I have done this over here in the UK once a year for years, down the 'plug
hole' of my stainless steel sink.
Now having a new kitchen fitted, and therefore sink and draining board,
when the pipes came out of the wall etc, I inspected them, no slime or
anything in them....whether this is because of the vinegar mix or not I dont
know, but they were clean and the plastic parts still supple etc, and didn't
need replacing at all. I guess too that alot of it has to do with your
water... soft or hard etc.

Some people use bleach down their sinks, I don't think I'd want to use
anything too harsh, our bleaches are really strong over here.

I find lemon also helpful.

Keep Wok~ing........Cher



"Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 13:58:28 GMT, "cher"
> > wrote:
>
> >Sprinkle bicarbinate of soda, around the sink plug hole, and then pour
some
> >white vinegar ontop....this will fizz up and slowly go down the
> >drain....taking all the grease and yuk with it.
>
> I'm not entirely convinced of this, but I'll think about giving it a try.
> When you mix vinegar with baking soda (another name for it here, don't
know
> if you call it that there), you get salt and water. Vinegar is an acid and
> baking soda is a base, and when the two mix, salt and water is the result.
> So it seems unlikely to me that salt water alone can cut through
> grease, but it's vaguely possible that the reaction between the two
> accomplishes something, so I'll give it a shot and see what happens.
>
> --
> Siobhan Perricone
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> God wrote the rocks
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