Candle wax down drain

[mpoole]

Is there a drain cleaner that will free candle wax from down the drain. it is clear up to the wall. After that theres no telling.

[Gary Swart]

The only drain cleaner that will clear this is called, "a plumber". Do not pour chemicals into the drain, they not only will not work, they will cause a hazardous condition for the plumber you eventually will have to call. Even if you find a chemical that will seem to clear the wax, it will settle in the drain deeper and will just make the problem worse. I won't even ask how the H##l you got candle wax in your drain.

[Verdeboy]

There must be something going around. I just had to remove a large wad of candle wax from a toilet I was working on. I just broke up the wax with a stick and let it float to the top, where I could scoop it out.

I know how the wax got in there. The owner left the doors of this rental unit unlocked and some "visitors" trashed the place.

[leejosepho]

Originally Posted by Gary Swart

I won't even ask how ... you got candle wax in your drain.

I would guess somebody was using a double-boiler to melt wax for candle molds ... and the pans somehow ended up in wrong places.

[patrick88]

I'm sure the wax did not make it past the trap. The cold water in the trap might make it to hard to flow through the trap. I would probably just break the wax in the bowl and as deep into the drain as i can then remove the trap to pull the rest through.

[Verdeboy]

Of course, you could just poke a hole in the wax, drop a long wick down there, and light it.