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Why did it never occur to me.. You can wash a keyboard in water.
cranioscopical:
the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard isn't a bad alternative
-40hz (November 25, 2012, 10:55 AM)
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Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind.
Tinman57:
-Renegade (November 23, 2012, 08:44 PM)
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About using vinegar and baking soda for a drain cleaner. That old formula is pretty much an old wives tale. The only thing those two together do is make a bunch of fizz. It don't create any kind of acid to eat away the crap found in drains. Don't believe me, put some baking soda in your hand, then pour on some vinegar and watch the fizz show. No burned hand, just a bunch of fizzing..... It does feel funny fizzing in your hand though. ;D
Renegade:
-Renegade (November 23, 2012, 08:44 PM)
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About using vinegar and baking soda for a drain cleaner. That old formula is pretty much an old wives tale. The only thing those two together do is make a bunch of fizz. It don't create any kind of acid to eat away the crap found in drains. Don't believe me, put some baking soda in your hand, then pour on some vinegar and watch the fizz show. No burned hand, just a bunch of fizzing..... It does feel funny fizzing in your hand though. ;D
-Tinman57 (November 26, 2012, 08:20 PM)
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Well, I tried it the other day on my clogged bathroom sink drain, and it worked. Not sure what else to say about it, but the evidence points to it actually working. Perhaps for more severely clogged drains it doesn't work, but it worked when I needed it to. I spoke with some friends, and they were surprised that I didn't know about it before, and said that they had been doing it for years.
Deozaan:
About using vinegar and baking soda for a drain cleaner. That old formula is pretty much an old wives tale. The only thing those two together do is make a bunch of fizz. It don't create any kind of acid to eat away the crap found in drains.-Tinman57 (November 26, 2012, 08:20 PM)
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You know vinegarw is 5% acidity, right? (at least from the store, in the USA)
40hz:
Baking soda is good for loosening soap buildup and many forms of grease and oil. Warm water and baking soda works especially well for cleaning hair brushes and combs. Alkalies generally have it in for soaps. And are far better than most "safe to use" acids at removing it.
The only risk in using it in a drain is if there's a huge soap scum or crud buildup on the walls of a pipe or sink trap. Sometimes baking soda will loosen it enough that it all comes off the pipe in one big clump and clogs the up works. Enough hot water and additional baking soda will loosen it eventually. But that can take a few days. And if there's a big wad of hair (freed from the soap scum) making up part of the blockage, all the baking soda in the world won't budge it.
I skip the vinegar and just use a half cup of baking soda and a quart or so of very hot water in my drains from time to time. Dump it in, let it sit for about ten minutes, and then flush it with clean water from the hot water tap for about a minute or two. It seems to help. But it's more a preventative maintenance thing than a real drain cleaner AFAIC.
YMMV. 8)
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