White vinegar and baking soda are both very common household cleaning tools. They have good descaling and deodorizing effects and can be used to clean various places in the home, including floor drains. If local drains are not cleaned for a long time, a large amount of garbage and impurities will accumulate, which will not only emit odor but also have a negative impact on household hygiene. Here’s how to clean your floor drain using white vinegar and baking soda.

1. Prepare cleaning tools: The tools you need to prepare include white vinegar, baking soda, hot water and slender pliers. You can choose to buy ready-made white vinegar and baking soda in the supermarket, or you can make your own baking soda and sodium hydroxide solution. However, it should be noted that the baking soda and sodium hydroxide solution is corrosive and you should wear gloves when using it.

2. Cleaning preparation: First, you need to remove the plug at the floor drain outlet, and then use slender pliers to fish out the garbage and impurities inside. If the hard plug cannot be picked out, you can use a small steel wire. Go poke it. Pour some water into the floor drain and check whether it is smooth for subsequent cleaning.

3. Use baking soda to clean: Pour an appropriate amount of baking soda into the floor drain, then pour some hot water and let it fully dissolve. Baking soda can deodorize and sterilize, and can remove scale and odors from floor drains during the cleaning process. Pour as much water as possible over the drain so it can penetrate into the drain pipe.

4. White vinegar cleaning: Next, pour an appropriate amount of white vinegar, then pour some hot water and let it mix thoroughly. White vinegar has good sterilization and decontamination effects. It can remove various stains and microorganisms in the floor drain. It can also kill germs and prevent the spread of diseases. Block the opening of the floor drain with your palm and allow the vinegar water to fully react in the water pipe for 4-6 hours.

5. Rinse: Pour out the white vinegar water in the floor drain, then rinse the floor drain with clean water, and finally dry the floor drain mouth with some clean cloth or paper towels.

Summary: Using white vinegar and baking soda to clean floor drains can deodorize, sterilize, and remove contamination, and the combination of the two cleaning tools has a better effect. It should be noted that when cleaning the floor drain, hot water should be used, which not only has a cleaning effect, but also sterilizes and prevents the growth of germs. In addition, the floor drain should not be cleaned too frequently. Generally, it can be cleaned once a month.