Retrieving tweezers from drain - Page 2

Scooby Doo · ‎03-14-2010

@itsmagic wrote:
Could you take a long wire and put a little hook on the end and possibly very carefully hook it and pull it out? Maybe even an old wire coat hanger could be undone and fashioned into a long hook.

That's what I was thinking. Maybe something like a fish hook and line.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I use long needle nose pliers to retrieve things from the drain in the bathroom.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@drizzellla wrote:
@lilypadfrog wrote:
How about a dab of masking tape or some other tape attached to the end of a nail file?

I have some really good duct tape. I will try it right now. Better yet, I found Flex Tape. Water shouldn't affect that. We will see how good the commercials were.

Well, Flex Tape didn't work. As soon as the tape hit the water, it was no longer sticky. I could hear the tweezer moving around. But it never stuck to the tape.

Havarti · ‎03-08-2014

Having the closed end up is good news! Open a paper clip and put a small hook at the end - then move it down the side of the drain, turn it so the hook is under the closed end & pull it up. One of the bigger paper clips will be stronger & longer, if you have one.

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shaggygirl · ‎11-24-2011

@deb5555 wrote:

This has a grabber when u press the red part, it opens up and grabs on. I think they sell them at hardware stores.

@deb5555

This picture you posted. OMG that's exactly what I need to retrieve something stuck partway down my shower stall. My son has tried so many things with no luck. I am so happy you posted that, I think that will absolutely do the trick. I just found it on Amazon and ordered it.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

Scooby Doo - the fishing tackle box is in the garage about 10 feet up. I am going to make my son get it down, when he comes home.

I will try Havarti's suggestion about using a paper clip. I can no longer see the tweezers, after moving around the tweezers. All I see now is icky water.

Plan #3 will be to go to Lowes and Home Depot looking for the Grab It thing.

I really appreciate all the great suggestions. And I will try everyone. I was so convinced the magnet would work - until it didn't.

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

How about a long piece of strong wire that you bend up the end you want to hook onto the closed end of the tweezers?

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

cindyNC · ‎08-01-2019

Please post what works......Thanks.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@cindyNC wrote:
Please post what works......Thanks.

Well - I am in pause mode right now. I tried to retrieve the tweezers with a paper clip. Somehow the paper clip got caught on something in the drain. It wasn't the tweezers because it was not a moveable object. I spent about 1/2 of an hour trying to get the paper clip and the heavy duty tape out of the drain. I was scared that the tape and paper clip would come off in the drain. And then I would have a clogged drain in addition to the tweezers.

So I thought maybe I should just go out and buy a grabber. But then I read the reviews. And this is a review "It is an OK tool but not for fishing out dropped small items in the bathroom sink because the diameter of the pipe is too small for the claws to open."

I am slowly thinking - I can live with a tweezer in the drain. It is not stopping up the drain and you can always get another set of tweezers. But I know me - I will try to get it out throughout the day.