had to make something like this with clohes hanger as I didn't know it was already available. Doesn't go past the elbow either, but grabbed almost off of the unnexpected excess lint out of the drain.
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Bob Kennedy wrote: > Those are called mechanics fingers. Don't know why, I was a mechanic for > years and never used them on anything I worked on... I can see where they'd > be useful in grabbing clumps of stuff like hair or maybe a rag. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Betsy Whitney > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] drain cleaners > > > > Aloha Lee, > Had one more thought. I don't know if you have > one, but there are devices called grabbers that > are great for removing hair and other solid junk > from a drain if it isn't down past the elbow. It > looks like a long flexible spring. At one end is > a button that you press that makes a claw-like > thing open on the other end. You can then grab > the junk, let go of the button, and pull the clog out. > Betsy > At 06:23 AM 1/2/2010, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > >is there a more powerfull drain cleaner that we can buy over the > >counter besides Mr.Plumber. I am referring I think to hair in one > >drain and not sure what they put down the kitchen sink. thanks. Lee > > > >-- > >Wanna buy a duck? > >. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
