Only if your drain is made of human skin.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2024
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Nair does not disintegrate skin. It disintegrates hair.
Nobody said it disintegrates skin
Lots of people are wrong. The stuff in Nair attacks sulfur bridges in keratine. This makes it physically fragile so you can scrape it off.
It doesn't dissolve the keratin though.
In theory you could break it into lots of small pieces by say pointing a water jet down the drain (or plunging or whatever) after treatment. Whether this is enough to loosen it will have a lot to do with other stuff in the drain/geometry/penetration depth. It may just make a gel that plugs the drain.
At my apartments they have it in the lease that we are not allowed to use Drano, becase our pipes are pvc. I use a coathanger that I've put a little hook on with pliers. My gf has long hair, and sheds like a goddam collie.
Don't ever use Drano and then call a plumber either (or at least tell them if you did) because it barely works and instead just sits in the pipe which then gets all over their skin and clothes as they try to remove the clog the proper way.
A youtuber I watch who cleans drains had this happen and he showed what his pants looked like the next day. They were essentially shredded all down the front from kneeling in Drano water.
There's drain guards you can get that work pretty well, I got tired of cleaning out hair from the shower drain.
Protip... Long zip tie and cut teeth into the edges with little snips.
They actually make things just like this for this specific purpose. Amazon has a 7 pack for $5, and Ive got them from Home Depot too. Looks like theyre calling them a "Hair Drain Cleaner Tool"
I made myself a 3-D printed drain cover
https://github.com/profdc9/FreeCADParametricModels/tree/main/Sink-Drain
And it traps the hair and I don't have problems with clogging. It's a parametric part so it can be adjusted for most drain sizes.
I have a little snake tool with hooks on it you just shove down the drain and pull all the hair out.
They sell these plastic ones at the grocery store where you just shove em down the drain and pull em right back down, all barbed and shit along the length of the snake thingy, and then it comes out looking like you snagged a R.O.U.S. and you realize you forgot to put on your nitrile gloves and fuck it just huck it in the can but they're a buck ninety nine the last I checked. Last time might have gotten a little hairy.
What if I dont really want the hair back?
Then pour nair down the drain
throw it in the bin?
If you wanted to unclog a hair clogged drain, you'd be better off using (harsh chemicals) draino o some kind of biological/bacterial cleaner. I had a clogged drain early in the year (not organic, toddler related), and the plumber sold me some kinda bio-clean stuff in lieu of charging me the full fee and getting nothing, and it works wonders to destroy hair and other biologic stuff when I leave it in drains overnight. I use it once a month or so and it fixes my slow drains in one shot.
Nair doesn't destroy hair, it just makes it fall out of your body. It wouldn't help a clogged drain.
How did you clog it with your ass hair? Waxing? Or did it just happen naturally?
Nair.
I have a... uh... never mind. I don't think I want to know.
The real don't ask, don't tell.
Ignorance is bliss, my friend.
I don't actually have a drain that needs to be unclogged. This is a showerthoughtquestion.
Unclogging hair from a drain is the single most relevant practical showerthought
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
cloggedshowerthoughts
Go buy a snake from a hardware store. Spend the extra 10 and get one that has a drill attachment. I've used mine 4 or 5 times to clear out clogs.... Saves so much money on a pro plumber
Make sure to get it from the hardware store, not the pet store.
"I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking drain!" ~Samuel L. Jackson plumber
Instructions unclear
How do I get the smell of reptile blood out of my drain?
“In other news, a rash of copperhead bites has sprung up around town, after residents attempted to shove the snakes down their drain pipes to release a clog.
Local herpetologists say this is not a smart approach & should not be attempted.
Local residents responded by asking that their beer be held.”
The plastic drain cleaners at home improvement stores with the Velcro tips work really well. They’re like 2’ long but in my experience cleaning the wife and kids long hair out of the bath drain has show that to be plenty.
The added fact that I have basically no hair on my head also makes be a tad bitter about always being the “handyman” guy of our family. :p
Nair, a chemical hair remover, works by breaking down the protein bonds that hold hair together beneath the skin's surface.
If mr AI Overview is to be trusted, then it won't work.
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