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KevinS wrote:
> wrote on 5/1/2006:
>
> > I had a slightly backed up sink. So I put a glug of bleach in the
> > drain and water, and let it sit. Usually works, then plunge later.
>
> > But oops. There was a silverplate teaspoon sitting in the murky water.
> > It came out with the bowl of the spoon looking like it has a whitish
> > coating, and back greenish.
>
> <snip>
>
> Sometimes here (often - actually) you get an answer to a question you
> didn't ask.
> If a bit of decent silver polish won't fix the spoon and it's too cheap
> to warrant recoating,
> then I'd think it's a goner.
>
> What puzzles me is what does bleach do to unclog a sink?

If the clog is hair or any other organic material other than grease,
the bleach breaks it down, but be very careful because straight bleach
won't only mess up silver, but stainless and chrome as well.

--Bryan