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Kitchen drains. Smelly kitchen drain?

If you a nasty odour coming from your sink in the kitchen it will undoubtedly be your drain needing a freshen up. Instead of filling the sewers with expensive commercial products simply pour a cup of vinegar down the plug hole. Let stand for 30 minutes and then flush with cold water. It will deodorize it a treat. If you repeat this process every week the odor should not return.

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Smelly drain Comments By: Maureen Harrison I have rtied everything to get rid of the smell from my kitchen sink drain. Including drano which i thought would eat at anything living in there, however nothing has worked.The smell is not rancid,but it does smell like potato peels and that ofcourse is not a nice smell either. TipKing says: You may need to call out a drain specialist if the smell becomes too bad.   Smelly kitchen drain Comments By: clemy I have tried pouring vinger down my sink to get rid of the nasty smell. but it hasn't worked yet. I have done this for 4 weeks now. Do you have any other suggestions?   Smelly Kitchen Comments By: Mike Tarinelli I know this sounds strange, but believe it or not heated urine actually stops a smelly kitchen drain. If you heat urine in a throw away container in the microwave and pour it slowly down the drain the smell will actually go away. It is the chemicals and acids in the urine that will neutralize common odors found in drains. If you do a Google search under my name and smelly kitchen drain you will see a number of other references and materials on this topic. Hope this helps!   Fixes from your own kitchen Comments By: Angela In my apartment, our kitchen drain tends to smell from time to time. Very unpleasant when you are trying to enjoy cooking a meal and it smells rotten in the room! Anyway, I discovered something that works: Pour some coarse salt down the drain (both sides of the basin if you have 2) and wait about 5-10 minutes. I used Sea Salt but i think coarse Kosher would work fine too. Then, add several tablespoons of baking soda to each drain and wait about 10 more minutes. Add about 2-3 tablespoons of lemon juice to each drain and wait a few minutes as well. After all of this, rinse out the drains with very hot water and the smell should be gone! I would not consider this a cure-all, however, it is cheap, the products are already in the kitchen, and it is effective. Hope it works for everyone else!   Baking soda and vinegar Comments By: Martina Just pour baking soda in and then pour vinegar on that it foams and cleanses at the same time to eat away any smelly stuff.