Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs

RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by PrettieKittie (2) | (06/25/2008) Contact Yep! Here I am half an hour later, and one more round of the dish soap (Sunlight) and near boiling water and the toilet is working 100% xoxoxoxo Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by PrettieKittie (2) | (06/25/2008) Contact OMG, I just can't believe how well this worked! My husband is famous for his huge "human waste" deposits. And after he used the washroom, I (bravely) used it. I couldn't help it, I had to--- and not to deposit wastes, but for certain time of the month necessities. Ladies hear me! Anyway, I heard a disconcerting glub-glub after I flushed. Anyway, eight hours of on and off plunging with a dollar store plunger I was about to call every plumber in the city. Anyway, I saw this site and I had to try it. It worked! It's only flushing at abotu a 50% rate, but I think that if I try it again, it'll be complete! And the 50% is a marked improvement over how it was before. Tip: Ladies, even if the box says "flushable" it's LYING. Don't flush the tampons! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by Blocked Toilet (1) | (06/15/2008) Contact I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THIS WORKS! I have been plunging so hard for the past 2 days my arms were starting to hurt. I was about to go and get one of those snake things. I poured in some dish soap, waited about 15 minutes, then poured in some hot water and the water went down and I heard that wonderful noise a toilet makes when it flushes properly. This site is quite the find! THANK YOU. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By sanjay (Guest Post) (06/15/2008) After reading positive reviews I wanted to give a try and succeeded. I tried 2 cans of guarantee clear clog liquids from home depot, and a spring auger from walmart, no luck. Tried this dishwasher liq, first attempt the clog started giving response, then the second attempt adding pressure with auger, plunger rod kicked off the clog. Ah, what a relief...thank you for this great tip. As one suggested, I insisted on dawn dishwasher liquid in each attempt, I used about 1/4 cup of liquid, added hot boiling water. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By (Guest Post) (05/18/2008) I can not believe that this worked, but my wife and I tried about 30 to 45 mins each. No luck! Tried the dishwasher soap, and went to bed. Woke up the next morning. No problem. It flushed great! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By niki (Guest Post) (05/14/2008) It's 2am. I'm praying for this to work. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By don't do this (Guest Post) (04/28/2008) I tried the dish soap and my toilet backed up all over onto my floor. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Shelly (Guest Post) (04/22/2008) Our toilet was blocked for a week --- toilet paper wouldn't flush down, we plunged it, we snaked it, we were getting ready to make a call to the plumber. Dish Soap to the rescue !!! I'm sure the snaking helped, but it was still sluggish and the water wouldn't fully go down when flushed. Put in some generic dish soap, let it sit a few minutes and flushed and now it goes down better than it ever has ! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By tom (Guest Post) (04/22/2008) I can't believe that worked. I was plunging all day and nothing happened. and one little dishwasher liquid and hot water and it worked. Thanks for this site. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By T (Guest Post) (03/30/2008) Yes, I can't believe it either. My toilet has had problems handling solids ever since we moved in to our house. Plunging alone wasn't working this time, so I added a tiny squirt of dish soap, waited a couple minutes, then flushed and plunged again...with fantastic success! Thanks for the great tip! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by prskjs (1) | (03/29/2008) Contact It worked! Now will see if it will last. Really did not think it would. Tried it as last resort before taking toilet apart or replacing it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Grateful (Guest Post) (03/23/2008) Absolutely worked. Turns out that a handkerchief had been mistakenly flushed down the toilet and NOTHING was working to get it out. After 30 mins of soaking with this hot water/dish liquid solution, I was able to easily plunge it out and get my toilet running again. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Rachel (Guest Post) (03/17/2008) This worked GREAT! We had a clogged toilet that no amount of plunging would fix. We snaked it and everything! My husband was getting so frustrated. So I told him I'd try the soap and water technique. He was, to say the least, skeptical. But, I boiled the water and let it sit awhile before adding a huge squirt of soap. After about twenty minutes, we plunged it. It took a couple of tries (during which, he kept saying, "I TOLD you this wouldn't work!) before it let loose, but when it did, boy, did it go. I poured one more pot of boiling water down the drain and it sucked right down. It was beautiful to behold. And my husband had to apologize, which was a nice side benefit (I'm not much of a handy-girl)! Thanks so much for the tip!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By denise. (Guest Post) (03/17/2008) THANK YOU! THANK YOU! After repeatedly plunging and flushing our clogged toilet, almost overflowing it, I found this wonderful site. I waited 'til the water went down again, just to be sure my toilet wouldn't overflow,s quirted in some Dawn dish soap, which I use anyway, poured in a panful of hot tap water, plunged, waited about a half hour, flushed, NO MORE CLOG! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By bernie (Guest Post) (03/13/2008) Praise the Lord. The hot water & dawn soap is the greatest remedy. Thank God for this website. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By bernie (Guest Post) (03/13/2008) Praise the Lord. The hot water & dawn soap is the greatest remedy. thank God for this website. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Ashley (Guest Post) (02/24/2008) OMG! My roommate was babysitting and the child flushed a stuffed animal. 2 weeks ago. We have tried everything (except call a plumber.. expensive ya know). We bought an auger, drain clog remover from Lowe's, and three different plungers. Finally I decided to try the dish detergent, and dang, the toiled flushed. The first time I tried it! THANK, THANK, THANK YOU! My toilet had already overflowed TWICE and now is good as new! BELIEVE THIS TRICK! ( I am going to pass it on ) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By JO JO (Guest Post) (02/22/2008) I cannot believe how quickly this worked. my husband went to bed disgusted after 5 hours of plunging. I went to google, grabbed the dawn detergent and ran hot tap water (about 5 small trash cans worth) and heard the swoosh. I woke him up and said - honey I flushed the toilet out for you. Egg on face but he's back in bed with a smile! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By wanda (Guest Post) (02/22/2008) Unbelievable! we have been working on a clogged toilet for almost 24 hours. i read this and added dawn and read some more responses and went to flush and the clog was gone!!! thanks!!1 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By broomhilda (Guest Post) (02/21/2008) Wow! I just tried this after waiting about 3 days and trying several different remedies. THANKS so much for this tip! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Marisa (Guest Post) (01/12/2008) I tried numerous attempts with boiling water and a little bit of Ajax dishwashing liquid and to no avail. so I ran out and bought some Dawn, squeezed a good portion of it into the toilet, added some boiling water and let it sit for about 30 minutes, and when I flushed it was all gone! What a relief! THIS STUFF WORKS YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST THANKS. NOW my Saturday plans aren't ruined yipee! lol Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Sonya. (Guest Post) (01/07/2008) I am ecstatic! I have ONE bathroom, and THREE godchildren who come to my house everyday. Needless to say, I didn't discover the problem (attempted paper towel flushing) until I was in need of the facilities! Plunging was futile. I was in great need. I thank you, and my bowels thank you! :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by moneysaver1 (2) | (12/29/2007) Contact Will it work for where a rimblock has fallen into the loo and got stuck somewhere past or in the "hole" ( a type of rimblock can be seen at http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0253291 ) The "hole" is quite small. Had the plumber out who used a ?jet-wash and "unblocked" it, i.e. the toilet flushes, water rises but then goes down as long as it's not used. If the toilet is used as normal, the water does not then go down. Any ideas. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by okoboji (1) | (12/11/2007) Contact I thought this worked great! I had a plumber out today because after my son used the toilet it wouldn't flush correctly - very slow and the water would go all the way to the top before slowly draining. The plumber told me that the closet auger couldn't get all the way through so there was a clog in the trap and long story short, I had the bowl replaced. Not one hour after he left then the toilet was doing the same thing. I was ticked and then started searching the web and found this site. I was desperate to try anything, and you know what? This worked! There was a strange "poop" type smell after I added the dawn and hot water/plunger but then everything flushed and no more problem. Needless to say I am putting in a call to that plumber tomorrow! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By Ed A. (Guest Post) (11/28/2007) I just poured some dish soap and hot water into a toilet that hasn't flushed right for a week. It's flushing more forcefully now. I hope it stays that way! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By robo (Guest Post) (10/01/2007) It WORKED! after reading all the other feedback, I decided to take the precaution of plunging the hot water down the toilet bowl before flushing each time, so it wouldn't overflow. it only took a few drops of liquid dish soap. I didn't add more soap the second time I added hot water. I used about a medium saucepan full of hot tap water each time. It only took 2 flushes (with new hot water 15 minutes before flushing each time) 15 minutes apart to break the clog free. thank you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by catiejo66 (1) | (08/04/2007) Contact I don't know where I heard it about dish detergent first, but we were at the beach in our rented cottage, and my 9 year old clogged the toilet... I plunged first to no avail, then went and got the dish detergent. I put 2 squirts in, let it sit only about a minute (I'm not patient), and plunged again. Then I flushed, and the toilet was fine - couldn't believe it! Next time, I would definitely remove some of the water first, because it did almost overflow (bubbles and all). But for minor clogs, I would recommend a little dish detergent before calling a plumber! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post By sheena (Guest Post) (08/20/2006) I tried this in a problem that i had..and it worked great. my three year old flushed a banana down our toilet. and fro 3 days it would flush ,but would drain down very slow and would get backed up.we tried draino,plunging it over and over ,but nothing worked.so i came to the web site and tried this ,but i let it soak for about a hour and a half.and to my suprise it worked.thanks for posting this it really does work. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dish Soap for Toilet Clogs Post by mobo (168) | (08/09/2006) Profile | Contact I did this once! I put in the right amount and everything, but had a floor full of suds and extra water everywhere----what a big mess this created!!! I just got an regular plunger and make sure the water level will cover the plunger cup. Use 20 forceful plunges/holding the plunger upright. And just repeat as needed. I logged on to: www.doityourself.com/stry/unclogtoilet It gave me a step by step instructions that worked great and no more messes!!! Report Spam or Abuse