Hi guys, I've got a bit of a strange one here and wondering if anyone else has found this situation or has an explanation. Both me and the Mrs are long-haired types so the shower drain gets quite clogged with the stuff which I have to clean out every now and again. In my line of work I've occasionally used sulphuric acid to clear hair blockages like this but never actually bothered to try at home. Every shower drain I ever put the 92% sulphuric in cleared almost instantly and in a puff of acrid smoke. Not at my house though!
Here's the weird bit. I've got light brown hair, the mrs dyes her hair almost black. I put 150ml of acid in the drain yesterday, got a puff of smoke and some fizzing, left it for 5 minutes and then flushed it through with water. All my brown hair is gone but the Mrs's black hair remains! Weird eh? I decided to give it another shot. This time almost no reaction. I left it for half an hour this time, flushed it with water and the hair is still there! WTF is going on? Why is my wife's hair seemingly immune to nearly pure sulphuric acid? We've been together 20 years so I know she's not wearing a nylon wig. It's the puzzle of the century to me. I can only think the dye she uses changes the property of her hair but I'd have thought I'd have come across this issue in other people's houses if that were the case.
Anyone know why her her is indestructible? I'm tempted to get the blowlamp out and see if it is also fireproof but it'll stink the house out.
Here's the weird bit. I've got light brown hair, the mrs dyes her hair almost black. I put 150ml of acid in the drain yesterday, got a puff of smoke and some fizzing, left it for 5 minutes and then flushed it through with water. All my brown hair is gone but the Mrs's black hair remains! Weird eh? I decided to give it another shot. This time almost no reaction. I left it for half an hour this time, flushed it with water and the hair is still there! WTF is going on? Why is my wife's hair seemingly immune to nearly pure sulphuric acid? We've been together 20 years so I know she's not wearing a nylon wig. It's the puzzle of the century to me. I can only think the dye she uses changes the property of her hair but I'd have thought I'd have come across this issue in other people's houses if that were the case.
Anyone know why her her is indestructible? I'm tempted to get the blowlamp out and see if it is also fireproof but it'll stink the house out.
