Water collects around the drain in my bathroom sink. I think it was because the drain was installed incorrectly. I didn’t do the installation, so I’m not sure. Anyway, because it’s constantly wet, something pink grows there. I’m not sure if it’s bacterial or fungal, but I don’t like it, so I clean it regularly.
When I’m cleaning it, I wonder about my method. Using a tissue very easily wipes up the ring, but then I have made trash to throw away. I could also pour a little bleach down the drain and kill the stuff, but then I’ve sent chemicals into the sewage system. Taking into account the production of each and the waste product involved, I wonder which method has the least environmental impact.
And then I think: Isn’t it amazing that I’m so wealthy I have time to think about such trivial matters? Then I pour bleach on the sink ring and wipe it up with a tissue.
Heh. We get that pink ring. Only it’s in the bathtub. And it’s at the height of the kids’ bubble bath line. I attribute it to the bubbles that stick there and therefore do not allow it to dry properly.
It’s a much larger ring than that space around your drain. No need to feel embarassed.
I have seen that ring at our house as well. I thought it might be due to excess bubble gum.
I’ve looked it up, but I forget the details. It’s bacterial, I believe, and there is not much you can do about it. We get a film in our toilet, and I use a little bleach to kill it.
Sorry, earth. At least I’m not as awful as Brad.
You’re all wrong:
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Put some white vinegar on a sponge. You won’t throw the sponge away, and the vinegar is all natural. That’s what I use to clean the cool-mist humidifier in Matthew’s room, and it does clean up the pink.
Or, if you don’t like the smell of the vinegar, isopropyl alcohol also cleans the pink.
Could it be Staphalococus aurea? Back in the day, this was one of the bacteria college bio classes enjoyed culturing – the colony was so easy to see due to its pinkness. Now? I doubt bio teachers dare draw near it with a 10′ glass stirring rod – it’s >i?staph forheavensake! Not saying that’s what’s in your sink – just sayin’…