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John Lawrence John Lawrence is offline
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Default melted candle wax in drain pipes

Is there a "P" or "S" trap down stream from your washing machine? If so you
may have been lucky enough to have "traped" the wax in it. If so,
disassembly and cleaning may be easy. Good luck.
"dee" wrote in message
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A candle melted and leaked down into my washing machine. I thought
that I had it all removed but when I washed a load of clothes, the
draining water backed up into my tub and bathroom sink. There was red
candle wax all over the place. Needless to say now my bathroom and
washing machine drain pipes are stopped up. I've used 2 bottles of
sulfuric acid and this hasn't helped. Can anyone please tell me how to
dissolve the wax that is down in the pipes or please tell me how to fix
this problem.
Thanks