Clean Sink With Baking | Soda

Agnes pulled out the box of baking soda. It was nearly full. She set it on the counter. Then she retrieved the white vinegar from under the sink. She also found an old toothbrush—Harold’s, actually, which she had kept for no good reason except that the bristles were still firm and the handle was a cheerful shade of turquoise.

She scrubbed for ten minutes. Her hands, gnarled with arthritis, ached a little, but she didn’t stop. She scrubbed the second basin the same way. Then she took the vinegar. clean sink with baking soda

She turned off the light, but stood in the doorway for a moment, looking back. The sink was a pale oval of white in the darkness, quiet and clean and at rest. Agnes pulled out the box of baking soda

“It’s the old way,” Agnes said, echoing Harold across the decades. “The chemicals eat the pipe. This eats the gunk.” Then she retrieved the white vinegar from under the sink