I've connected many PVC pipes to those old cast iron sewer pipes using Fernco couplings. The connections are packed with oakum, and then lead is poured into the space. Great video as usual guys!
I can’t believe that the luck test was preformed. I’m feeling queasy and no longer hungry now. Thank you both very much for this channel and all the things you do that no one else is ready for.
That was oakum and lead and it was still used up into the early 80's. The oakum was packed in with special blunt chisels and the lead could either be poured in hot or packed in with the same chisels if you used lead wool instead of melted lead. P.S. Be careful with those drain chemicals guys, mixing them could cause an explosion. P.S.S. That shower drain was full of hair from both ends...yeah, I wouldn't touch that. That hair clog is where you needed to try the drain cleaners.
This pipe actually looks so clean to me! Get to do a lot of plumbing for my work. Usually end up going bare handed because I can grip the pipes better. Just make sure you don't have any cuts on your hand when the sludge hits and disinfect after :)
I would say this is gross, but I make my living working on sewer lines. It gets much worse when it's still fresh running by your feet! Still, that lick tho...
I'm not sure that would have worked, the water-jet would have sandblasted most of the grime away since the piece is smaller yet sand blasted part is still same size. They could have also (since they had four quarters of the pipe, 2 halves cut in half) just put each liquid into its own quarter pipe and seal of the ends.
Oh well...people have been touching poop for years without the copper finger. Still buying a few to show support. Multi tool is still the best y'all came up with!
Not a recommended method to clean a drain, but at a auto repair shop my father worked at every month or so they'd dump a box of battery acid down the shop drain to clean out all the grease and crap. Said it worked very well, though we can't imagine there was much left of the pipes.
You pack the joint with Oakum (old rope with a little tar or bentonite mixed in to prevent rot) and pour molten lead to seal it.. Cast iron waste pipes are still used today with a "hubless" rubber connector.. It is still the best, it last a long time and is the quietest of all the sytems (a real big deal in an apartment building!)
And as far as I know, they never used horse hair.. plenty of old hemp, sisel and jute ropes to manufacturer into Oakum They used the horse hair in the scratch layer of plaster that goes onto wood lathing before Sheetrock and expanded metal lath.. Made very good fiber reinforcement
Needs more collab with Project Farm. "You may be wondering how to clean old drain pipes that have been cut with a water jet. Today we're going to find out which drain cleaner works the best!"
I recently changed my 100 year old pipe in my house, and I can only assume this one was not installed brilliantly, as mine (also cast iron) was still (pretty much) shiny inside. It was still silver-ish, no rust, no build up - nothing. It's all about having the correct fall so, ahem, solids, get washed down by liquid.
@@iggifer It's also likely that your water isn't very hard, I've seen water lines look worse than this just because the water is so hard where I live.
@@KingBobbito They made a previous video of a standard water pipe and to me, the water pipe looks a LOT worse than this one shown here so probably same thing as what you mean. The fact some water pipes are worse looking than Toilet pipes (although not as much bacteria) still makes me feel ill though...
I bought a house a couple years back and replaced all the cast iron. There was a section of 4” cast iron in the crawl space that was missing the top half from rust and who knows what else. It was no longer a pipe. It was a poop trough.
@@WaterjetChannel lol yea. That happens especially when there's a belly present. All that bacteria sit in one spot an just eats the pipe. But typically cast iron has a 50 year shelf life. Unless you do routine maintenance on it such as milling or water jetting ( essentially pressure washer for the inside of your sewer piping up to 3000psi )
But I have seen houses around the dfw area that are 100 plus years old an the cast iron still looks in good condition. Just depends how well maintained it is
What i wonder: do you put some chemicals in the water tank to prevent the water of starting to smell or grow mold, like chlorine etc? Or is the water "replaced" by new water from the cuts in a sufficient amount?
I didnt know that waterjet cutters are actually loud asf I saw water jet cutting a concrete from bridge when I was driving home and that was really really loud ofc its much bigger waterjet than this, but I was really suprised with the loudness
I used to use muriatic acid to clear blocked urinals all the time in the drain and sewer business. It's a gamble though. Can definitely destroy the plumbing after too many applications.
During an ad before the video started, I'm glad the comments confirmed a lick test, *I just don't know what part to skip, HELP* Edit: *Nobody. Said. When. excuse me I gotta go to t-*
3 comments, 3 likes, no views..... Ya that checks out Love your channel, This is the first time Ive been this early. You should try to cut an old printer that would be pretty cool
So, you’re going to drain the tank, rip it out of the building, send the remains to Yucca Mountain, douse the area it stood in alcohol, then acid, then fire, and finally create a small black hole to consume the shop and the surrounding neighborhood, right?
Looks like the pipe I cut out of Elvis Presley's old house in Texas. I should have sliced it and sold the sections, I'm sure someone would have wanted them! ☺👍🏻
@Watejet Channel hey guys, could you please test coke on those deposits? Orthophosphoric acid from coke seems to have better cleaning capabilities than anything you can find on shelves of hardware store
lead and oakum the problem with cast is over time the metal deterioration gets worse eventually collapsing but cast iron is still commonly used in commercial such as hospitals due to Abs and pvc having a problem of warping or moving in the ground. and using draino and other harsh chemicals is not smart due to you putting poison into the water supply and usually causes more harm than good
most of the gnarly looking "buildup" in the pipe was rust, good ol' iron oxide, which actually protects the iron pipe. granted, that was a significant amount and there was definitely some organic material caught in the nooks and crannies, but most of what you can see is rust. that's why the undiluted muriatic acid (aka hydrochloric acid), which you're supposed to dilute before using, did the best job and made smoke because it was working so fast. the actual nasty part was the hair buildup.
i've seen the pipe taken out of my old house built in 1917, i don't know how it even still flowed water through it was so clogged with build up and deposits, it was a 1 inch pipe with maybe 1/8 hole left in it. and that was a water pipe we'd been drinking out of! yuck
Isnt that stuff hella toxic? Would that be safe to pour in what you will drink again after filtering? Edit: Nevermind its fine to pour down the drain, I should better do my research first before writing a comment.
Could you please make a video using oil in the water jet? Or vinegar or urticaria acid. Or whatever your minds please. I just wanna see different things come out of the jet that is not WATER!
10 seconds into this video Me: He can't do a lick test.... *skips to random point in video seeing a lick test, followed by a feeling that Dan expresses* Me: He has ascended
When you really think about it, the 1940s weren't that long ago. They had computers, jet engines, advanced hydraulics, vaccines, nuclear bombs, nuclear reactors, processed foods, automatic transmissions, night vision, supersonic flight(Bell X-1), missiles that could reach outer space(V2), arc welders, and even vending machines back then. Heck, they even had transistors in the late 40s. The only thing they didn't have was microcircuits. Interesting that that recently they were using horse hair for something other than violin bows.
I work in the ems field & I work on my families horse ranch. I've seen & smelled some shit. Its very hard to gross me out or make me gag. This video though...it beat me
me, thinking back to disolving pilfered railroad spikes in muriatic acid in the woods in college trying to make thermite: hm yeah i think i will not be cleaning my drain pipes with that
Dan: is grossed out just by seeing the pipe
Mitchel: licks the pipe
I've connected many PVC pipes to those old cast iron sewer pipes using Fernco couplings. The connections are packed with oakum, and then lead is poured into the space. Great video as usual guys!
Exactly like he said in the video. Oakum/hair and sober/lead.
This time, I’m disappointed that a lick test did happen
I would have cos my eyebrows are at stake
But it did tho 3:40
Winter IsPretty I said I’m disappointed that it did happen
Imma get a job lick testing all the youtube commenters
@@dominicwilfong i cant read
Niiiice, just in time for lunch
Hey you like my comment and I will like yours
I was eating my pizza so happy, then i entered this vid an well... I'm still eating my pizza but im disgusted xd
Ruff
@@totallymasterchief8644 stop commenting
Mitchell has the hardest job: making a joke before every cut
You just ruined these vids for me. Now I can't unnotice it 😭
After lick-testing this thing I think that Mitchell need to eat the "Copper Finger" ASAP ! 😁
I can’t believe that the luck test was preformed. I’m feeling queasy and no longer hungry now. Thank you both very much for this channel and all the things you do that no one else is ready for.
That was oakum and lead and it was still used up into the early 80's.
The oakum was packed in with special blunt chisels and the lead could either be poured in hot or packed in with the same chisels if you used lead wool instead of melted lead.
P.S. Be careful with those drain chemicals guys, mixing them could cause an explosion.
P.S.S. That shower drain was full of hair from both ends...yeah, I wouldn't touch that. That hair clog is where you needed to try the drain cleaners.
This pipe actually looks so clean to me! Get to do a lot of plumbing for my work. Usually end up going bare handed because I can grip the pipes better. Just make sure you don't have any cuts on your hand when the sludge hits and disinfect after :)
I said "Now this has got to be the one thing that he won't lick" and I was wrong. Jesus Christ. 🤮 Madman.
The lick test......I’m so unbelievably grossed out. I love it. I love you. Thank you.
Best lick test in the history of the waterjet channel
I would say this is gross, but I make my living working on sewer lines. It gets much worse when it's still fresh running by your feet! Still, that lick tho...
I bought your guys bottle opener a while back and I love it. Just wanted to put that out there.
You could have put small samples of the pipe it into a beaker of every plumming agent, together with a water control test
I'm not sure that would have worked, the water-jet would have sandblasted most of the grime away since the piece is smaller yet sand blasted part is still same size.
They could have also (since they had four quarters of the pipe, 2 halves cut in half) just put each liquid into its own quarter pipe and seal of the ends.
Project farm + these cats = one good youtube time
Oh well...people have been touching poop for years without the copper finger. Still buying a few to show support. Multi tool is still the best y'all came up with!
Muriatic acid is a very strong rust remover, as we all just learned... also eats concrete, as mentioned.
Love watching you guys mix random chemicals. Lol
It got cleaned out, all the good stuff is in the delicious water!
Awesome video and I've also just ordered copper fingers! So glad to be able to support you guys and get a cool item that was made with your waterjet.
Not a recommended method to clean a drain, but at a auto repair shop my father worked at every month or so they'd dump a box of battery acid down the shop drain to clean out all the grease and crap. Said it worked very well, though we can't imagine there was much left of the pipes.
Yes thats true in the past they used horsehair to seal the pipe. Now a days they use mostly hamp or a plasic sealing.
You pack the joint with Oakum (old rope with a little tar or bentonite mixed in to prevent rot) and pour molten lead to seal it.. Cast iron waste pipes are still used today with a "hubless" rubber connector.. It is still the best, it last a long time and is the quietest of all the sytems (a real big deal in an apartment building!)
And as far as I know, they never used horse hair.. plenty of old hemp, sisel and jute ropes to manufacturer into Oakum
They used the horse hair in the scratch layer of plaster that goes onto wood lathing before Sheetrock and expanded metal lath.. Made very good fiber reinforcement
We need to see the old water jet again if you still have it. Also pls bring back the clay toss! 👍🏻
Needs more collab with Project Farm. "You may be wondering how to clean old drain pipes that have been cut with a water jet. Today we're going to find out which drain cleaner works the best!"
Yep! Oakem and lead!
Muriatic (hydrochloric) acid is used in Hercules Sizzle drain opener.
Then there's Clobber drain opener, which is sulfuric acid!
i watched this video while eating and throughout the entire video never lost my appetite
Are those chemicals safe for the inner workings of the waterjet. Maybe a seal somewhere.
Old house?
I wanna see you check out a pipe from an older European house. 75 isn't that old for most of our houses.
I recently changed my 100 year old pipe in my house, and I can only assume this one was not installed brilliantly, as mine (also cast iron) was still (pretty much) shiny inside. It was still silver-ish, no rust, no build up - nothing. It's all about having the correct fall so, ahem, solids, get washed down by liquid.
@@iggifer It's also likely that your water isn't very hard, I've seen water lines look worse than this just because the water is so hard where I live.
@@KingBobbito They made a previous video of a standard water pipe and to me, the water pipe looks a LOT worse than this one shown here so probably same thing as what you mean.
The fact some water pipes are worse looking than Toilet pipes (although not as much bacteria) still makes me feel ill though...
We still use oakum in sewers to seal leaks in manholes before packing it in with concrete by hand
I'm a licensed plumber in Texas. This cast iron looks really good compared to what I've pulled out lol.
I bought a house a couple years back and replaced all the cast iron. There was a section of 4” cast iron in the crawl space that was missing the top half from rust and who knows what else. It was no longer a pipe. It was a poop trough.
@@WaterjetChannel lol yea. That happens especially when there's a belly present. All that bacteria sit in one spot an just eats the pipe. But typically cast iron has a 50 year shelf life. Unless you do routine maintenance on it such as milling or water jetting ( essentially pressure washer for the inside of your sewer piping up to 3000psi )
But I have seen houses around the dfw area that are 100 plus years old an the cast iron still looks in good condition. Just depends how well maintained it is
Not sure if that needed lick testing.
Been skipping so many of them lately, and this should have been one of those.
Will copper finger be any good with TP and the wipe?
What i wonder: do you put some chemicals in the water tank to prevent the water of starting to smell or grow mold, like chlorine etc? Or is the water "replaced" by new water from the cuts in a sufficient amount?
1:15
Owh thats something new, thank you for further experimenting!
I hope you plan on draining the tank!
I WAS NEVER A FOOL TO FEAR YOUR WATERJET TANK AND THIS IS WHY
Wanna tear up mine from my 95 year old house? Lmaoo
Short answer: sewage
Shorter answer: poop
I didnt know that waterjet cutters are actually loud asf
I saw water jet cutting a concrete from bridge when I was driving home and that was really really loud
ofc its much bigger waterjet than this, but I was really suprised with the loudness
I used to use muriatic acid to clear blocked urinals all the time in the drain and sewer business. It's a gamble though. Can definitely destroy the plumbing after too many applications.
Nathaniel James Sulfuric also works well, especially with peroxide added. That combo shreds everything organic!
During an ad before the video started, I'm glad the comments confirmed a lick test, *I just don't know what part to skip, HELP*
Edit: *Nobody. Said. When. excuse me I gotta go to t-*
Isnt the copper fimger just a bottle opener?
Muriatic acid strips chrome right off basin fittings. Ask me why I had to change the plug outlet in my bathroom...
3 comments, 3 likes, no views..... Ya that checks out Love your channel, This is the first time Ive been this early. You should try to cut an old printer that would be pretty cool
Thats Oakum. It was used to pack joints years ago.
So, you’re going to drain the tank, rip it out of the building, send the remains to Yucca Mountain, douse the area it stood in alcohol, then acid, then fire, and finally create a small black hole to consume the shop and the surrounding neighborhood, right?
Hahaha I can’t believe Mitchell licked it! Yuck! What an absolute madman!
Whose sewer line is it anyway?
It came from a house my brother recently bought.
Can i a commoner buy muriatic acid? Or is it a commercial grade thing?
You guys just pooped to an all new low...
*stooped.
I hope you guys changed the water in the waterjet tank...
Looks like the pipe I cut out of Elvis Presley's old house in Texas. I should have sliced it and sold the sections, I'm sure someone would have wanted them! ☺👍🏻
Like for the lick test. That’s commitment
@Watejet Channel hey guys, could you please test coke on those deposits? Orthophosphoric acid from coke seems to have better cleaning capabilities than anything you can find on shelves of hardware store
hey, guys did you find the video with your funny looking mug on an advertisement I sent you?
And the hubs on cast iron is lead and oakum (pretty much horse hair)
ART!!!
lead and oakum the problem with cast is over time the metal deterioration gets worse eventually collapsing but cast iron is still commonly used in commercial such as hospitals due to Abs and pvc having a problem of warping or moving in the ground. and using draino and other harsh chemicals is not smart due to you putting poison into the water supply and usually causes more harm than good
What happened to the Westshop channel?
Leapus Lotta Leggis is the scientific name for "Jumping poop spider".
And that's how Mitchell (aka patent zero) died from the bubonic plague
Dan: doesn't want touch pipe with bare hands.
Mitchell: finds grossest part of pipe for lick test.
holy hell did that make me queezy. not the whole thing. just that one part. you know the part.
The sewage pipe has been lick tested approved .. 👍
I hope this video was made after cutting the copper fingers I ordered..
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Muriatic acid will not only clean your pipes, it will also eat eat them as well. Its the honeybadger of cleansers
You guys should mix all the cleaners together and submerge part of that pipe in it
I’m a plumber and honestly that’s not that bad compared many other pipes I’ve seen
not sure if it was on purpose or not but atleast they kept the acids and bases on separate pipes
most of the gnarly looking "buildup" in the pipe was rust, good ol' iron oxide, which actually protects the iron pipe. granted, that was a significant amount and there was definitely some organic material caught in the nooks and crannies, but most of what you can see is rust. that's why the undiluted muriatic acid (aka hydrochloric acid), which you're supposed to dilute before using, did the best job and made smoke because it was working so fast. the actual nasty part was the hair buildup.
Just last week we had our drain pipes replaced. I can verify that pipes that old are indeed that gross. (Our house was built in 1946)
Anyone else disturbed at how madman Mitch went in for a lick without any provocation whatsoever? I mean holy shit he just dove right in
i've seen the pipe taken out of my old house built in 1917, i don't know how it even still flowed water through it was so clogged with build up and deposits, it was a 1 inch pipe with maybe 1/8 hole left in it. and that was a water pipe we'd been drinking out of! yuck
"It's seen a lot of... things"
He wanted to say it but he knew
i am eating my dinner while watching this. I think it possibly was a bad idea!
They use lead back in the day to secure the pipe in the bell
Wish you guys could make a vlog type video one day
Have you guys gotten my package yet?
dope poop spider bro.
can we see a lick test on that poop spider?
Cut Deep well pumps ,boi I'd love to see one cut in half.
wheres the lick text in middle of the pipe
3:40 Mitchell now has the anitbodies for the coronavirus.
Hey guys you know that is like the simplest design ever for the fingure thing I can make it out of 3 nails and a little sawder
Muriatic acid is a drain cleaner though, and now I know what to use if I need drain cleaner in the future.
Isnt that stuff hella toxic? Would that be safe to pour in what you will drink again after filtering?
Edit: Nevermind its fine to pour down the drain, I should better do my research first before writing a comment.
@@pixel_arc8550 Yeah, most acids will neutralize after being diluted with enough water.
Is tongue man okay?
Good show old chap.
Everyone gangster until the lick test
Could you please make a video using oil in the water jet? Or vinegar or urticaria acid. Or whatever your minds please. I just wanna see different things come out of the jet that is not WATER!
10 seconds into this video Me: He can't do a lick test.... *skips to random point in video seeing a lick test, followed by a feeling that Dan expresses* Me: He has ascended
That pipe has almost zero buildup. It has some rust scale, but not much build-up.
When you really think about it, the 1940s weren't that long ago. They had computers, jet engines, advanced hydraulics, vaccines, nuclear bombs, nuclear reactors, processed foods, automatic transmissions, night vision, supersonic flight(Bell X-1), missiles that could reach outer space(V2), arc welders, and even vending machines back then. Heck, they even had transistors in the late 40s. The only thing they didn't have was microcircuits. Interesting that that recently they were using horse hair for something other than violin bows.
Cool story bro.
I work in the ems field & I work on my families horse ranch.
I've seen & smelled some shit. Its very hard to gross me out or make me gag.
This video though...it beat me
They still sell oakum at my hardware store
Thanks I will never shit the same now 😁😂
At first I was like "ohhh boeeh, do the lick test :D" ... and later where he was licking the "horse hair" I freaked out :/ ...
me, thinking back to disolving pilfered railroad spikes in muriatic acid in the woods in college trying to make thermite: hm yeah i think i will not be cleaning my drain pipes with that
i hope you're cleaning that water tank soon
Which one works better: “the pipe still has a lot of capoocity.” Or “the pipe still has a lot of crapacity”
The latter for sure.