As seen on TV, you've seen the products.
I know you have, cuz we've actually done videos about it.
Last time we did plumbers, hero plumbers, hero, the one product
plumbers don't want you to see just press green plumbers today.
This is the one where we found it.
They said was a sure fire guarantee.
The Green Gobbler.
Anthony Sullivan here for green gobbler, the safe, simple, totally green
solution for unclogging and clearing, slow moving or blocked up pipes.
The green gobbler comes in two parts.
You've actually got a powder packet right here that you actually pour
the powder in and ad hot water.
Then you've got one of those little zip tie pullers.
Now we're gonna actually use this to help jam some stuff down in there,
cuz what we're gonna do as you see we're back to our clear P trap.
We're gonna put stuff down in here that I tell you all the
time: don't put down your drain.
We've got noodles, we've got rice, we have eggs and eggshells.
And we also have coleslaw.
These are some of the worst things that we pull out of people's drains.
So what we're gonna do, we're gonna put everything down in here.
We're gonna make sure that we can get it down to where it's
filling up our drain pretty good.
Then what we're gonna do, we're gonna pour the packet of the green gobbler in, and
pour in hot water, like it says to do.
One thing that I'll tell you now be careful.
These little things will grab your gloves.
You notice we are wearing eye protection, we are wearing gloves, but what I want
to tell you about the green gobbler, it says danger, harmful if swallowed, causes
burns, see additional warnings on back.
We're gonna turn the back, says first aid in case of contact,
immediately flush eyes with running water for at least 20 minutes.
Call a physician or a poison center immediately.
If swallowed do not induce vomiting, call a doctor or a poison control
center, but on the front, it also says it's biodegradable.
Hmm.
That's pretty cool.
Anyway, we're gonna try it today and see what it does.
So let's see what we can do to clog this drain up.
So we've got some pretty small holes to pour some stuff through,
but I know that we can do it.
So we're actually gonna start out putting a little bit of rice in here
and thanks to the people at riceroni, I gotta tell you what I love this stuff.
When I was a kid, my mother would make the most amazing Riceroni.
She would take like the chicken Riceroni or the beef we'd add
shrimp to it and stuff like that.
I gotta tell you it was pretty freaking good.
Now we're gonna put in some of everybody's favorites, a little instant noodles.
God, you gotta love these things right
We gotta have some eggs in are, right.
What else is gonna make it runny and slimy and smelly?
And last but not least.
Some cabbage, that's gonna make it smell good too.
Cause remember, by the time my plumber gets started, this is
normally sitting there for a while.
So anyway, we're gonna pack this in here, follow the directions, give it the time
that it requires and see what it'll do.
So now I'm gonna add a little bit of water to it.
Just like we would, if it's in the kitchen sink, you know, somebody's gonna turn the
water on thinking it'll just rinse down.
So we're gonna add a little bit.
Just to make it a little more real.
Oh, looky there that lettuce is getting done in the bottom.
The rice is fixin' to blow out though.
I may have put a little too much in this one.
All right.
So there's still a mess in here, but this is about how it would
be when a plumber gets here.
So what I'm gonna do is just kind of reach in here.
Now, pull out a lot of what I can to try to get down to the drain.
And we're gonna follow the directions on the green gobbler.
So basically you've got three directions.
Cut, pour, and clear.
That's easy.
Now let's read the directions a little bit more.
Cut open one pack, pour the entire contents into the drain,
add a small amount of hot water.
Just enough to make sure no excess powder remains on the surrounding surface.
So this won't only hurt your skin, it's gonna hurt your sink too.
After any standing water clears up, all metal surfaces, dry to
avoid possible discoloration.
Let stand for 15 to 30 minutes, then flush with plenty of hot water.
So basically we pour this in, let it sit 15 to 30 minutes and then
flush with plenty of hot water.
So what we're gonna do, we're gonna pour it in as you see.
It's clogging up pretty good, but staying solid here, there's a little
bit of water dripping through.
This is a pretty decent clog.
We're gonna go ahead and cut this open, pour it in like it says, and
then wait and see what happens.
So here we are with the green gobbler, let's pour it in.
See what it does.
All in there, nothing left.
All right.
Now we pour in hot water.
It's bubbling up, a little bit of green gobbler going down the drain.
It's foaming, and you're just supposed to pour in enough to make sure there's
no powder left up in here, but it's kind of coming up instead of going down.
And you notice when you pour hot water in the fumes are coming up.
I'm trying to stay back far enough just to make sure I don't inhale any of this.
All right.
There's the hot water.
We're gonna give it about 30 minutes.
We'll get back in, see what it looks like.
Okay.
So you will not believe this something happened.
Well, I actually went to the restroom.
It doesn't look like much happened here, though.
We do have a little bit of water down in the bottom of the P trap.
It was packed full earlier.
So there really wasn't a lot here, but now the last step, and we're
full up to here with about hot water.
We're supposed to pour this in now.
Now my only concern is, and this is something for you to think about
if you ever do use this product at home, you know, the green gobbler
is still kind of up in the sink.
We poured in water, but it wasn't enough to push it down
or it didn't move fast enough.
So we've still got water sitting here.
So it's gonna be really interesting to see if it damages this stainless steel sink.
So here we go with the rest of the hot water to kind of flush it down.
On the package, it just goes right away.
I gotta tell you this smells kind of funky.
Now I keep waiting for it to just do its magic.
That's what it said.
Abra Cadabra.
It's not working.
Open Sesame.
Well, all As Seen On TV products don't always work.
As seen on TV.
And I gotta tell you we're, we're kind of at the end of this one, it looks
like the green gobbler really didn't do what the green gobbler said it would do.
But I will say this for them, they do give you one of these nylon
hair removals, which are great.
You can tell that I've been using one.
Here's the thing is.
You shouldn't have to do this on this drain right now, but just since we're
here and we're having fun, I'm gonna go ahead and try and stick it down in there.
Just to see if by me forcing this down in here.
And as you can see, I'm I'm right down in here with it.
Well, let me ask y'all have you ever used a product like this that worked.
If you have, do me a favor, leave a comment down below and let me know
the plumbers hero, the green gobbler.
Have you used anything as seen on TV that really worked?
Conjure up the great Billy Mays and see what you can come up with.
Because it looks to us like the green gobbler only gobbled the
green, right outta your billfold.
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I'll see you in the next video.
If you don't get flushed.