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late_bloomer
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Jan 27, 2014

Have you ever done this?

My wife dropped a plastic spoon down the toilet. She was emptying a pan of soapy water from the sink. How concerned should I be?
  • With my luck the thing would wedge sideways and cause a huge backup.

    But then again you're not me so you will more than likely be ok. :B
  • Tom_Diane - It makes sense to dump sink water into the toilet if you do not have a very large grey tank and are staying without sewer hookup. We used to do this all the time.
  • I think it will pass also. I have to ask though, Why would you dump water from the "sink", into the toilet. when you could just pour it down the sink drain? I've heard of people pouring soapy water into the toilet to help clean out, and clean the sensors. Dish soap is cheap and fresh soap would make for better cleaning.
  • I tend towards flushing the spoon out as soon as feasible because I wouldn't want to take the chance of it lodging itself in the drain line and blocking toilet paper which could potentially end up being a large obstructive chunk and a mess to clear from the line.
  • Yup, sounds kind of familiar. I dropped a pill bottle down the toilet in our Keystone. Luckly the black tank had just been emptied. When I got home, I ran more water in the black tank, and drained the black tank again, catching the water in a bucket. It came right out. (Threw the bottle and contents away then).

    We dropped a green scrubby in that same tank, never did see it come out, figure it went down the sewer at the campground.

    Eventually, it will come out.
  • Never did that but I'm thinking it will dump out unlesss its not a big spoon.