The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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I would in fact do the folwing.
Tip half the power or crytals int the loo, and follow up with
a kettle of boiling water, making sure that any splashes and
hisses happen inside. Best way to enbsure that is to slap a
sheet of something like polystyrene over the top of it all
till the witches cauldron ceases. Wipe up any splashes on
anything with copious cold water.

Then have a cup of coffee.

Then come back and flush the loo.

If it even drains sklightly this caustc will generally clear
it BUT.

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Well it worked for me. I protect eyes, but the odd caustic burn
on the skin is no big deal. Just wash with water and there you
are. Nice shiny patch of skin.

If you are stupid enough to leave caustic unattended tho, you
deserve what you get.

Cearmics will crack if you put boiling water in them.

I flush it down as soon as it starts to boil, and generally have
hot water in there first to get the bowl up to temp.

paints quite a different picture, flushing immediately
instead of "having a cup of coffee", warming the pan,
flushing immediately, dah de dah. This idea seems like
a complete flight of fancy, and a very dangerous one to
suggest, at that.

The best thing to clear your lavatory is a thing called
a "plumber", then you won't get your hands dirty (or all
the skin burnt off them). If you don't fancy this, a good
second line of attack is rubber plunger, or a bucket of
water tipped down from a height. A drain auger ("snake"),
is a good idea if that fails, and is a long flexible metal
thing like a thick piece of bicycle brake cable or net
curtain stretch hanger, whatever that's called, I can't
remember. You push it down the U bend, and crank it around.


J.B.