Chemistry Question

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10. A note about cleaning drains with baking soda and vinegar

I do double duty - I use white vinegar to clean my coffee maker out about once a month. When the vinegar finishes going through the coffee maker, I pour baking soda into the kitchen sink drain then pour the hot vinegar down it. With a double sink I do it in the side furtherest from the drain pipe going into the floor.

It is pretty spectacular in all the bubbling and foaming that goes on but it helps clear out accumulated grease and crud. Since I then need to run clear water through the coffee maker a couple of times to get rid of the vinegar odor I then pour the hot water from that into the drain to flush it out.