I stupidly left a couple of hot dogs and some pop in my refrigerator and freezer in my travel trailer over the winter. When I went in to clean it for use the stench was beyond explanation! I cleaned the upper freezer half with bleach and other disinfectants. The smell is still there.
White Vinagar! Wash out the fridge with straight white vinagar warmed up in the microwave for a minute. Don't rinse yet. Then leave a bowl of it in there overnight. The next morning rinse it down twice with plain water and dry it out completely.
Did a search, and soemone suggested baking soda in water. Others suggested bleach water. found this at this website from Sept 2004:
When refrigerators get old or have been in storage for a long time they can take on a stale odor, making it a less than appealing place to store your food. Often what happens is mold grows and creates the bad odors. Use the following recipe to help remove the mold and the odor.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup bleach
- 1 cup water
- activated charcoal
Directions:
First remove all of the drawers, shelves, the condensation pan and trays from the fridge. Scrub the inside of the refrigerator and freezer compartment with the bleach solution using a sponge or rag.
Once you are done, put the fridge back together and place a shallow pan with 8 ounces of activated charcoal in the refrigerater and freezer compartment. You can buy the charcoal at local pet store in the aquarium supply section. Close the doors and let the charcoal sit for a week. If it still smells, replace the charcoal with fresh and let it sit for another week.
Kelly
I use vanilla extract also. For all stinky things!
I had a spot behind my front door that my dog used
for a pee spot everytime we went somewhere without her.
Use Vanilla ! I know this works for a fact. We went crabbing one time and brought the crabs home, after par boiling them first, stored them in the camper fridge ! What an rotten smell when we got home ! I poured vanilla on cotton balls, put the in the fridge, and on the counter tops, also whiped inside of freezer with vanilla . change cotton balls as needed . Took about 3 days for the smell to go. Try it , it really works . rosa
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Our new trailer had to have work done and we left sausage in the freezer. Low and behold 2 months later the smell is awful. How do I get it out? Thanks.
Enzymatic cleaners are really the only thing that will get rid of that smell. These cleaners use enzymes to break up the organic matter that causes the smell. "They work quickly by bio-degrading the stain, grease, oil, dirt, grime, vomit, urine, blood, coffee or food into its basic carbon, hydrogen or oxygen element, eliminating the problem. "
You can buy one here www.chewy.com/
or, if you have brown sugar, citrus peels and a lot of time on your hands, you can make your own: www.wikihow.com/
Nok-Out is a great cleaner that gets rid of all smells.
Check the seal on your door. I had a similar problem and after several times cleaning I found rotten water/blood pooled up in the door seal. I removed the door and cleaned the seal with bleach and it solved the problem.
