Baking Soda And Salt For Drains (480p)

Salt accelerates rust. If your cast iron pipe has a tiny pinhole leak, the salt will find it and widen it. For old, corroded metal, stick to boiling water only, or call a professional. Baking soda and salt are for maintenance and minor organic clogs (grease, soap scum, toothpaste, food residue).

is an abrasive. It doesn’t dissolve instantly. When you pour coarse salt down a drain, it acts like thousands of tiny ice picks, physically scraping the biofilm (that slimy layer of bacteria and gunk) off the walls of your pipes. baking soda and salt for drains

When you mix an acid (vinegar) and a base (baking soda), they neutralize each other. You are left with salty water (sodium acetate) and carbon dioxide bubbles. Salt accelerates rust