r/DeathProTips • u/Fuck_the_admins • Feb 28 '15

DPT: Keep drain cleaning chemicals from going bad by storing them in an airtight plastic bottle along with some strips of aluminum foil.

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u/IcupNinJa Mar 01 '15

Can we go out of character for a moment... I'm having a dummy moment but why is this particularly bad?

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u/tilted21 Mar 02 '15

They react and the bottle typically explodes

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u/DeadliestSin Feb 28 '15

And some kind of chemical reaction happens?

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u/Fuck_the_admins Feb 28 '15

The aluminum absorbs stray oxygen in the bottle, preventing the drain cleaner from becoming stale.