Does your sink smell?
Try mouthwash!
Created: 12/30/2021, 10:03 AM
By: Janine Napirca
Depending on what you throw into your kitchen drain, your sink will start to smell over time - you can get rid of the smell with mouthwash.
© Veam / Imago
In most households, the kitchen is the hub where the whole family comes together.
It is all the more important to feel completely at ease in it.
The kitchen is the place at home where people
cook
and often
eat
together
. What follows after the meal * - the
washing up
. Not everyone has a dishwasher, which is why many people
wash dirty dishes
in the sink. Or, if you do have a dishwasher, at least pre-rinse it to remove coarse residues. Over time, all sorts of
rubbish
ends up
in the sink
and, above all, in the drainpipe.
Keeping the kitchen clean is extremely important.
Surely you also clean your sink regularly.
So far, have you limited yourself to cleaning the kitchen sink?
It is the
sink's
drain pipe
that gives off a
foul
smell
.
But why does the kitchen drain stink and what can be done about the smell in the kitchen?
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Kitchen smells like a drain - why?
Does your kitchen smell like a drain and you are wondering why?
A smelly kitchen drain can have a number of causes.
On the one hand, it could be that a possible
leak
allows the
sewage gases
to penetrate upwards.
Second, and much more likely, the smell in your kitchen depends on what you throw down the kitchen drain.
This is because the
rubbish and leftover
food
that ends up in the sink and then in the drain during washing or pre-washing, settle on the walls of the drain pipe.
This leads to the formation of bacteria.
These
bacteria cause unpleasant odors
and your kitchen
smells like a
drain.
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The leftover food that ends up in the sink over time causes bacteria to build up in the drainpipe and the kitchen smells of drainage.
© Josep Suria / Imago
Lifehack: cleaning smelly kitchen sink with mouthwash
There is a very simple trick to getting rid of the smell of a smelly sink in the kitchen.
Try
mouthwash
!
As with traditional use after brushing
your
teeth,
mouthwash not only
kills
bacteria
in your mouth that can cause bad breath.
The mouthwash also removes bacteria in the kitchen drain.
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also
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Clean the kitchen drain with mouthwash - this is how it works
Clean
your
kitchen
including the
sink
and, last but not least, devote yourself to the
drain pipe of
your sink.
Get the
mouthwash
out of the bathroom and put
a cap or lid down
the drain of your sink to kill the bacteria and neutralize the odors.
Wait about
half an hour
for the mouthwash to work properly.
Then turn the tap on
hot
and rinse the drain pipe well with
water
.
Repeat cleaning your sink with mouthwash regularly to get rid of bacteria and so that your kitchen always
smells
fresh
and pleasant
after cleaning
.
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