Instead of the soap and hot water try bleach or some sort of household.
Plastic tampon applicator clogged toilet.
Set it on plastic sheeting in another part of the bathroom or take it outside.
Turn off the water and drain the tank and bowl.
Tilt it carefully sponging up water that spills out as you do.
If they were in the main the whole house would back up.
If it s cardboard or paper give it a little time.
Instead flushed tampons build up over time.
I panic and it drops a couple of inches luckily.
Try the plunger again and when you plunge it this time push down forcefully.
But sometimes flushing tampons down the toilet is a big no no.
Do it over and over again.
One section says it s fine to flush tampons in homes that have newer toilets.
Another section on the kotex website says it s okay if you only to flush biodegradable tampons.
Most plastic applicators cannot be recycled.
Removing tampon applicator from toilet hi someone in my family accidentally flushed a plastic tampon applicator and clogged up the toilet.
Cheshire those plastic things are not supposed to go into the toilet for that very reason.
Tampons do not immediately clog up your toilet after one flush so it may seem like they are safe to flush.
Unbolt the toilet from the floor with a wrench and lift it off the drain.
A tampon can clog old and new toilets alike wreaking havoc on your home s drain line and sewer.
The age of your toilet doesn t really matter.
When you can reach into the bottom and pull the tampon out from the p trap.
I use the toilet brush to fish it out and toss it in the can.
I go to use the bathroom last night and i see a low water level in the toilet bowl with a pearlescent pink plastic applicator floating in the water.
Once one gets stuck it becomes easier for other tampons and non flushables to get snagged and clog up the pipes.
If it s a plastic applicator i don t know what you can do about it.
They are most likely still in the toilet.
I have tried plunging using a cheap snake and some heavy duty clog remover but nothing is working.