"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 03:45:23 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> A few pieces were slightly bigger. Despite my best
>> efforts, about a cup of glass went down the sink.
>>
>> The glass was surprisingly thick so of course bunged up the disposal yet
>> again.
>
> Wait a second...
>
> You actually ground up the glass that was in the garbage
> disposal?!?!?
>
> That was brilliant! You just created sand that's going to deposit
> itself in the trap and stick to all the grease in the pipes.
>
> WTF is wrong with you that you think you could grind up glass in
> your disposal?!?!?!
>
> Pull up and out the rubber gasket, get your hand down there, and
> pull out all the big pieces. Then use a vacuum to suck out all
> little pieces.
>
> Classic Julie move. I certainly stand by my first reply and glad I
> actually read the rest of your post for that gem.

My drinking glasses are very thin. If you look up how to get broken glass
out of a disposal, it will tell you to remove as much as possible and grind
the rest down. You can't do this with the thick stuff though. The problem is
that bits get stuck in the blades. The only way to free them is to loosen
them from underneath then turn the disposal to loosen the blades.You can
then try to pick out pieces and you'll likely have to repeat the process but
at least a little glass will get down.