For mine, usually fat residue and food remainders from the plates are sufficient to clog the drain up over time. I pour down a good glob of dish detergent and hot water and let that sit for some time. This usually dissolves the fat. If it doesn't in reasonable time, the flex poking stick and a few stomps with a plain old plunger takes care of it. My whole life I've only needed to call a plumber to help with a drain spiral twice, and one of those was my ex thinking it'd be a good idea to flush the empty toilet roll.
Coffee grinds, food remains and fat. What I usually do is just undo the p-trap and just drain it in a bucket, that always do the job and much faster than using chemicals or plunger. The only thing I have to deal with is the mess that it will leave behind but usually I do what the guys that cleans the grease trap do when storing all the stuff they got from the grease trap, just put a strong plastic bag(2 ply) in the bucket, dump all the stuff in there, tie it then throw it in the trash....
I use this for bathroom drains, and it literally works every time. What this video doesn't consider is that long term build up begins to decompose, and gunk up. It literally removes all the gunk, its not going to just dissolve fresh or packaged food that hasn't even expired yet.
I doubt the age of the clog was the problem. It probably has less problem with hair than food. Most kitchen clogs are going to be mostly knew stuff that causes the problem.
@@tschorsch new stuff that is trying to get past goo stuck to the inside sides of the pipe. Once a year I pour 5+ gallons of boiling water down my kitchen sink all at once to dissolve old grease. I never have a clog. Everyone should do this and then never pay a plumber.
@@MidnightWarrior1976 "Everyone should do this and then never pay a plumber." Don't do that if you have PVC drain pipes, or you'll find yourself paying a plumber sooner than you would like.
This stuff works. The problem with your experiment is that you created a total clog situation. Most if not all liquid drain cleaners work on partially clogged drains, otherwise you’d have to use a snake.
Finally someone who gets it. I said the same thing. First the guy over exaggerates the clog and second tries it on fresh food. Usually when your drain clogs with bits and pieces here and there, the food is sitting in there over time and after all that water that runs through mushes it up and softens the food making it easier for the corrosive to eat through and build up that gas pressure to push it through.
He's a plumber. Why would he want the avg person to think they can DIY. Never used the powder but their other stuff is enzyme based, not caustic. And does work!
dude, I love your content, ive been watching you for a while and you have saved me thousands in plumbing stuff. Is this really a realistic test though? I feel like my drain would NEVER get clogged like this lol
Do you have a 16 year old son? Trust me, when they legit put a plate in the sink full of food and they do that over a few days (I’m away for days at a time for treatment out of city) and then adds water to try and rinse.. long story short, mine has looked like this!
I was canning beets and found out that beet skins are absolutely FANTASTIC when it comes to clogging drains. I was so impressed... so was my husband when the beet juice went everywhere when I took the pipes apart.
I used the liquid green gobbler on my tub. It was running very, very slow. Left it sit overnight and the drain ran clear in the morning. I loved it so much i got another jug to have on hand. We have hard water in our area too.
I live in a apartment and my neighbours below me had clogging issues, I used this product green gobbler in my unit and their unit, if you read all the instructions on it, there is a overnight way to use this, that does work well. Also the hot water method is boiling hot water, like a tea kettle boil way. Its worked for us and saved us in plumbing bills!
I filled a gallon jug of hot water from the sink and it worked. Sucks waiting for the water to get hot enough. I had a slow draining tub in the house I just bought and using the "tough clog" instructions like you mentioned had it running like a champ. 🏆
Yup! I've used it overnight too. I didn't use boiling water though. Might be bad for PVC. I used water heated by a coffeemaker. That worked and wasn't mad, boiling hot.
So, I was having an issue in our basement. The slop sink created a clog, and was causing our washing machine to back up and flood the basement with each use. I tried anything I could think of to free the clog, but was having no luck. Then, I played my Billy Mays card. We happened to have had some "green gobbler" left from our old apartment. It was not a powder, but was a double-pour liquid. I poured one half down the slop sink, and the other into the drain pipe for the washer, and left it overnight, per the instructions. The next day, the clog was totally clear. So I can confirm that the product, at least in some form, and some circumstances does indeed work.
My bathroom sink gets slow like every 3-4 months. I think hard water plus soap plus shaving cream plus toothpaste creates buildup. I always used luquid plumber foaming pipe snake but It's suddenly not available in the hardware stores anymore. I got the green gobbler liquid stuff you mentioned and poured it in overnight. It seems to work.
I live in an old house and I was looking for something that wasn't so caustic on Old pipes since they haven't all been replaced yet. Green gobbler worked Magic on two of the sinks. I think I also have an issue with toothpaste Gunk building up and slowing the drain down and I'm pretty sure the sink doesn't have a vent either so any restriction causes standing water. It usually takes most of a year to start having issues but each time I've used Green gobbler it has worked wonders.
dude i honestly cant express my gratitude right now. im 17 and love cooking but my mom literally just clogged the kitchen sink with beans and wasnt aware of it. idk which video but one of your videos showed me how to unclog it with a plunger so thank u
I've used "one second plumber" several times, and it usually does the job. The one time it didn't was when I had a bunch of bitter orange I'd used in brewing go down the drain, and it expanded to clog the pipe. The one second plumber pushed it, but it stayed as a plug as it went. I had to cut the pipe apart about 15 feet down the line to get it out.
I once had a bad kitchen drain clog. I tried using Green Gobbler. After three attempts/applications, the clog was still there. However, the next morning I ran more hot water into the drain and it was unclogged. Kind of a delayed reaction / result. On another occasion I used the product in my bathroom sink drain and it worked well. So this product may not work all the time, but I have had some good results with it.
I thought you were supposed to flush with "plenty of hot water" at the end. To me, that would be filling the sink with at least a couple of inches of hot water to allow enough weight to help force the chemical through
Yep I'm pretty sure you're correct. But also I don't think it's meant to work on anything fresh. It seems to me like dissolving fresh food would require a different kind of chemical reaction than rotten food or anything else built up inside a kitchen drain.
Interesting. I have used this product on 2 different clogs. A stopped up septic field line and the second was a regular kitchen sink drain that was stopped up by grease. The green gobbler worked BOTH times. Neither worked in five minutes or 5 hours. It did take a few days for both to clear up. Beat calling a plumber. Great product that I will use again.
I had a really nasty clog in my bathroom sink. I'd tried a few things before, which may have helped, but one round of green gobbler did in fact fix it. I'm glad it worked for me, but I will remember your advice in the future!
I use it as well, and it works great for slow draining. I'm not sure any chemical clearing agent would work on a clog like he created here - the pipe is so completely clogged none of the chemical reaches the end of the clog. You should also be running hottest water possible for at least 10 minutes at the end to clear the clog.
@@bruhkan457 I'm just saying, he clogged the pipe with a solid mass of fresh, non-decaying food right up to the drain holes. This is an extreme and unlikely situation for a normal homeowner to encounter, and the instructions specifically direct the user to use a second dose and let the product sit overnight for tough clogs. For normal clogs that result from constriction just in the trap, GG works exactly as advertised.
I used it with several real life clogs hair, grease, so forth and it’s worked great. I’ve used it on my shower drain, kitchen sink, and bathroom sink. Without using the zip rod. And it’s cleared them all as described. I’ve been very happy with it.
Top tip. Once a week run hot water from the tap for 5 minutes. The 5 minutes of constant hot water will act as preventive maintenance by blasting away build up of soap scum and potential hair down there. If my sink starts to get a slight cogI do that and it generally helps. If the clog is still there but the water still drains albeit slowly I put draino down there wait the directed time and than blast it again with hot water and that takes care of it. Naturally do not put draino in a completely clogged sink as that is dangerous.
this works period. Plumbers would be out of most simple jobs so ofcourse they want to make this product look bad. But it works period. Use it properly and see for yourself. Been using it for years and it works on minor clogs everytime and it clearly says if one packet doesn't work throw another in and that always does the trick. Plumbers do not want things like this to work. Why would they lol think about that. Spent 5 bucks on green gobbler when you can spend hundreds on a plumber. Good luck.
This product worked for my stubborn clog.after the plumber couldn't get rid of clog.I let it set in toilet all night flushed with hot water in morning clog gone.I recommend this product.100%
"Green Gobbler" was the nickname my ex had in college. Her favorite color was green so she pretty much always wore green cloths and jewelry. Never figured where the "gobbler" part came from. She was really popular though, always invited to parties.
Most modern homes have PVC pipe fixtures under the sink. You can easily take them apart and scrub them out with hot water and ammonia, and use a bottle brush. The compression fittings are easy to dismantle and reinstall and you end up with the ultimate fix.
Love those style of jokes. But it usually isn't acid because acid works more on metals so can be quite harmful to plumbing and nylon stuff. Most plumbing solutions are a base or caustic. This one I thing has sodium hydroxide in it, pretty much like most other drain cleaners. More effective against biological material such as hair, grease and food. Dissolves small children on contact.
My guess this contains sodium hydroxide, once exposed to enough water it forms regular salt due to exposure to hydronium ions. It can work but its all about the chemical reaction. This is why it called for Hot water to help speed up the reaction. I wouldn't rely on it to work by itself without agitation to improve the reaction times other wise.there will be a lot of waiting. Sodium hydroxide is also safe for stainless steel so no damage to the sink would occur.
There is a class of drain cleaners that’s basically just sulfuric acid. Essentially they are the nuclear option when others have failed. It’s extremely effective at dissolving organic material, but definitely shouldn’t be used very often- but then neither should sodium hydroxide which is also extremely corrosive. Green Gobbler claims to not have caustic or acidic ingredients.
I used Green Gobbler just last week on a stopped up toilet and then a couple of days later on a kitchen sink. It worked fairly well on the toilet but it did absolutely nothing for the kitchen sink. The clog was apparently too much for Green Gobbler so I referred to Roger's RUclips video on sink clogs. I followed his instructions and manually removed a very, very large clog. The problem is now resolved.
I have used, with some success, the biological grease digesters. Most of my kitchen drain problems are with the horizonal line that runs under the basement floor to the stack, it's very old cast iron and the slightest amount of grease really slows down the sink drain.
Clean it with an wire cleaner and hot water. You can install some Y joints ports down on the basement for easier access. Once clean, try to avoid to any solid food to get in and install hair traps on the shower. Once a week throw down a cauldron of hot water and you shoud be good for somme years. When you note it is being hard to going down again use your wire cleaner before it got badly jammed.
ive used the green gobbler on a mad clogged tolet with huge dookies dissolve it completely, making it unclogged and it even flushed the tolet by its own 💯
I used TWO gallons of Green Gobbler on my slow shower drain full of soap slime and hair. Once it sat for 2 hours. The 2nd one was overnight. Neither application worked. You are correct
I’ve used it on many occasions. Many types of clogs. Never had an issue with it. You definitely need more than a cup of water to be fair to the product.
I also have used this many times on the pipes in my house that seem to always get clogged with soap, toothpaste, hair, etc. I've used other products that didn't work as well, but the Green Gobbler product has so far worked the best. But you definitely do need to leave it in there for the full 30 minutes and rinse well with hot water afterward.
I think he was trying to imitate what they show on tv. With the clogs that were shown in the ad, there’s no way a chemical could ever clear it. Only a cable machine. In your case, it may have been just a soft clog, or just a slow drain. I’ve been a plumber for the past 10 years and have cleared thousands of drains, many of those with caustic chemicals in them. It may work for slow drains, but definitely not to the extent you see on the tv ads.
Roger, man, you just gotta do it right! You forgot to add a transition to an identical scene with a new kitchen sink and some CGI animations in between.
@@RogerWakefield I can help with the special effects. First, tie a piece of monofilament to a small cork. Next, hot glue a couple of green beans onto the cork...you know...for camouflage. Put the camouflage cork in the p-trap and run the mono out the tail end of the pipe. Build the clog (you know how to do that) with the cork buried in it. At the proper moment (insert music crescendo here), pull on the monofilament to yank the cork out along with all the gunk. If you do this correctly, it will be just "as seen on TV".
I've actually used this green gobbler, not on a clog but slow draining. And it worked well. Better than most in my opinion. To be honest we don't get clogs, usually you'll see a slow drain first before a clog so we maintain it with green gobbler. Doesn't help either that a lot of the drains in my house are old plumbing, old old plumbing etc etc. Thank goodness I'm remodeling the entire house
Oh, yeah! I actually received a box kit of flex seal and used the tape on a section of guttering. Now, I pre-cleaned the surface and viola. That was over a year ago. I see now where gorilla has came out with similar tape.
Had a nasty hair clog in my bathtub. You'd take a shower and by the end of it, you'd be stepping out of a bath. Needed to get something quick and the only thing I could get at the time was Green Gobbler "Drain Clog Dissolver" It did work, but I had to use two applications rather than one.
@@connorsauers7000 what? a lye like acid? that....just what? Clarification: Caustic does not mean acidic, it means extreme pH either very low (acids) or very high (alkaline/base). lye is caustic and not acidic. Lye has a pH of approx 13
@@druid_zephyrus I was worried that last semester's chemistry was already escaping my brain lmao when I read "lye like acid" 😅 lmao. I was pretty sure lye is super basic then you helped reaffirm
Green Gobbler works for me. I had a few drains that were very slow draining (I live in an older house), but we used Green gobbler and they're all working great now. I also use their septic treatment. Sometimes depending how tough the clog is, you may need to use more. If you used a 2nd pack on this, it would probably unclog the remaining obstruction.
I had water drain clog issues with my 1 bed apt 🪠 sink. The apt complex is 25+ years old or so. 1998 re model. The drain would slowly seep water. I added a entire bottle of Liquid Plumber Max Gel. Used a lot of hot water, as listed. The kitchen drain did clear but 2wk on, the water can slow up. The big issue is it no longer fills the basin or goes slow....
I am so happy we live in a time where people with seemingly boring professions can share their passion with the world and make it incredibly entertaining and educational for the average Joe.
I work as a maintenance tech for an apartment company and some of the houses that we work in have very old and historic fixtures and plumbing. A bathtub with a grease trap was backed up really bad and not allowing water to drain. I dumped 2 premixed green gobbler uses in it and after about 6 hrs I plunged it and it cleared. It saved a ton of hassle and I keep advocating for the company to continue to purchase this product for the old grease trap drains. The only question I have and have researched is: does it damage the plumbing?
The liquid green gobler did an amazing job in my bath tub and sink. It begin to remove the paint in the bath tub, so i recommend pouring right into the drain
I've used the green gobbler liquid 2 pre measured applications for my tub and it worked great. Better than a lot of other products. Although I did use them both as well as let them sit overnight. 🤷♀️
I've used green gobler before but the liquid form, worked perfect for me. I poured it in, waited 20 minutes, and chased with about a gallon of boiling water. Worked like a charm
This product worked for my older house built in 1954 I’ve had still water issues since I bought it 4 years ago…. I don’t believe pasta and rice is a fair equivalent to grease and hair, the product definitely works
Yeah well said , they are pretty much designed for exactly as you said grease and hair and soap residue , its liquid and bar soaps that contain animal fats of such descriptions that cause the issue in bathroom sinks and drains , the soap leaves a load of tacky residue and all the hair gets matted in it these basically just break down the hair and grease , they are not going to remove large bits of food
And fresh cabbage and carrots? This is absolutely an unfair demonstration and complete and utter b******* from a supposed professional. This has worked in two tubs, 3 kitchen sinks, 2 bathroom sinks in three different houses in my family. I bought it first for myself because my tub drain was beginning to backup and accumulates water ( I have really good water pressure and a not at all efficient shower head so it was half full by the time you finish your shower). I let all the water drain out of the tub trying to use the plunger to get more of it down and it just drained so slowly, around an hour to empty 4-6 in. I bought the gallon jug and follow the directions meticulously with measuring cup, boil the kettle of water and ran the kitchen tap until it was hot so I could have a whole bucket of hot water to pour in after the boiling water and it worked like a charm. I've had no issues since January, 11 months ago. I proceeded to give it to everybody who is having drain issues and it's at least worked a little bit for everybody that has used it.
I've always used Drano. Works like a champ on hair and grease clogs. As for food clogs... think acid would be your only solution although highly corrosive to your plumbing.
I've never bought an "As Seen on TV" chemical clog remover that actually worked, and I've tried a few. About the only chemical clog remover that works consistently for me, and then only on slow drains, not completely stopped up ones, is concentrated sulfuric acid. It works a great to clear out soap scum and hair from tub drains.
The mechanics at a shop my father worked at did that about once a month when the floor drains got stopped up, he said one box of battery acid and it was flowing good again in no time.
I've used green gobbler a fewl times and it works wonders. Definitely recommend. So far it's 3 for 3 and I've tried other products and didn't get any results. The mistake in this video is that the instructions clearly state to use PLENTY of hot water even you do the flush. A cup full isn't plenty. I always used a stew pot if boiling water. The sink usually looks exactly the same after the 30 minutes with it sitting on top. But as you pour the hot water, it eventually pops and flows. I will say that it does have a bit of a sewage smell as it does do it's thing but it doesn't stay. Feel like he needs to try this again with following the directions properly
@@RogerWakefield Never said it was, like a lot of 'seen on tv' things, if it's that bad, the first step to doing it one's self is to grab the yellow pages and find a plumber. Or, as some have said, get a bucket and undo the P trap. (I'd worry about doing that in an older home with metal pipes though, don't want to break the nuts with a wrench.) "It'll be cheaper if I do it myself" will be more expensive if you try something like that, then have to call a professional anyway, after all. Not only that, but some things like drano (and this stuff obviously) are a pain in the butt for plumbers to come in after, are they not? Toxic chemicals now stuck in with the clog to be wary of if disassembly needs doing to fix it.
I used a plug in leaf blower to unclog sink at work and it did awesome job. This guy professional plumber and best. It's a demonstration plus one on commercial did same thing but was fake. Everything you see on tv does same thing that been out for 20-50yrs old.
That drain is probably what my stomach looks like after I eat chilly cheese sloppy joes with some rice. My equivalent of the Green Gobbler is thinking Mountain Dew will solve the bloated feeling. Big mistake.
@@danimal865 After the mountain dew, my stomach is all gassed up and mixed for some vomiting. Just like plumbing, getting your hands dirty and doing everything manually works best ;)
I've used Green Gobbler and it actually worked really well. When I first bought my house the shower drains were practically packed full with hair. (I'm guessing the previous owners had really long hair.) I was able to pull a lot of the hairballs out with the little hook grabber thing, but the water still wasn't flowing well. The Green Gobbler stuff actually worked really well to break down the hair in the pipes, because after I used it the drain started flowing perfectly. My guess is that Green Gobbler isn't meant for the kind of food clogs like you used in the video. It's more meant to break down other kinds of biological matter like hair, fingernails, and other stuff that would just get washed down the drain. But what do I know? It worked for me, but some people might have had a different experience.
I live in an apartment and I have pretty long hair. Haven't had any issues with clogs anywhere but should I just use green gobbler once in awhile just as a maintenance/prevention measure?
Drayno typically works fairly well for me. Its got a bleachy smell and I find it eats away at the grease that usually blocks sinks quite well. Also instead of that plastic straw thing, use a metal coat hanger, unwravel the coat hanger until its flat, then fold it once and use it at the folded point to poke down the drain . Works way better than that flimsy plastic
I have used that and it worked! Not on a backed up kitchen sink though. The toilets clog all the time and eventually the downstairs toilet overflows. It’s soapy water from my washer that is upstairs! Apparently the drains are gunked up. Saw this stuff a read great reviews so I tried it and I’m happy with the results! I dumped a packet of the powder down all drains. Two sinks and 1 toilet downstairs, 2sinks, 2 toilets and two shower drains upstairs and let it sit overnight. Flushed all with hot water and haven’t had a clog since!
The product used was at home depot called guarenteed to work. It came in a bottle, and that bottle came in a plastic bag. It was hardcore and worked great. The bottle was black too. It was amazing
I've used Green Gobbler a few times on a slow draining bathtub and a clogged toilet and it always worked great. Maybe your pipe was just a bit too full? The slow draining bathtub, it opened it right up
Here’s a funny story. My family’s pool one summer had a leak so my dad bought some leak patches from Walmart and they didn’t work. So then he got some waterproof flex tape and it worked, so I’m thinking that flex tape actually works in some situations. At least for pool leaks.
I want to try this this at a customers home. i think the only place it mite work is in bathroom sink. Only if the pop up is clogged. Great video Roger.
"Also it use to say safe for septic systems and considering how corrosive it is... that really isn't true." Is it alkaline or acidic? If it's alkaline the metal of the pipes shouldn't react with it unless your pipes are made of aluminum or zinc (and PVC shouldn't react with either).
@@seneca983 Green Gobler is mostly monosodium sulfate (according to the MSDS) which doesn't react with aluminum or zinc it's not lye; it's mostly an inert salt. It will react with oxidizing agents, strong acids and bases. It is not really corrosive on it's own.
Literally just used this on a shower drain, took two packets but it worked great. We think it may have been user error on the first packet, as our water was luke-warm at best, but tried hot hot water the second time and within 30 min, drain cleared. Plumber wanted $200 just to come look at it...
honestly the best thing i've ever used to unclog my drains was Dawn dish detergent and hot water..... it works every time!! i'm no plumber, just a regular guy!
Actually, with those products (at least those we have in Europe but I’m assuming they’re pretty similar) you are supposed to use them before the blockage is total, while you still have some flow. This way they will eat through whatever is blocking your pipes while they run past it.
I've had a handful of troublesome clogs/VERY slow draining with my toilet and the Green Gobbler has worked very well at fixing the problem. I use the liquid Green Gobbler, not the powder and I let it sit for a minimum of 12 hours (recently I let it sit for 5 hours and still had good results) to do it's thing.
I actually used green gobbler on standing water in my bathroom sink. The clog wasn't in the P trap but further down the line. I left the gobbler in there for hours before running the water and it actually helped. I have a slow drain now but the water actually drains where as it wasn't before. took hours of letting green gobbler sit there and do it's magic.
I use pequa but only after I’ve finished snaking to help clear the walls of the pipe, it’ll sometimes cause another clog after doing it’s thing but then you just snake it again quickly and you have a clear pipe ready to go. None of these products are fixes to clogs, none. You have to snake. These products can help if used correctly but they’re not fixes.
I've used the liquid version of the green gobbler to great effect. However, it was on a tub and not a dish sink. The tub when from pretty much getting full from taking a shower to have a back to normal drain rate.
I actually have used the Green Gobbler before! It wasn’t the powder product, but a two spilt liquid cleaner. I was having some trouble in my bathtub, and i poured the liquid down, waited overnight (you can do it for an hour as well), and when i got up i poured hot water down the drain. I was surprised honestly.
I am a self-employed plumber with 34 year's experience in New York State. On old drai lines that are galvanized steel and then snake cable can't make the tight bends we use CLOBBER Wich in my experience is about 90% effective
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What stops up your kitchen drain more than anything else? What do you use to unstop it?
Caustic soda, but that was for a shower drain so I didn't have access to the pipework, normally just remove the trap and clean it out.
For mine, usually fat residue and food remainders from the plates are sufficient to clog the drain up over time. I pour down a good glob of dish detergent and hot water and let that sit for some time. This usually dissolves the fat. If it doesn't in reasonable time, the flex poking stick and a few stomps with a plain old plunger takes care of it. My whole life I've only needed to call a plumber to help with a drain spiral twice, and one of those was my ex thinking it'd be a good idea to flush the empty toilet roll.
Clobber or glug by hercules
Or Drain Banger by blue monster
I don't recommend it because it'll eat through pipes but I've seen it work
Coffee grinds, food remains and fat. What I usually do is just undo the p-trap and just drain it in a bucket, that always do the job and much faster than using chemicals or plunger. The only thing I have to deal with is the mess that it will leave behind but usually I do what the guys that cleans the grease trap do when storing all the stuff they got from the grease trap, just put a strong plastic bag(2 ply) in the bucket, dump all the stuff in there, tie it then throw it in the trash....
I normally use the phone and call a god like you
"It's biodegradable!"
"Oh, so it's good for the environment?"
"No, it's just extremely caustic to the point that it _literally degrades_ biomatter."
That’s so biodegradable
XD
seems pretty biodegradable amiright bois
More like, *biodegradative*
"Biodegrader"
More like Bioexterminator
This dude is like Mario if Mario was good at his job.
He takes constant work breaks to go save a princess, amazing he hasn’t been fired by now
I can't believe how right you are.
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@@YELLow0456 Thank you
Mario is too busy cleaning peaches pipes to do his job correctly.
"So, we've got some pretty small holes we've got to force stuff into, but I know we can do it."
I'm just saying that this man is sus, this man 40 rocking cargo shorts with a white shirt and his name is gus
Lol
I mean, he is a plumber ;)
When I was reading this comment he was saying it at the perfect time😂
Piper perri much?
I use this for bathroom drains, and it literally works every time. What this video doesn't consider is that long term build up begins to decompose, and gunk up. It literally removes all the gunk, its not going to just dissolve fresh or packaged food that hasn't even expired yet.
Agreed.
I doubt the age of the clog was the problem. It probably has less problem with hair than food. Most kitchen clogs are going to be mostly knew stuff that causes the problem.
@@tschorsch new stuff that is trying to get past goo stuck to the inside sides of the pipe. Once a year I pour 5+ gallons of boiling water down my kitchen sink all at once to dissolve old grease. I never have a clog. Everyone should do this and then never pay a plumber.
I checked the MSDS. This product is just sulfuric acid. Yeah, it'll work on any sort of clog caused by matter that dissolves with sulfuric acid.
@@MidnightWarrior1976 "Everyone should do this and then never pay a plumber."
Don't do that if you have PVC drain pipes, or you'll find yourself paying a plumber sooner than you would like.
A plunger is also a good solution
That's my favorite!
Words to live by.. buy a plunger, before you need a plunger. 😂
Unless the clog is past a vent.
The barbed thing (green in this video) is a great first step in a lavatory sink or bath/shower drain.
It can bust the pipes it happen to my neighbor but with a toilet
"These were once a breeding ground for disease now i want to breed with these clean pipes". -penguinz0 2016
I use a very, very similar picture for my steam profile picture. I love it
I see you are a man of culture as well
Lmao the roach scream
Gotta love Charlie
Haha
RUclips algorithm: “He will literally watch anything”
Lmaoooo
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And they’re right
He don't watch porn... He don't have to
This stuff works. The problem with your experiment is that you created a total clog situation. Most if not all liquid drain cleaners work on partially clogged drains, otherwise you’d have to use a snake.
Exactly. He should know this as a plumber lol
This is why scientists need to go to college and have their work peer reviewed to conduct legitimate experiments. 😂
Plumbers gonna plumb.
Finally someone who gets it. I said the same thing. First the guy over exaggerates the clog and second tries it on fresh food. Usually when your drain clogs with bits and pieces here and there, the food is sitting in there over time and after all that water that runs through mushes it up and softens the food making it easier for the corrosive to eat through and build up that gas pressure to push it through.
Dude is just trying to discredit any product that prevents you from hiring an overpriced plumber.
He's a plumber. Why would he want the avg person to think they can DIY.
Never used the powder but their other stuff is enzyme based, not caustic. And does work!
G you managed to throw a college kids breakfast and lunch down that kitchen sink LOL
😂😂😂
Your cursed 666 likes, I'll fix it for you.
I'm not scared it's bad luck to be superstitious plus I'm a painter I walk under ladders all day long LOL
@@kevinpoore5626is painting your job or just a hobby?
Definitely never was a hobby and I try not to do it for a career still walking their ladders though
this guy is literally just a plumber getting over 1M views, what a legend.
Hey it's not much but it's honest work. Plumber man deserves it.
I mean he's a plumber but his personality carries these videos. He makes this stuff actually interesting to watch and that's not easy to do.
Deserves it tho
We all are entranced by the blue collar magic.
its a better job than cloutchasing streamers
My house is now under toxic waste management but luckily the sink isn’t clogged anymore!
Grandpa, please dont put grenades in the sink again
I didn't know they had sinks in hell
dude, I love your content, ive been watching you for a while and you have saved me thousands in plumbing stuff. Is this really a realistic test though? I feel like my drain would NEVER get clogged like this lol
Do you have a 16 year old son? Trust me, when they legit put a plate in the sink full of food and they do that over a few days (I’m away for days at a time for treatment out of city) and then adds water to try and rinse.. long story short, mine has looked like this!
I got a product that works
FLEX SEAL
Then you'll never be able to put anything down the drain ever again
Literally
GENIUS
lmfao
10000 IQ
Thats alotta damage!
I was canning beets and found out that beet skins are absolutely FANTASTIC when it comes to clogging drains. I was so impressed... so was my husband when the beet juice went everywhere when I took the pipes apart.
im sure it made him think about dishin out some beets
Instant murder scene
I'm so happy you get so much pleasure from drain clogging.
I tried Green Gobbler in my kitchen sink. It didn't work.
Me: *Has no interest in plumbing*
RUclips: *PLUMBING*
Me: “hm interesting”
Well, you watched it so RUclips must be right
True
Same I don’t watch plumbing videos but now I’m interested by them
Your comment should have a thousand likes. Soo funny it’s facts
😂😂😂 basically what just happened to me, I have absolutely no interest in this
I used the liquid green gobbler on my tub. It was running very, very slow. Left it sit overnight and the drain ran clear in the morning. I loved it so much i got another jug to have on hand. We have hard water in our area too.
"It's biodegradable!"
I think it also turns you biodegradable if you eat it. So technically it's not lying.
Aa yes biodegradeable it doesn't harm nature
Greengobbler: uno reverse card
well humans technically already are biodegradable so you're not wrong
Hehe "lye"ing
Biodegrading. Omg.
Deadly Nightshade is all-natural, organic, and biodegradable too. Buzzwords aren't anyone's friend.
I live in a apartment and my neighbours below me had clogging issues, I used this product green gobbler in my unit and their unit, if you read all the instructions on it, there is a overnight way to use this, that does work well. Also the hot water method is boiling hot water, like a tea kettle boil way. Its worked for us and saved us in plumbing bills!
I filled a gallon jug of hot water from the sink and it worked. Sucks waiting for the water to get hot enough. I had a slow draining tub in the house I just bought and using the "tough clog" instructions like you mentioned had it running like a champ. 🏆
Yeah, I've used this overnight as well. Worked like a charm. I'm sad that I ran out and am not finding it easily now.
Yup! I've used it overnight too. I didn't use boiling water though. Might be bad for PVC. I used water heated by a coffeemaker. That worked and wasn't mad, boiling hot.
@@JamesSerapio Ace hardware typically will have it if you have one near by
@@JamesSerapio I order the 2 pack off Amazon.
I believe him because of the mustache. That a honest working man's mustache.
It means he owns a motorcycle
He's half way there, friend.
He knows it too, in the thumbnail he's all pointing at it
All my Green Gobbler did was throw my college girlfriend off the Brooklyn Bridge...
So, I was having an issue in our basement. The slop sink created a clog, and was causing our washing machine to back up and flood the basement with each use.
I tried anything I could think of to free the clog, but was having no luck.
Then, I played my Billy Mays card. We happened to have had some "green gobbler" left from our old apartment.
It was not a powder, but was a double-pour liquid.
I poured one half down the slop sink, and the other into the drain pipe for the washer, and left it overnight, per the instructions.
The next day, the clog was totally clear.
So I can confirm that the product, at least in some form, and some circumstances does indeed work.
Oh nice
My bathroom sink gets slow like every 3-4 months. I think hard water plus soap plus shaving cream plus toothpaste creates buildup. I always used luquid plumber foaming pipe snake but It's suddenly not available in the hardware stores anymore. I got the green gobbler liquid stuff you mentioned and poured it in overnight. It seems to work.
I've had fair luck with green gobbler too.
I live in an old house and I was looking for something that wasn't so caustic on Old pipes since they haven't all been replaced yet. Green gobbler worked Magic on two of the sinks. I think I also have an issue with toothpaste Gunk building up and slowing the drain down and I'm pretty sure the sink doesn't have a vent either so any restriction causes standing water. It usually takes most of a year to start having issues but each time I've used Green gobbler it has worked wonders.
Perhaps the Green Gobbler instructions should indicate the chemical needs to be left overnight (rather than just 30 minutes).
dude i honestly cant express my gratitude right now. im 17 and love cooking but my mom literally just clogged the kitchen sink with beans and wasnt aware of it. idk which video but one of your videos showed me how to unclog it with a plunger so thank u
LMFAO. Why would you put beans down the drain, dummy?
@@JohnDoe-ld8nr hahahaha
I've used "one second plumber" several times, and it usually does the job. The one time it didn't was when I had a bunch of bitter orange I'd used in brewing go down the drain, and it expanded to clog the pipe. The one second plumber pushed it, but it stayed as a plug as it went. I had to cut the pipe apart about 15 feet down the line to get it out.
That's really deep. What kinds of tools you used for fixing that issue?
@@davidcardozo290 Probably a reciprocating saw and a PVC coupling.
I once had a bad kitchen drain clog. I tried using Green Gobbler. After three attempts/applications, the clog was still there.
However, the next morning I ran more hot water into the drain and it was unclogged. Kind of a delayed reaction / result.
On another occasion I used the product in my bathroom sink drain and it worked well. So this product may not work all the time, but I have had some good results with it.
I thought you were supposed to flush with "plenty of hot water" at the end. To me, that would be filling the sink with at least a couple of inches of hot water to allow enough weight to help force the chemical through
The weight of the water would have helped push it through combined with the hot water to aid in emulsification.
Yes , key word PLENTY which means more than 12 Oz that he used
Yep I'm pretty sure you're correct. But also I don't think it's meant to work on anything fresh. It seems to me like dissolving fresh food would require a different kind of chemical reaction than rotten food or anything else built up inside a kitchen drain.
Fresh food any way was going out with plain water.. it was not simulated well ..
It will still not work
Interesting. I have used this product on 2 different clogs. A stopped up septic field line and the second was a regular kitchen sink drain that was stopped up by grease. The green gobbler worked BOTH times. Neither worked in five minutes or 5 hours. It did take a few days for both to clear up. Beat calling a plumber. Great product that I will use again.
@@Pilguahawa I actually heard that can happen. lol
I had a really nasty clog in my bathroom sink. I'd tried a few things before, which may have helped, but one round of green gobbler did in fact fix it. I'm glad it worked for me, but I will remember your advice in the future!
I use it as well, and it works great for slow draining. I'm not sure any chemical clearing agent would work on a clog like he created here - the pipe is so completely clogged none of the chemical reaches the end of the clog. You should also be running hottest water possible for at least 10 minutes at the end to clear the clog.
@@lttfan9185 Well, yes, it is completely clogged, because the point of the product is unclogging it.
@@bruhkan457 I'm just saying, he clogged the pipe with a solid mass of fresh, non-decaying food right up to the drain holes. This is an extreme and unlikely situation for a normal homeowner to encounter, and the instructions specifically direct the user to use a second dose and let the product sit overnight for tough clogs. For normal clogs that result from constriction just in the trap, GG works exactly as advertised.
I am also a plumber and only use liquid gobbler on a/c drain pan lines. It works great to clean out the scum that backs up a/c drains.
I used it with several real life clogs hair, grease, so forth and it’s worked great. I’ve used it on my shower drain, kitchen sink, and bathroom sink. Without using the zip rod. And it’s cleared them all as described. I’ve been very happy with it.
If this was Filthy Frank someone would use the pipe to chug and eat everything
I don't know which is better, this comment or the fact that he hearted it
@@nesfan8 What makes this amazing is that Roger knows who Filthy Frank is.
The thing that scares me the most is that i actually believe this is plausible
Plot twist he doesn’t even know who filthy frank is he just thought it would be funny if someone chugged it
When they say flush with plenty of hot water I would assume they mean a pail or a bucket of hot water, not just a travel mug full of water.
Top tip.
Once a week run hot water from the tap for 5 minutes.
The 5 minutes of constant hot water will act as preventive maintenance by blasting away build up of soap scum and potential hair down there.
If my sink starts to get a slight cogI do that and it generally helps.
If the clog is still there but the water still drains albeit slowly I put draino down there wait the directed time and than blast it again with hot water and that takes care of it.
Naturally do not put draino in a completely clogged sink as that is dangerous.
You also would never block your sink to that extent
but I dunno
Is not even full lol
Bingo says rinse with "plenty of hot water" dude read the instructions yet still didn't do what it said
this works period. Plumbers would be out of most simple jobs so ofcourse they want to make this product look bad. But it works period. Use it properly and see for yourself. Been using it for years and it works on minor clogs everytime and it clearly says if one packet doesn't work throw another in and that always does the trick. Plumbers do not want things like this to work. Why would they lol think about that. Spent 5 bucks on green gobbler when you can spend hundreds on a plumber. Good luck.
This product worked for my stubborn clog.after the plumber couldn't get rid of clog.I let it set in toilet all night flushed with hot water in morning clog gone.I recommend this product.100%
I dunno, it seemed like that original "clog" would flush if he used running tap water and not that little glass
I was thinking the same thing
its hot friggin water
I was thinking on the side of that mybe the weight of the water loaded in the sink would cause the plug to be forced out of the pipe.
It did say plenty of hot water not a single cup lol
yea this dude just seems like a salty plumber trying to make "do it yourself" products look bad. there are so many holes in his "experiment".
"Green Gobbler" was the nickname my ex had in college. Her favorite color was green so she pretty much always wore green cloths and jewelry. Never figured where the "gobbler" part came from. She was really popular though, always invited to parties.
Looks like she never showed you why
Oh I think I remember her, her knees were always red and sore, I never found out why.
She was a blast to hang out with always showing her frogger stance to me.
Rumors are she always carried a small pillow in her purse for emergency situations...
Hey guys, I think he’s making an oral joke
Thank you for taking the time to read the first aid warnings. This is a really important step that a lot of people on youtube skip.
If you need warning labels then you're a candidate for natural selections failure bin. We dont need people like that roaming.
Most modern homes have PVC pipe fixtures under the sink. You can easily take them apart and scrub them out with hot water and ammonia, and use a bottle brush. The compression fittings are easy to dismantle and reinstall and you end up with the ultimate fix.
Man, mad respect. I'm too weak stomached for the occupation you.... occupy.
The pun man really
Indeed it's a tough job
Roger: Treats drain cleaner with care and respect
My family: haha acid go brrrr
🤣
Love those style of jokes.
But it usually isn't acid because acid works more on metals so can be quite harmful to plumbing and nylon stuff. Most plumbing solutions are a base or caustic. This one I thing has sodium hydroxide in it, pretty much like most other drain cleaners. More effective against biological material such as hair, grease and food.
Dissolves small children on contact.
My guess this contains sodium hydroxide, once exposed to enough water it forms regular salt due to exposure to hydronium ions. It can work but its all about the chemical reaction. This is why it called for Hot water to help speed up the reaction. I wouldn't rely on it to work by itself without agitation to improve the reaction times other wise.there will be a lot of waiting. Sodium hydroxide is also safe for stainless steel so no damage to the sink would occur.
@@chrisjung7139 ah yes, true. But you don't have to add the small child, don't you?
There is a class of drain cleaners that’s basically just sulfuric acid. Essentially they are the nuclear option when others have failed. It’s extremely effective at dissolving organic material, but definitely shouldn’t be used very often- but then neither should sodium hydroxide which is also extremely corrosive. Green Gobbler claims to not have caustic or acidic ingredients.
“The one product, plumbers don’t want you to see” yeah cause they’ll just laugh at you.
Yessir Everytime
Or they'll cry because they're losing jobs
I used Green Gobbler just last week on a stopped up toilet and then a couple of days later on a kitchen sink. It worked fairly well on the toilet but it did absolutely nothing for the kitchen sink. The clog was apparently too much for Green Gobbler so I referred to Roger's RUclips video on sink clogs. I followed his instructions and manually removed a very, very large clog. The problem is now resolved.
Glad I was able to help you out on your clog Teo! I'll help out any time
I have used, with some success, the biological grease digesters. Most of my kitchen drain problems are with the horizonal line that runs under the basement floor to the stack, it's very old cast iron and the slightest amount of grease really slows down the sink drain.
Clean it with an wire cleaner and hot water. You can install some Y joints ports down on the basement for easier access. Once clean, try to avoid to any solid food to get in and install hair traps on the shower.
Once a week throw down a cauldron of hot water and you shoud be good for somme years. When you note it is being hard to going down again use your wire cleaner before it got badly jammed.
@@GuzQuebec l
Don't put grease down your drain
@H scott serious question? because it hardens and solidifies with cooler temperatures
@H scott "cooler temperatures" in this case refers to ambient room temperature. I live in the desert and bacon grease still solidifies.
"We actually have some pretty small holes to stuff things into"
Ooo Roger, I'm sure we do.
Through. He aaid that one matey
To quote Michael Scott, "That's what she said."
ive used the green gobbler on a mad clogged tolet with huge dookies dissolve it completely, making it unclogged and it even flushed the tolet by its own 💯
Successful
Did it wipe your turd cutter too?
Funniest comment ive read in a long time
That’s a lot of dookies wow
@Bibis Rivera doodies
I used TWO gallons of Green Gobbler on my slow shower drain full of soap slime and hair.
Once it sat for 2 hours. The 2nd one was overnight.
Neither application worked.
You are correct
I’ve used it on many occasions. Many types of clogs. Never had an issue with it. You definitely need more than a cup of water to be fair to the product.
Definitely feels like he didn’t want the product to work, but he followed the instructions and was showcasing that it does not do what it says on TV
Same. 4 quart pot full of hot water
it worked for me too. Dismantling the pipes might be the way to go but it's practically impossible for me as I'm disabled.
I also have used this many times on the pipes in my house that seem to always get clogged with soap, toothpaste, hair, etc. I've used other products that didn't work as well, but the Green Gobbler product has so far worked the best. But you definitely do need to leave it in there for the full 30 minutes and rinse well with hot water afterward.
I think he was trying to imitate what they show on tv. With the clogs that were shown in the ad, there’s no way a chemical could ever clear it. Only a cable machine. In your case, it may have been just a soft clog, or just a slow drain. I’ve been a plumber for the past 10 years and have cleared thousands of drains, many of those with caustic chemicals in them. It may work for slow drains, but definitely not to the extent you see on the tv ads.
Roger, man, you just gotta do it right! You forgot to add a transition to an identical scene with a new kitchen sink and some CGI animations in between.
Even Editor Grayson isn't good enough to make it look like it worked!
@@editorgrayson1073 how
@@RogerWakefield
I can help with the special effects. First, tie a piece of monofilament to a small cork. Next, hot glue a couple of green beans onto the cork...you know...for camouflage. Put the camouflage cork in the p-trap and run the mono out the tail end of the pipe. Build the clog (you know how to do that) with the cork buried in it. At the proper moment (insert music crescendo here), pull on the monofilament to yank the cork out along with all the gunk. If you do this correctly, it will be just "as seen on TV".
I've actually used this green gobbler, not on a clog but slow draining. And it worked well. Better than most in my opinion. To be honest we don't get clogs, usually you'll see a slow drain first before a clog so we maintain it with green gobbler. Doesn't help either that a lot of the drains in my house are old plumbing, old old plumbing etc etc. Thank goodness I'm remodeling the entire house
"Have you seen anything on TV that act-"
Flex Seal and that's pretty much it
Oh, yeah! I actually received a box kit of flex seal and used the tape on a section of guttering. Now, I pre-cleaned the surface and viola. That was over a year ago. I see now where gorilla has came out with similar tape.
That Actually Works? Depends on how you feel about actors
Shamwow?
Shamwow
I tried the spray and it was garbage.
I absolutely stand by Green Gobbler for shower/sink clogs. It's always worked for me. Really well too
Had a nasty hair clog in my bathtub. You'd take a shower and by the end of it, you'd be stepping out of a bath.
Needed to get something quick and the only thing I could get at the time was Green Gobbler "Drain Clog Dissolver"
It did work, but I had to use two applications rather than one.
You likely made a lye like acid
@@connorsauers7000 what? a lye like acid? that....just what?
Clarification: Caustic does not mean acidic, it means extreme pH either very low (acids) or very high (alkaline/base). lye is caustic and not acidic.
Lye has a pH of approx 13
@@druid_zephyrus I was drunk when I wrote that. I forgot basic chemistry
You needed something fast, and...didn't have a pair of needlenose pliers?
@@druid_zephyrus I was worried that last semester's chemistry was already escaping my brain lmao when I read "lye like acid" 😅 lmao. I was pretty sure lye is super basic then you helped reaffirm
Green Gobbler works for me. I had a few drains that were very slow draining (I live in an older house), but we used Green gobbler and they're all working great now. I also use their septic treatment. Sometimes depending how tough the clog is, you may need to use more. If you used a 2nd pack on this, it would probably unclog the remaining obstruction.
I use lye and it works like a charm.
I had water drain clog issues with my 1 bed apt 🪠 sink. The apt complex is 25+ years old or so. 1998 re model. The drain would slowly seep water. I added a entire bottle of Liquid Plumber Max Gel. Used a lot of hot water, as listed. The kitchen drain did clear but 2wk on, the water can slow up. The big issue is it no longer fills the basin or goes slow....
I am so happy we live in a time where people with seemingly boring professions can share their passion with the world and make it incredibly entertaining and educational for the average Joe.
I work as a maintenance tech for an apartment company and some of the houses that we work in have very old and historic fixtures and plumbing. A bathtub with a grease trap was backed up really bad and not allowing water to drain. I dumped 2 premixed green gobbler uses in it and after about 6 hrs I plunged it and it cleared. It saved a ton of hassle and I keep advocating for the company to continue to purchase this product for the old grease trap drains. The only question I have and have researched is: does it damage the plumbing?
Lmfao "it's biodegradable, that's pretty cool" they way he looked down
Me: "I have to get some sleep, I'm so tired."
Also Me:
The liquid green gobler did an amazing job in my bath tub and sink. It begin to remove the paint in the bath tub, so i recommend pouring right into the drain
I've used the green gobbler liquid 2 pre measured applications for my tub and it worked great. Better than a lot of other products. Although I did use them both as well as let them sit overnight. 🤷♀️
I've used green gobler before but the liquid form, worked perfect for me. I poured it in, waited 20 minutes, and chased with about a gallon of boiling water. Worked like a charm
I can't even hear Anthony Sullivan's voice anymore, I just hear Charlie White's instead
Where did u get the pfp
@@trendysynonym picrew
Poggers you watch the person i also watch
@@LogeenthLive Link
We use green gobbler and it works specially when my brother choke on he's food
Bruh 😂
Hol up
You got me in the firts half not gonna lie
Guaranteed to never choke again
r/unexpected
I didnt knew a thing about plumbing, but im learning a lot from these youtube recommendations lately.
This product worked for my older house built in 1954 I’ve had still water issues since I bought it 4 years ago…. I don’t believe pasta and rice is a fair equivalent to grease and hair, the product definitely works
Yeah well said , they are pretty much designed for exactly as you said grease and hair and soap residue , its liquid and bar soaps that contain animal fats of such descriptions that cause the issue in bathroom sinks and drains , the soap leaves a load of tacky residue and all the hair gets matted in it these basically just break down the hair and grease , they are not going to remove large bits of food
@X XL Tasty
And fresh cabbage and carrots? This is absolutely an unfair demonstration and complete and utter b******* from a supposed professional. This has worked in two tubs, 3 kitchen sinks, 2 bathroom sinks in three different houses in my family. I bought it first for myself because my tub drain was beginning to backup and accumulates water ( I have really good water pressure and a not at all efficient shower head so it was half full by the time you finish your shower). I let all the water drain out of the tub trying to use the plunger to get more of it down and it just drained so slowly, around an hour to empty 4-6 in. I bought the gallon jug and follow the directions meticulously with measuring cup, boil the kettle of water and ran the kitchen tap until it was hot so I could have a whole bucket of hot water to pour in after the boiling water and it worked like a charm. I've had no issues since January, 11 months ago. I proceeded to give it to everybody who is having drain issues and it's at least worked a little bit for everybody that has used it.
I’ve heard another tech at our shop say, “should have told us there was a clog. We would have gotten some Green Gobbler from the store!”
I've always used Drano. Works like a champ on hair and grease clogs. As for food clogs... think acid would be your only solution although highly corrosive to your plumbing.
I have no interest in plumbing really but your charisma and happy additude made me a huge fan of your channel
I've never bought an "As Seen on TV" chemical clog remover that actually worked, and I've tried a few.
About the only chemical clog remover that works consistently for me, and then only on slow drains, not completely stopped up ones, is concentrated sulfuric acid. It works a great to clear out soap scum and hair from tub drains.
The mechanics at a shop my father worked at did that about once a month when the floor drains got stopped up, he said one box of battery acid and it was flowing good again in no time.
@@sparkplug1018 just make sure you ain't got metal pipes
I never had luck with acid, though my issue was frozen pipes not properly buried... lol
@@nobodyimportant8833 yeah acids only gonna work on hair and other organics
@@goreobsessed2308 I just figured main line opener etc would idk open things up lol ah to be ignorant of chemicals.
Hey Roger, I've used the liquid Green Gobbler three times now and it's been a thing of beauty.
I've used green gobbler a fewl times and it works wonders. Definitely recommend. So far it's 3 for 3 and I've tried other products and didn't get any results. The mistake in this video is that the instructions clearly state to use PLENTY of hot water even you do the flush. A cup full isn't plenty. I always used a stew pot if boiling water. The sink usually looks exactly the same after the 30 minutes with it sitting on top. But as you pour the hot water, it eventually pops and flows. I will say that it does have a bit of a sewage smell as it does do it's thing but it doesn't stay. Feel like he needs to try this again with following the directions properly
i think it'd be more interesting to have a longer pipe and actually clog it in a horizontal run. Ptraps are easy enough for anyone to fix on their own
Then why are you watching a test? Go watch a review that shows you how it works instead.🤦♂️
Wow really captain obvious
@@kozmoman1066 im watching this not even having an own house or smth...
When they say hot water, I'm rather assuming they mean 'boiling from the stove' hot.
Not good for PVC though...
@@RogerWakefield Never said it was, like a lot of 'seen on tv' things, if it's that bad, the first step to doing it one's self is to grab the yellow pages and find a plumber. Or, as some have said, get a bucket and undo the P trap. (I'd worry about doing that in an older home with metal pipes though, don't want to break the nuts with a wrench.)
"It'll be cheaper if I do it myself" will be more expensive if you try something like that, then have to call a professional anyway, after all. Not only that, but some things like drano (and this stuff obviously) are a pain in the butt for plumbers to come in after, are they not? Toxic chemicals now stuck in with the clog to be wary of if disassembly needs doing to fix it.
@@RogerWakefield good to know I've always used boiling water to clear clogs cause my idiot mom would pour greese down the drain
@@goreobsessed2308 don’t flame you mom like that
@frank fuller
Another handyman pretending he knows plumbing
"Green" does not mean "harmless"
the most toxic frog is also green :)
Its sad that many vegans dont realize this untill its too late
@@vargenfenrisson1164 how long will it take them to realize PLANTS ARE FREAKING ALIVE
Green is nothing more than a color.
I used a plug in leaf blower to unclog sink at work and it did awesome job. This guy professional plumber and best. It's a demonstration plus one on commercial did same thing but was fake. Everything you see on tv does same thing that been out for 20-50yrs old.
That drain is probably what my stomach looks like after I eat chilly cheese sloppy joes with some rice. My equivalent of the Green Gobbler is thinking Mountain Dew will solve the bloated feeling. Big mistake.
When im clogged up ill drink some coffee. Haha always works
R/TIHI
Hahaha
Yep.... especially me with IBS...hahahah
@@danimal865 After the mountain dew, my stomach is all gassed up and mixed for some vomiting. Just like plumbing, getting your hands dirty and doing everything manually works best ;)
Thank you, but next time please keep it yourself
I've used Green Gobbler and it actually worked really well. When I first bought my house the shower drains were practically packed full with hair. (I'm guessing the previous owners had really long hair.) I was able to pull a lot of the hairballs out with the little hook grabber thing, but the water still wasn't flowing well. The Green Gobbler stuff actually worked really well to break down the hair in the pipes, because after I used it the drain started flowing perfectly.
My guess is that Green Gobbler isn't meant for the kind of food clogs like you used in the video. It's more meant to break down other kinds of biological matter like hair, fingernails, and other stuff that would just get washed down the drain. But what do I know? It worked for me, but some people might have had a different experience.
I live in an apartment and I have pretty long hair. Haven't had any issues with clogs anywhere but should I just use green gobbler once in awhile just as a maintenance/prevention measure?
@@cl4241 just use baking soda and vinegar. Pour a cheap box of banking soda down the drain followed by vinegar. It that will keep a drain clean
Drayno typically works fairly well for me. Its got a bleachy smell and I find it eats away at the grease that usually blocks sinks quite well. Also instead of that plastic straw thing, use a metal coat hanger, unwravel the coat hanger until its flat, then fold it once and use it at the folded point to poke down the drain . Works way better than that flimsy plastic
I have used that and it worked! Not on a backed up kitchen sink though. The toilets clog all the time and eventually the downstairs toilet overflows. It’s soapy water from my washer that is upstairs! Apparently the drains are gunked up. Saw this stuff a read great reviews so I tried it and I’m happy with the results! I dumped a packet of the powder down all drains. Two sinks and 1 toilet downstairs, 2sinks, 2 toilets and two shower drains upstairs and let it sit overnight. Flushed all with hot water and haven’t had a clog since!
3:20 "If it's worth doing it's worth overdoing it!" -Adam Savage
your speaking my language my guy
I really love how he goes in and tries it and once it fails he’s comes back with the most genuine
Well F*ck comment and I just love it.
I've been using green gobbler for the last 3 years on all my pipes and it unclogs them well
I use lye and it works like a charm.
The product used was at home depot called guarenteed to work. It came in a bottle, and that bottle came in a plastic bag. It was hardcore and worked great. The bottle was black too. It was amazing
“We got some pretty small holes to force things through”
- Roger Wakefield 2021
That's what she said.
I've used Green Gobbler a few times on a slow draining bathtub and a clogged toilet and it always worked great. Maybe your pipe was just a bit too full? The slow draining bathtub, it opened it right up
Here’s a funny story. My family’s pool one summer had a leak so my dad bought some leak patches from Walmart and they didn’t work. So then he got some waterproof flex tape and it worked, so I’m thinking that flex tape actually works in some situations. At least for pool leaks.
flextape is awesome no ?
I patched my pool 2 years ago and the flex tape is still holding strong
Its a meme but its a really good product
@@pingableuser facts
How did we go from green gobler to tape? 🤔
I want to try this this at a customers home. i think the only place it mite work is in bathroom sink. Only if the pop up is clogged. Great video Roger.
My interpretation of when it says to flush it though would be have the tape continuously running until it clears
i just cant stop looking at that mustache its so beautiful
Used that before. Does not work. Also it use to say safe for septic systems and considering how corrosive it is... that really isn't true.
"Also it use to say safe for septic systems and considering how corrosive it is... that really isn't true."
Is it alkaline or acidic? If it's alkaline the metal of the pipes shouldn't react with it unless your pipes are made of aluminum or zinc (and PVC shouldn't react with either).
They literally pour sulfuric acid into septic tanks. Research it
@@seneca983 Green Gobler is mostly monosodium sulfate (according to the MSDS) which doesn't react with aluminum or zinc it's not lye; it's mostly an inert salt. It will react with oxidizing agents, strong acids and bases. It is not really corrosive on it's own.
Literally just used this on a shower drain, took two packets but it worked great. We think it may have been user error on the first packet, as our water was luke-warm at best, but tried hot hot water the second time and within 30 min, drain cleared.
Plumber wanted $200 just to come look at it...
honestly the best thing i've ever used to unclog my drains was Dawn dish detergent and hot water..... it works every time!! i'm no plumber, just a regular guy!
Him putting Billy Mays on a Yu-Gi-Oh card was great.
I'm surprised I had to scroll down this far to find a comment about it.
@@thomasyounger7009 I wonder how Billy is doing in hell.
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Actually, with those products (at least those we have in Europe but I’m assuming they’re pretty similar) you are supposed to use them before the blockage is total, while you still have some flow. This way they will eat through whatever is blocking your pipes while they run past it.
Those can crystalize and create even bigger headache. That's why you are suppoesed to use it regularly, not when your pipes are totally clogged up.
I've had a handful of troublesome clogs/VERY slow draining with my toilet and the Green Gobbler has worked very well at fixing the problem. I use the liquid Green Gobbler, not the powder and I let it sit for a minimum of 12 hours (recently I let it sit for 5 hours and still had good results) to do it's thing.
I just use an Ollie and Ratty from Drain Addict. no more clogs...all good
If there isn’t corn make sure you have some extra on hand just in case don’t wanna upset raty.
Mario: A plumber that only saves a princess.
Roger: A plumber that saves plumbing.
Hulk Hogan went in a strange new direction for his career
I thought it was that guy from myth busters lol
Rick harrison and this is my pawnshop
I actually used green gobbler on standing water in my bathroom sink. The clog wasn't in the P trap but further down the line. I left the gobbler in there for hours before running the water and it actually helped. I have a slow drain now but the water actually drains where as it wasn't before. took hours of letting green gobbler sit there and do it's magic.
I use pequa but only after I’ve finished snaking to help clear the walls of the pipe, it’ll sometimes cause another clog after doing it’s thing but then you just snake it again quickly and you have a clear pipe ready to go. None of these products are fixes to clogs, none. You have to snake. These products can help if used correctly but they’re not fixes.
I've used the liquid version of the green gobbler to great effect. However, it was on a tub and not a dish sink. The tub when from pretty much getting full from taking a shower to have a back to normal drain rate.
I actually have used the Green Gobbler before! It wasn’t the powder product, but a two spilt liquid cleaner. I was having some trouble in my bathtub, and i poured the liquid down, waited overnight (you can do it for an hour as well), and when i got up i poured hot water down the drain. I was surprised honestly.
I am a self-employed plumber with 34 year's experience in New York State. On old drai lines that are galvanized steel and then snake cable can't make the tight bends we use CLOBBER Wich in my experience is about 90% effective