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Vinegar and baking soda won't hurt you if they
get splashed about, and using a combination of solution
and mechanical drain opening techniques might succeed
where either alone might fail. There are a couple of
different designs for plungers, and depending on the
clog, some may work better than others. The classic
design, in use since before the Second World War, is a
rubber suction cup attached to a wooden handle. The cup
is designed to fit over flat surfaces, but is flexible
enough to be pushed over a curve, which also makes it
useful for plunging toilets. In cheap plungers, the
wooden handle may pull out from the suction cup, so
before you buy a plunger, test it to make sure the
handle is securely attached.
Another design, especially designed for the interior
curve of modern toilets, consists of a handle attached
to a bulging upper unit of rubber or plastic, connected
by a series of collapsible rings to the lower unit,
which is somewhat narrower and flexible, designed to be
pushed onto the rim of the toilet drain. This type of
plunger has an advantage in toilets in that it can take
in more air than the ordinary plunger, and the
collapsible rings compress when the user is plunging,
applying more pressure and more effectively pushing
clogs forward.
Every household should have a plunger, and it's
advisable to have one for each toilet in the house as
well as one used only for sinks.
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