Will taking sea salt baths rust the drain pipes and other connected plumbing?

The waste pipe should be pvc / copper or lead in an older house, it could rust the waste hole %26amp; plug chain if it is a chrome one.Will taking sea salt baths rust the drain pipes and other connected plumbing?
It's possible, if you do it often enough, and the drain pipes are steel. But that's unlikely in a newer house. Most of the drain pipes are PVC - a plastic - that won't rust. If you can go in a basement and see the plumbing under the bathroom, look for the larger lines that are say 3-4 inches thick. If they're plastic, you have no worries.





But it could damage the metal fixtures in the tub. After the bath, give everything a good rinse, to wash the salt off of them, and that will help keep them in good shape.Will taking sea salt baths rust the drain pipes and other connected plumbing?
Salt in high concentrations could corrode pipes however in this situation it is unlikely. First because the concentration level of salt used in taking a bath isn't that high or your skin couldn't handle it. Secondly, one element that needs to be present for rust to form is oxygen. Drain pipes do not have a lot of air in them, thus hampering the chemical reactions needed to form rust.





But if you don't keep the fixtures such as the faucets or spout cleaned and free of the salt, they will get corroded and rust. That's because they are out in the air where they get all the oxygen needed.
I hope not as I do this all the time. Wow thanks for making me think about this.