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Back to the unclogging a pipe trick. Put the vac in wet mode. Get a towel to use as a seal. Put the vacuum end down the drain, wrap the towel around the shaft -- naughty though cope -- of the vacuum and turn it on. The towel around the shaft makes sure all the suction is focused on pulling things out of the drain.
For the kitchen sink where grease is often a factor, I run extremely hot water down the drain and repeat a couple of times.
If you have a double sink with a disposer, put a plunger over disposer side to block air from getting in and suck from the other side. Sometimes you have to pinch an air gap hose on the disposer -- getting a good seal is critical to getting it to suck from the drain side.
We have unfortunately, sucked amazing amounts of pasta out of the kitchen drain doing this. And don't think too much about it but we got an air freshener out of a toilet this way.
I read about someone getting a wedding ring out of a bathroom sink this way.
More handy tips from DrSpooky. Mrs S is pretty and handy. You would be amazed at some of her projects.
Back to the unclogging a pipe trick. Put the vac in wet mode. Get a towel to use as a seal. Put the vacuum end down the drain, wrap the towel around the shaft -- naughty though cope -- of the vacuum and turn it on. The towel around the shaft makes sure all the suction is focused on pulling things out of the drain.
For the kitchen sink where grease is often a factor, I run extremely hot water down the drain and repeat a couple of times.
If you have a double sink with a disposer, put a plunger over disposer side to block air from getting in and suck from the other side. Sometimes you have to pinch an air gap hose on the disposer -- getting a good seal is critical to getting it to suck from the drain side.
We have unfortunately, sucked amazing amounts of pasta out of the kitchen drain doing this. And don't think too much about it but we got an air freshener out of a toilet this way.
I read about someone getting a wedding ring out of a bathroom sink this way.
More handy tips from DrSpooky. Mrs S is pretty and handy. You would be amazed at some of her projects.
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Not really as bad as it sounds. You may or may not have to pinch the air gap hose and a pair of Vise-Grips can take care of that. The plunger over the disposal side just has to sit there so you don't have to touch it.
I just roll an old kitchen towel and make a "donut" out of it that I wrap around the sucking end of the hose. Hold the sucking end in place and turn the vacuum on.
Everything is easier with a helper but this can be done by one person. Here's one person's description of doing this http://www.shopvac.com/web/contest/clogged_sink.shtml and another where they got a kid's teaset lid out http://www.shopvac.com/web/contest/play_time.shtml.
There are more stories at http://www.shopvac.com/web/contest/winners.shtml.
They are indeed handy things. Mrs S sucked a lot of the broken glass out of our yard from the car hitting the tree.
I just roll an old kitchen towel and make a "donut" out of it that I wrap around the sucking end of the hose. Hold the sucking end in place and turn the vacuum on.
Everything is easier with a helper but this can be done by one person. Here's one person's description of doing this http://www.shopvac.com/web/contest/clogged_sink.shtml and another where they got a kid's teaset lid out http://www.shopvac.com/web/contest/play_time.shtml.
There are more stories at http://www.shopvac.com/web/contest/winners.shtml.
They are indeed handy things. Mrs S sucked a lot of the broken glass out of our yard from the car hitting the tree.
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A Cone of Silence is from the TV show Get Smart. It's a device that enables 2 people to conduct private conversations. Of course, it didn't work, because the people in the cone of silence had to yell to be heard.
But actually, that was an exhortation for me and Dr. Spooky to cut the Shop-Vac talk. 'Cause it's getting annoying, see?
But actually, that was an exhortation for me and Dr. Spooky to cut the Shop-Vac talk. 'Cause it's getting annoying, see?
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