r/maybemaybemaybe • u/beatrix_serendipity • 4d ago

maybe maybe maybe

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u/zoiks66 3d ago

The EPA forced the maker of The Works to change the formula a few years ago, so you’ll also need a time travel machine for this to currently work.

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u/Mobile-Ostrich7614 3d ago

It doesn’t matter the type of drain cleaner I believe it just needs hydrochloric acid in it.

Edit: muriatic acid (pool acid) is 30% hydrochloric acid.

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u/-MtnsAreCalling- 3d ago

Sodium hydroxide (e.g. Drano) works even better than acids.

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u/Realistic-Material36 3d ago

Sodium hydroxide is mean stuff. We have a sodium hydroxide solution in our lab that has a ph of about 12.5... that's SUPER basic. (Just like me lol) - dissolves organic matter on contact. I have to keep reminding lab students that they are, in fact, organic matter.

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u/free_terrible-advice 3d ago

"Why do my fingertips feel melty"

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u/VIKINGSZ0NE 1d ago

This comment makes me itchy

Cleaned hood vent systems for a spell, and heard of a coworker on night's that mixed several scoops too many into our pump sprayer. It fucking popped the lid and burned the shit out of him. I questioned many things about that job