Do you know about hair remover and showers?

[ghostofhuggles]

If your shower, or bath, is slow running away it's probably blocked with hair. You can buy expensive chemicals to clear it but they're not that good. Buy a cheap tube of hair removal cream , squeeze the lot down the plug hole and follow it about half an hour later with a kettle full of boiling water. Job done.

[rainydaywoman11]

How do you know this stuff?  I use soda crystals and boiling water.  You should start a column 

[5129frederick]

Out of shampoo - use washing up liquid - cheaper, too.

Plagued by slugs making their way up through a little used secondary sink?  Wet the surface and give the corners and edges a good sprinkling of dishwashing salt  Useful for outside drains too, and then pour boiling water down the plughole   Very effective!  Never had any more problems after that.

[Anonymous]

Hello

Buy a cheap tube of hair removal cream

More chemical down the drains

[ghostofhuggles]

I would guess it's more friendly than the plug hole cleaners though as it has been tested on people. Some the drain cleaner ones can only be bought by plumbers who have an account now so I'm guessing they contain really nasty stuff.

[ilove2patch]

Great tip. I would never wash my hair in washing up liquid though! 

[dairyview123]

I use a long narrow handled bristle paint brush (art one) and stick it down the bath plug hole, ive broken 2 wire plug hole clearers down there already and cannot get the bath side off to unscrew the waste pipe. I twist the handle of the paint brush round and pull the hair back up, do this once a month and it works.

Good news we are having a new bathroom built in the summer and I wont be sticking a wire unbloker down it ever again!

[rainydaywoman11]

Plumber had to use some kind of acid when they were clearing the drain at son's flat - long term blockage.  Broke concrete, located drain (Victorian building), removed tons of gunge - pipes down, hoses down in the end what he did was the only thing that worked.  Nightmare, cost me a fortune.

We have to be careful what we use as we have a septic tank.

No likelihood of my ever ever ever running out of shampoo or any other unguent, lotion or potion, have a cupboard full   Think it comes of being poor when we were young.  Love all that stuff.

[****merlin*****]

Hair removal cream has been created to be as safe as it can be in the water system though

I would NEVER use washing up liquid on hair

it will strip all the oils from your hair and leave you needing a deep conditioning treatment

they have stringent degreasing agents in them

[chickengrandma-2008]

I had a friend as a child and her family only ever used washing up liquid for their hair.  Their hair was as dull and dry looking as anything!!

[hightara]

sorry........... I snorted

I 

not professional..........then again.......... I am the sink/bath/toilet cleaner in the house.

I pull the hairs out of the above with me hands,  but I do love bicarb of soda and lemon juice/vinegar to get rid of limescale

I think I am Martha Stewart.......

[****merlin*****]

we dont get limescale here

when we moved from England to Scotland, we brought our kettle and couldnt find limescale remover, it wasnt sold as there is no need for it, so we just bought a new kettle

i use lemon juice a lot to clean, but when i use vinegar i add lemongrass oil to take away the smell

and when i have juiced the lemons i keep them in a bag in the freezer

i use them to clean the oven with, instead of a sponge

[hightara]

thank you merlin............. I would never have thought of lemons for the cooker...........I always have a bottle of lemon juice in the fridge

love my bicarb..........vinegar ......... now added my lemon juice........

the hubby and boys always ask....... what are them things in the fridge.........

my answer...... you clean the carp.

[bitsnknots]

I'd never wash my hair with washing up liquid as the detergent is too strong to be used on your hair.

[5129frederick]

Washing up liquid too strong for my hair?  Wish somebody had told me that earlier!  I'm like Sean Connery, which is why I'm thinking of having a load of baby bunnies tattooed onto my head.

Why, did I hear you ask?

Well, at a glance, they look like hares (hairs) 

Thus said, they do say yhat baldness is a sign of virility - oh to be given the chance of putting that theory to the test

[rainydaywoman11]

Golly Fred, how old are you?  You're never too old 

[captainbovine]

I was told by my old hairdresser to use wuliquid on my hair once every now and then to strip all the old gunge build up from hair products, never did my hair any harm.

to get rid of limescale in a kettle but in a glass marble, it takes on the limescale instead of your kettle. Luckily this area we are in now isn't a hard water area.

like the sound of the hair removal cream has anyone tried it though?

[5129frederick]

Flattery will get you everywhere, so please carry on!

I'm from an era that used to use a dab of Brylcreme, but someone I knew used a full pot every day - mind you, he was a barber! 

[****merlin*****]

Captain Bovine you get build up remover shampoo, its sold alongside the usual bottles.

a lot of shampoos & conditioners contain silicone to strengthen the hair, washing up liquid wont remove that, but it needs removing every so often, especially if you dye your hair as dye cannot penetrate the silicone coating on each shaft

some hairdressers suggest using washing up liquid (or the original head & shoulders) to rectify hair dye gone wrong as it strips your hair, but you need a hot or deep  conditioning treatment after use or your hair is dull and stringy

[soppysofty]

To bring your hair (head) back to pristine condition use a hot oil preperation about once every 3 months.

You can get it in the shampoo aisle or ask your hairdresser to do it for you.

The difference is amazing!