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[drizzellla]

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@LoveMyBaby wrote:

I'd try a thin magnet - good luck. 

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I thought that was a good idea too.  So that was the first thing I tried. I went out and bought a flexible tube with a magnet and light. But the enamel paint on the tweezers prevents the magnet from picking up the tweezers. 

[Sooner]

@drizzellla   What all is down there now?  

So sorry for you!  I HATE stuff like this!!!!!!!  

[LoveMyBaby]

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@drizzellla wrote:

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@LoveMyBaby wrote:

I'd try a thin magnet - good luck. 

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I thought that was a good idea too.  So that was the first thing I tried. I went out and bought a flexible tube with a magnet and light. But the enamel paint on the tweezers prevents the magnet from picking up the tweezers. 

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@drizzellla 

Oh ok, i didnt think they might be enameled. You know, a fish hook is pretty stick-to-anything, maybe drop that down on some string or something. Those fishing hooks snag everything just when we dont want them to! 

[SeaMaiden]

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@LoveMyBaby wrote:

I'd try a thin magnet - good luck. 

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If you end up with no solution... just call a plumber.  Best case scenario they will be able to pull it out...worse case scenario they can just repipe the sink with pipes not glued shut as they should be. 

 OK, yes it will cost you, but, you know the sink pipes should not be glues shut like that and should be fixed anyway.  This will happen again sometime...... and with the pipes  fixed and not glued shut you can get whatever is stuck out yourself...

just  check it off as    Just a lesson learned.

[stevieb]

For future reference, I've got a few mesh drain covers that I now use whenever doing anything potentially dicey... I've had too many things make their way down the sinks and had to fish them out too many times. This saves me the trouble... I got mine locally, but as one might assume, Amazon and others have them for about $3.50... They come in smaller and larger sizes, so one should fit a bathroom drain... Also available are rubber 'hair catchers'. that do the same thing..

[ScarletDove]

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@stevieb wrote:

For future reference, I've got a few mesh drain covers that I now use whenever doing anything potentially dicey... I've had too many things make their way down the sinks and had to fish them out too many times. This saves me the trouble... I got mine locally, but as one might assume, Amazon and others have them for about $3.50... They come in smaller and larger sizes, so one should fit a bathroom drain... Also available are rubber 'hair catchers'. that do the same thing..

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@stevieb  Have used these with the stainless mesh in my kitchen sink for years and they are a great solution to a big problem.  It will collect anything I do not want down the pipe.  I need to find a small one to use in my bathroom sink.....

[drizzellla]

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@Sooner wrote:

@drizzellla   What all is down there now?  

So sorry for you!  I HATE stuff like this!!!!!!!  

Right now there are just the tweezers and icky water.

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[drizzellla]

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@stevieb wrote:

For future reference, I've got a few mesh drain covers that I now use whenever doing anything potentially dicey... I've had too many things make their way down the sinks and had to fish them out too many times. This saves me the trouble... I got mine locally, but as one might assume, Amazon and others have them for about $3.50... They come in smaller and larger sizes, so one should fit a bathroom drain... Also available are rubber 'hair catchers'. that do the same thing..

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Stevieb - well I had bought this to cover the drain BUT someone keeps moving it to the side.

[drizzellla]

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@LoveMyBaby wrote:

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@drizzellla wrote:

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@LoveMyBaby wrote:

I'd try a thin magnet - good luck. 

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I thought that was a good idea too.  So that was the first thing I tried. I went out and bought a flexible tube with a magnet and light. But the enamel paint on the tweezers prevents the magnet from picking up the tweezers. 

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@drizzellla 

Oh ok, i didnt think they might be enameled. You know, a fish hook is pretty stick-to-anything, maybe drop that down on some string or something. Those fishing hooks snag everything just when we dont want them to! 

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My next attempt will be "fishing". I don't think I have ever gone fishing without being caught on a hook. So I think with some patience, it should work.

[ValuSkr]

The mesh covers are a good idea for a kitchen sink, but I don't think they'd work in a bathroom sink with a stopper.