Diplomat Don
Moorpark, Ca
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A LOT of the shower drains in RV's have a chrome perforated cover/drain. They just pop off. Pop it off and clean the junk out that is caught in the secondary drain catch, two criss crossed bars.
Don & Mary 
2005 Monaco Diplomat 36SKT
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2010 Nissan Frontier CrewCab 4WD
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ArchHoagland
Clovis, CA, USA
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The Zip-It is great and will cure your problem or at least help it along.
Zip-It Demo
They sell them at Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, etc.
2004 Monaco
La Palma 36DBD
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2000 LEXUS RX300 FWD 22MPG 4020 LBS
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1991 Mazda Miata 5 speed 33MPG 2,310 LBS
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chewbear
Mobile in the USofA;currently Ozark, Alabama
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Had to stop wife using one kind of Dove shower soap. It would clog the drain weekly. If your vent pipe has fallen into the tank that gives a slow drain too. Usually leave grey tank open till I'm gonna dump the black tank. Then close grey for one shower to flush stinky slinky with after dumping the black tank.
2002 Fleetwood Discovery
330 cat. '09 Escape toad.
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borntwotravel
Central IN
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I ran the Zip-it and got nothing when my shower ran slow. Then after a couple of weeks of scratching my head I slapped same, when I remembered the vent under the bathroom sink. It wouldn't open and the vacuum slowed down both drains. There wasn't enough water ran into the sink to notice but the shower was a different story.
$2.95 at Lowes, unscrew the old, screw in the new and water runs free.
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LoneWolfWarrior
No where
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Thanks everyone. I used the vinegar and baking soda solution (which is also what i use to clean my cat's litter box) and it worked well. Also used the zip-it. Love those things! But nothing came up, so i figured it was definitely the soap buildup. I have to pick up a pipe cleaner to clean it out a little better though. But it did help and I will do a second treatment once I get it cleaned up with a pipe cleaner.
Thanks!!
LoneWolfWarrior
2000 Four Winds Hurricane 33SL
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Rich D.
New England
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Use a drain cleaner that comes in a plastic bottle. If it damages plastic, the bottle will be empty before you get to use it!
Rich D. Wanderlodge M450 LXi
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