- Plastic Drain Snake. I picked mine up at Menards for free on a rebate sale, but you can get them from Amazon for around $6. The drain snake is easily worth $6.
- Gloves. This is optional, but once you see what comes out of your drain, you will be happy to have these on!
- Alcohol. I like to disinfect the area once I have cleared the clogs.
Who wants to be buying Draino all the time to clean out hairs? It has these great little hooks that grab onto the hair and pull them from the drain.
Insert the Drain Snake.
Start by slowly inserting your drain snake into the clogged drain. This takes a little bit of patience. You will need to slowly guide it into the drain and pass any bends or curves. Once you have the snake in pretty far you will want to twist it around a couple of times.
Twist it Slowly and Pull.
After twisting it a couple of times slowly pull the drain snake out of the drain. You may feel some resistance as it pulls the hair from the drain. You can see below all the hair that came out on the drain snake.
Remove all the hair from the drain snake (you may want some rubber gloves when you do this). Then, insert the drain snake back in the drain to remove some more hair. Make sure you once again twist the snake a couple of times and gently remove the snake from the drain.
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Usually, about two times removes 90% of the hair for me. Check out below all the hair that was removed from the drain this time.
Clean Drain Snake and Disinfect.
Obviously, my drain is working much faster after this. Once finished, remove all the hair from the drain snake.
I like to spray mine down with some rubbing alcohol to kill off any germs. Then you can store it and use it again and again.
What If My Drain is Still Clogged?
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