an old dead rat in the alleyway behind my house where my kids used to play. I really do not know how old the rat was, but it seemed to me at least that it had been dead for a while, which is why the term "old."

Did it work? Not exactly. Did keep the kids in the backyard, however, small as it is.

[greybeard]

I also used it once in diluted form to try to clean the rust off a kid's bicycle in preparation for a yard sale. Nope.

I have never tried it in a stuck drain. Plumbers say it only makes stuffed drains worse. True?

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

A flowchart...

[EarlJam]

A flowchart...

What does it mean to "get told?"

-EJ

[Lavabe]

What does it mean to "get told?"

-EJ

The Falcons got told last night that they need to end their season.

Looks like we have a winner on the most overused phrase of 2007!
Cheers,
Lavabe

[pamtar]

It would release hydrogen, which has a tendency to explode.

I got in BIG trouble because of drano and aluminum foil!

[OZZIE4DUKE]

I got in BIG trouble because of drano and aluminum foil!

Please, Pamtar, do tell us more!

[Ben63]

Please, Pamtar, do tell us more!

Quick google search and... Tada

[DevilAlumna]

And now, all DBR posters who clicked on that link are in an FBI or DHS database...