What would happen if you poured wall paper paste into the toilet?

Question

I have this scene in my story where my characters are playing a practical joke and pour boxes of wall paper paste into school toilets. What would cause the most disruption into the bowl or the cistern. Thanks 4 your help.

Answer 1

If left to thicken in the pan it would no doubt block the drainage system, this would have no effect on the cistern other than water would overflow the bowl when flushed. But I would not call this a practical joke, more like vandalism. Sorry.

Answer 2

Since it is a play,a fiction, exagerration is allowed, so dont worry about it and go ahead and use that plot

Answer 3

From a school cleaner's point of view(yes I'm a school cleaner!) the cistern would cause the most disruption!!!!! I just hope none of the pupils from the school I work in are reading this question-I know who to blame next term if it happends to me  lololololol

Answer 4

i`m saying nothing

Answer 5

The cistern would not flush.So no one would be able to use the tiolet.

Answer 6

Not a great deal. It wouldn't set so most likely would just flush away.

Answer 7

Cistern, the paste would block the down pipes, especially if it were left for a period of time.

Answer 8

If it were 'revenge of the nerds' then they would probably pour in a clear polymer - so the 'bend' became a solid lump of clear plastic. Or you could just put washing up liquid in the cisterns - so the water goes all frothy ;-)

Answer 9

The rats in the sewage can then redecorate!