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Eagle1951
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Jun 27, 2015

Refrigarator odor

We left hamburger meat in freezer with frig not on. Is there a sure fire way of removing odor. How about Clorox cleanup?
  • Wash EVERYTHING with warm water, dish soap and a dash of bleach. All the shelves, door racks, freezer, etc. Take it apart as much as you can.

    Then prop it open and let it air dry for a few days with nothing in it and turned off.
  • Open a box of baking powder and place it in the fridge after you clean and scrub it out. Close the door once you put the baking powder in.
  • Be sure to let the fridge dry out thoroughly before you turn it on and close it up. NEVER close a fridge that's not running. NEVER. Always prop the door open. Otherwise you will come back to a big black mold mess.
  • After washing well with bleach added to water I thought I still smelled something so I put a bowl full of several cups of Kitty Litter for multiple cats into the refrigerator. When I went our in several days the smell was gone.
  • After thoroughly cleaning, charcoal briquettes also help get odor out. Put a bowl of them in there, they seem to absorb the odor.