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On 1/7/2019 10:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 9:58:19 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 1/6/2019 10:40 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>> My experience over the decades I have lived with a half dozen or so sinks, is that a stainless
>>> adjustable (open or closed) stopper that has small holes or slots in it for water to go through
>>> when it is on an "open" setting, is that so far, they have all been a standard size. All of them.
>>> OTOH, I have always had a double sink, with garbage disposal on one side. I used to buy
>>> new ones at KMart. Now that they have closed, I will go to Ace Hardware. I have never
>>> purchased one that did not fit, although I did mistakenly once purchase one that was only a
>>> stopper, and didn't have the ability to stay open unless I tipped it at a slant in the drain.
>>>
>>> N.
>>>

>> Veering a bit off topic but still about sink stoppers, last year I had
>> the pesky pop-up stoppers in my bathroom sinks disconnected and bought
>> good old fashioned rubber stoppers. I got tired of dealing with
>> slow/clogged drains in the bathroom sinks. Products like Drain-O and
>> Liquid Plumr were a waste of money. Despite what online videos show,
>> the Zip-It drain cleaning tool was hindered by the pop-up mechanism. No
>> longer a worry. Those little rubber stoppers make things so much
>> easier! I went to a local hardware store and was surprised by all the
>> different sizes of bathroom sink stoppers. I needed a 1-1/4" (very
>> small) stopper.
>>
>> Jill

>
> Except when cleaning the sink, I never use the stopper. Even then, I
> close the stopper only to conveniently clean the stopper itself.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

That's kind of why I hated those built-in stoppers. They just got in
the way and let crud build up in the drain which led to clogs. I rarely
need to use a stopper in the bathroom sink.

Jill