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Household Hints & Help

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hlthe2b

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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 [View all]

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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