Rigid Kwik-Spin reach assessment

[Doug Lassiter]

I have a Rigid Kwik-Spin drain cleaner, and it works pretty well. I'm impressed that it can extend 25 feet or so into the drain. What I find a little troublesome is that I don't have any indicator of how far I've gone. That is, have I pushed out 5 feet of cable, or 20 feet of cable? I just don't know where I am. Is there some strategy to figure that out? I've considered painting marks on the cable to assess the reach, but maybe there is some more clever way to do it.

 

[breplum]

Painted marks

 

[Geofd]

That's the only thing you can do but if you use it a lot the paint will wear away but breplumb is correct!!!!!

 

[TomFOhio]

We painted the line every 12" with a white paint stripe. If you get into a nasty drain the stripes won't last very
long. Plus going through the machine wears it off also

 

[Doug Lassiter]

Thanks to all. Yes, painted marks are probably the way to go, but you'd think that Rigid could have made them with some durable paint.

 

[Geofd]

I have wrapped Teflon tape around the cable but that only lasts for a single time

 

[Twowaxhack]

I can usually tell how far my snake is in the drain.

 

[Geofd]

Yep, if you'll put a foot at ati.e you may be able to gauge it