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Title: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: SteveFord on 10 Mar 2019, 11:08 pm
There's nothing quite like spending the day down in the basement banging out two pounds of white sludge from the inside of the drain pipes to make a man feel eager to go back to work on Monday to escape!
The smell of old drain water, you just can't beat it.

I gather that's a combination of soap and mineral deposits?
I just did that a few years ago, too.
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: richidoo on 11 Mar 2019, 12:25 am
The smell of old drain water, you just can't beat it.

Ah yes, the Nectar of the Gods

I used to use Bio-Sure powder to keep the pipes and septic tank and leach field clean. It worked pretty good. It's a bacteria powder that eats it all up. Yum.
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: aldcoll on 11 Mar 2019, 12:50 am
I use to do that on date night!

Alan
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: ArthurDent on 11 Mar 2019, 10:13 pm
Good to see you are feeling up to tackling the 'Joys of White Sludge' Steve. Clean pipes are happy pipes.  :D 
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: Ferdi on 12 Mar 2019, 12:57 am
I can get worse: liquid cooking grease thrown down the sink....coagulates just far enough down to be a big mess.

 :nono:
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: thunderbrick on 12 Mar 2019, 01:00 am
Good to see you are feeling up to tackling the 'Joys of White Sludge' Steve. Clean pipes are happy pipes.  :D

That's what my proctologist said....
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: SteveFord on 12 Mar 2019, 01:08 am
Remind me never to visit your proctologist!
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: WGH on 12 Mar 2019, 04:43 am
Only 2 pounds? Count yourself lucky:

'Monster' fatberg found blocking east London sewer
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41238272?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41238272?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook)

To put the size and heft of the clog in perspective: it’s longer than two American football fields and as heavy as a blue whale.
And yes, it's as ugly as it sounds.
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: SteveFord on 12 Mar 2019, 10:31 pm
Give my wife time, she'll show those damned Brits how to make a Fatburg!

That's exactly what it was, too: cooking grease.
It looked like someone dropped two dozen bars of Ivory soap down the drain and then they got broken up when I dislodged them but nope, that's not soap, that's cooking grease.
There's no changing her behavior so I guess I'll have to look into grease traps like they would use in a commercial kitchen.
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: Bob2 on 13 Mar 2019, 12:09 am
Just went through the same thing.
Try some of this:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CVSQHQX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=191975)

Works well...

Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: SteveFord on 13 Mar 2019, 12:51 am
I will try that, thanks!
One glug down the drain, one water pistol squirt of it at the cook.
Title: Re: The Joys Of White Sludge
Post by: Bob2 on 13 Mar 2019, 01:20 am
I will try that, thanks!
One glug down the drain, one water pistol squirt of it at the cook.
I learned a long time ago not to Piss off , upset the cook... otherwise you may sh&t kind of... well, not right for the next few days. Ymmv!