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hlthe2b

(106,340 posts)
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 11:25 AM Aug 2019

Is anyone else noticing bathroom sink clogs from some of the newer tartar control toothpastes like

those meant to be gum protective as well (like Peridontax and Sensodyne)?

In all my years, I've never had sinks getting clogged--not from hair, but this thick, hardening toothpaste and I have to think that is what it is, because I have one person in the household that refuses to use any but a small powder room bathroom to brush their teeth. The main bathrooms are regularly treated against hair clogs, but I guess I never thought simply brushing teeth would be a problem for the half baths.

At any rate, I've done the baking soda and vinegar trick multiple times. I've run near-boiling water through repeatedly. Finally, I grabbed the damned plunger and voila that seemed to work.

So, is it the toothpaste, you think? What a pain...

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Is anyone else noticing bathroom sink clogs from some of the newer tartar control toothpastes like (Original Post) hlthe2b Aug 2019 OP
Yep. greymattermom Aug 2019 #1
I don't think it's the toothpaste. Phoenix61 Aug 2019 #2
thanks.. I'll try that too. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #4
Yes. Constant problem. nt DURHAM D Aug 2019 #3
I used Sensodyne for years. No issues. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2019 #5
Clean Your Pipe Ovens1986 Sep 2019 #8
I've used Sensodyne for many years too. no problem with my sink. demigoddess Dec 2020 #9
Spit in the bathtub. rickford66 Aug 2019 #6
Hot water - baking soda and white vinegar are your friends.... Historic NY Aug 2019 #7

Phoenix61

(17,642 posts)
2. I don't think it's the toothpaste.
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 11:30 AM
Aug 2019

I think it’s bacteria building up in the elbow. I pour a bottle of hydrogen peroxide down the drain when it starts to get slow and let it sit overnight. Works every time.

demigoddess

(6,675 posts)
9. I've used Sensodyne for many years too. no problem with my sink.
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:51 PM
Dec 2020

But I have done the hydrogene peroxide thing a couple of times.

Historic NY

(37,851 posts)
7. Hot water - baking soda and white vinegar are your friends....
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 01:21 PM
Aug 2019

I always use hot, hot water after brushing. When I need to get rid of the baking soda from the refrigerator I dump it down the drain and add vinegar and hot water let it sit. Old cast iron and metal pipe narrow out with goop over time, plastic does also. Another is toothpaste with colored speckles, thats plastic, and hair gels .



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