Drano Dual-Force Foamer Clog Remover, 17 oz (Pack of 5)

These work great to unclog sink or shower if used as directions say. Great price for a pack of 5 compared to one at grocery store or local home improvement store

I have long hair. My ex-wife has long hair. My ex-wife's two sisters had long hair. Their mother had long hair. My ex-wife's mother's mother, the sister's grandmother, had long hair, and the two family dogs were both long-haired breeds. Suffice to say that in the interim I lived with all those women, we would clog shower drains weekly if not daily. As the only man living in the home at that time, it was made abundantly clear that MEN handle plumbing issues. For a year I went nuts trying to keep two showers working. I talked to plumbers and followed their advice to the word and still had issues. Finally I spoke to an old farmer who told me how to beat the hair-clog game. He had beaver issues. His farmland was perfect for beavers to make into wetlands, so every year, newly adult beavers would swarm the creeks around his property and dam it all to flood his fields. Knowing this would happen every year, he went to every narrowing of all the creeks, mostly where roads bridged them, and widened the concrete footings enough that he could simply wait until the beavers had all but stripped the area of available trees blocking all the pass-throughs, then make one trip with a crane and a flatbed truck and pull out all the trees they'd cut down and dragged to the roadside to then either sell to a lumber yard or cut up as firewood depending on what he dredged out. The beavers would move on once they realized there wasn't enough wood to dam the creeks and he'd transplant some seedlings from the woods nearby to keep the creek nice once they'd move on. He said the key was understanding the system. Hair clogs aren't like regular clogs as they can happen anywhere in the pipe, not just in the P or S traps. How do get a liquid that dissolves clogs to work on a clog that isn't at the lowest point of the system? My secret. First, before the drain stops flowing at all, pour gallons of boiling in the tub/shower drain. This melts any soap residue and softens up gunk in general. Once all that drains, pour a bunch, think eight to ten ounces, of dish soap down the drain and let it sit. After a couple hours, run the tub or shower as hot as possible and let that hot water flush away anything the soap has managed to dissolve. If your drain is still slow, wait until everything has drained then use ONE bottle of this as instructed. The foam is great at melting hair which itself resists soap, is immune to hot water and has a tendency to make nets just above the trap or a ball of crud just past said trap. If you have a net above the trap, one bottle will clear your drain. If you have a clump of crud wrapped in hair, you'll need TWO bottles. The first bottle is enough to fill the trap with hair dissolving goodness and the second displaces enough water in the trap that the foam passes beyond the trap and dissolves the hair-armored crud ball ruining your life.

I bought the multi-pack to use to clear out a sluggish toilet - only to find out that this product is only for sinks and tub and shower drains. Now I have a large supply for those uses, just not what I was looking for.

Trust the process.. It took all 4 steps on 3 different days.. But the 4th was the charm..

I have a house full of people with long hair (except me as mine is long gone). Even with those silicone hair-catcher things (which catch a LOT of hair) some hair still makes it through to the drain pipes and eventually affects them to the point of being slow, but not stopping. While the heavier gel-like openers work on some drain clogs, they just don't cut it on our shower for some reason. I suspect the clogging material is also captured on the upper side of the pipe and gel passes through before it can significanrly affect the clog. Anyhow, I temporarily remove the shower drain cover, then pour the product down the pipe so it's well on the way down before mixing the chemicals and working its foamy magic. Then it sits, for about an hour, which is just about enough time to fill a 16 quart lobster pot with hot water and bring it to a boil. Then I dump the hot water in the tub and let it drain, and we're good again until the next time, which in our house is 5 or 6 months later. I cannot stress enough how critical hot water is to the effectiveness of many drain openers. They all aim to soften & dissolve the clogging material and generally they use a chemical reaction to do that. Throwing cold water down the drain is like, well, throwing cold water on a party. It pretty much brings everything to a halt. I suspect the reason manufacturers of drain openers don't specify "boiling" hot water is because of their lawyers. Since I can't really afford a lawyer, I won't say that's what you *must* do, but yeah, I will tell you, that's what works best. If boiling water isn't a viable option, I would suggest that at flushing time, having a bucket nearby to deposit any cold water that clears the faucet until the temp reaches its expected maximum, then let the tap water run down the drain. Or, it might work best if you fill the sink or tub enough to cause the pipes to have a large volume of hot water thoroughly flushing entire pipe at once.