How to clean hair out of your drains
If you are using a drain stopper, hair will ultimately get into your drain and cause it to slow down. Break down hair bunches so that they move into the drain, or physically take all the hair out from the drain to have it flowing correctly again.
Hair is by far the most likely suspect if your shower, tub, or bathroom drains are not drained properly. Try one of the following approaches as soon as you encounter sluggish draining. Most likely, you will remove the hair and fix the issue quickly. Do not worry we have got the tools you will need to avoid touching the nasty things yourself.
Alternate plunging with baking soda and vinegar:
You will need some lubricant-fighting soap, vinegar, a cup of baking powder, a cup plunger, and the facilities to boil water. Pour some soap down the drain first. Discard the soap and replace it with a cup of baking powder. Check to see if the baking soda made it all the way down the pipe. After that, quickly pour the cup of vinegar down the drain. This can induce a chemical reaction in the drain, causing it to fizz.
Wait 5 minutes well after fizzing stops and then start boiling some water. When the water has reached a boil, carefully add it down the drain. The fizzing baking powder and vinegar aid in breaking up the hair, while the water aids in its passage down the drain. You can now begin plunging. Pour some water down the drain and plunge it with your cup plunger like you are removing a clog.
Use tweezers after you have removed the drain stopper:
While plunging the drain is less disgusting, getting the hair out would almost definitely be more successful. A screwdriver, rubber gloves, a flashlight, and needle-nose pliers are all needed. Remove the drain blocker first. You may be able to pry the stopper off with your fingers, but you will almost certainly need the screwdriver. Take advantage of this time to clean the drain blocker in your sink. Just ensure that any hair in the stopper does not really end up in another drain!
You will have a direct opening to the drain below after extracting the stopper. If you shine a spotlight into the sink, you will most likely see a disgusting clump of hair. Put on your gloves and go in with your needle-nose pliers to retrieve the fur. You might also consider making a makeshift snake out of a hanger if your pliers cannot reach or match.
Use a Zip-it tool:
A zip-it tool is a large, flexible, spiky plastic stick that is used to clean drains. They are cheap, reusable or disposable, and can be found at most hardware stores. Simply place the spiky length into your drainage to use a zip-it gadget. The barbs on the zip-it will trap any hair in the drain and take it out with it when you lift it up out. Although Zip-it is versatile enough to pass through all the other drain stoppers, we still advise removing the stopper.
Try bending or twisting the zip-it tool as you install and take it out for the best performance. Often finish with a boiling water rinse after your initial washing. When using a zip-it tool, you may want to repeat the baking soda and vinegar steps ahead. Consider investing in a few zip-it gadgets for your bathroom. That way, the next time you have to extract hair globs, you’ll be ready.
