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Simple method to rid room of odors. Fill a cup (or receptacle of your choice) with Clorox and place in a safe location, such as the top of an entertainment center.
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We had a roommate who rarely bathed. His room is empty and he has gone, however his essence is still in the room that he occupied. I have tried the plug-in things, but they don't do anything. Any ideas? Fortunately I don't need the room immediately, but would like to convert it to a guest room as soon as I remove the stench.
I picked up a hint here that worked for me when I was trying to rid a room of the smell of a smoker. I put a small bowl of coffee grounds in the room on the dresser, closed the door for a few days and the smell was gone.
Open a bag of charcoal briquettes and leave it in the room for a few days.
Try sitting a few small bowls around the room with vinegar in them, it absorbs ordors.
Painting it might work too.
You should shampoo the carpeting, wash the curtains and scrub the walls with bleach water.
Go to Starbucks and ask them for a bag of used coffee grounds. Yes, they give them away for free. Open the bag and leave it sitting in the room. It will absorb offensive odors. You might want to remove the bag of coffee grounds every four days and replace it with a "fresh" bag.
have you tried cleaning it??? all the plug in things do are cover up and mask. yes i would clean every inch and every thing in there. open the windows too.
First thing your gonna have to do is clean the room well--I mean REALLY CLEAN it. Try using a bleached based cleaner like clorox cleanup or maybe a citrus cleaner. I'm afraid the only way to really clean is the old fashioned hands and knees on the floor and wipe or mop the walls.
If you can't get the carpet cleaned, try sprinkling baking soda on it and letting it sit a day and then vacuum it really, really well. The baking soda is good and absorbing odors and it is cheap. Commercial carpet deodorizers have it but I find the fragrances they put in too strong.
I also heard to set around bowls of pure vanilla, but I haven't tried it!
Remove any cloth or leather furniture. Wipe down any wood furniture. Shampoo the carpeting with rug shampoo for pet odors. Wipe down walls and wash windows. Replace any blinds, shades, drapes or curtains. Wipe down light fixtures. Remove any bedding and wash in hot water.
Try striking some matches to temporarily kill the odor so yo can clean it.
I would spray all fabric things with Febreze. Use baking soda on the floor over night and vac up in the morning. Wash down any vinyl with vinegar mixed with water. Stick fabric softener sheets in the drawers and closet. IF you can air the room for at least 24 hours with the windows open.
Yankee Candle Company has a great fragrance that smells like clean linen,,,I think that may be the name of it. I get it at Bed Bath and Beyond. It will make the room smell clean.
Don't forget to spray the mattress with Febreze before you put on clean sheets. You might want to use an upholstery cleaner on it but don't get it too wet and let it dry out good before you put on clean sheets.
Wow! These are really good tips. One more to add. Lavender essential oil is antibacterial and removes odors.
Take a spray bottle, fill with water, add 20 drops of Lavender and give the room a good spray. Lavender does not mask odors but actually attacks the bacteria causing the odor. This is very green! Good Luck!
I have used OdorsOut for odor in dresser draws, wow what a job all the oder gone. It is for carpets from pet odors. I would use it on mattress as well.
You can find it at Pet Smart or Pet-Co, Pet Food Stores. It's spindy but it works and not a lot of work.
You just sprinkle it on leave it for a couple of days or until you have time to vacum.
Sprinkle baking soda all over the carpet, inside the cupboards and drawers of any furniture. Leave overnight. Vacuum everything thoroughly and wash any bedding, curtains, etc. Fill a spray bottle with boiled/purified water and 10 drops of lavender and 10 drops of tea tree or eucalyptus oil and give the room a good spraying. Then keep the windows open to air out. Your smelly problem should then be gone.
Try incense. I cooked a pot of collard greens once that made the whole house smell for days and nothing worked until I tried the incense.
The chemicals used to shampoo my carpet is what got me into trouble. I need something to counteract that so I can breathe better and sleep better.
I noticed about a month ago that my guestroom started to have a chemical like odor. I looked for mold or mildew and did not see any. I removed the carpet and did not see anything. My dogs are not allowed in the room so there are no pet stains. The smell has since changed to a pickle-like smell.
I painted the room and the smell went away for 2 days and has come back. We do not use gas here, so I know that too is not the culprit. My house is a 14 year old manufactured home. I have literally tried to smell every wall and the floor and cannot identify the source. The weirder thing is that when I have the fans on, the smell intensifies. Can anyone please shed some insight to my problem as my husband and I are at a loss at this point?
The reason for many odors are often difficult to find, however, from your description, there may be a dead animal in the wall, floors, etc., of the room. The odor change you describe may be the decay breakdown process of the bodyl. The best plan is to have a pest control service examine the area and remove the animal ASAP. The big problem, aside from the smell, is the decay process and resulting liquids from the body that seep into walls and floor. If the process continues, you may have to replace portions of the structure that are affected by the decay process.
The reason for many odors are often difficult to find, however, from your description, there may be a dead animal in the wall, floors, etc., of the room. The odor change you describe may be the decay breakdown process of the bodyl. The best plan is to have a pest control service examine the area and remove the animal ASAP. The big problem, aside from the smell, is the decay process and resulting liquids from the body that seep into walls and floor. If the process continues, you may have to replace portions of the structure that are affected by the decay process.
It was dried blood from thawed chicken or steak in the drip pan under the fridge. Water from auto defrost would activate it. My honey cleaned it and the smell, it's gone.
We had a strange fishy smell in our house that turned out to be burning plastic material in a ceiling light fixture. The fact that the smell increases when the fans are on makes me wonder if there is something going on with the wiring in one of the fans.
Sounds like he could be smoking meth we lived with a man that smoked it and that's what it smells like. You could Google it. We have the same smell problems here but I think it's a dead animal under the house.
or your ducts
The smell could be a dead mouse in the walls. But regardless of the source there is a way to permanently eliminate the odor. Rent an Ozone Machine or hire a company that does Ozoning. As a Realtor, I have use it to eliminate odors from homes that would prevent them from selling. It has completely eliminated smoke smell from the home of heavy smokers, pet odors, mildew odors, etc. The house has to be vacated for 48 hours and no one can enter while the machine is working. The machine changes the oxygen in the air to ozone and destroys the molecules that create the odor. It will kill mice, roaches, etc as well. Don't forget to remove your pets. My experience with cost has been $0.10 per square foot. So a 2,000 sq. ft. home would run about $200 plus tax. They have a minimum also. It's well worth it, plus the cost to stay in a hotel for a couple of days. We have a saying, "If you can smell it you can't sell it". Cheers.
About three years ago, my family moved into a newly constructed house. For the past year, my family has noticed a household smell that is noticeable once you leave our house. As long as you are inside our home, you cannot detect the smell, it is only noticeable when we transfer environments (i.e. go to work, shopping, etc.).
The smell is on your clothing and hair and it lingers. I describe the smell as being that of grease and vitamins mixed together. We have tried airing out the house, burning candles, and spraying products like Febreze in an attempt to eliminate the odor, but it still is present. My family and I are embarrassed about this smell and even avoid getting close to people. Any advice would be great!
By Ashlee from GA
Wow what a problem! I can't think of anything other than citrus.This reminds me of years ago when I had just moved into a new place. My cat had a urinary tract infection that I of course didn't realize till it was to late for my carpet, or so I thought. Thankfully she only went in two corners of my living room. I did everything and used every product available!
My Italian Grandmother said to use lemons. I sliced lemons and laid them all over the area and flipped them once a day then replaced them.Not only did it pull the odor of cat urine out it made my whole house smell good. I guess at this point it's worth a try to go buy some lemons, oranges and even grapefruits. Slice them up and put them around your house. They should last a few days I would think. Good luck to you. One other thing that makes my house smell great is the Swiffer dust and shine. I don't use a swiffer just a micro fiber cloth. It smells great!Please post and let me know how your making out with this. Best of luck!
It sounds like you might need an inspection to make sure there are no chemical leaks. You might want to call on your local fire company and see if they have any way to detect what is causing the smell. Don't wait, please, what you describe sounds like a chemical smell and that can be terribly dangerous. Be safe.
I am with JKuhns7448 to have your home inspected for safety sake. I would have both the fire inspector and the city do it.
I'd strongly advice to get a certified inspector and check the quality/brand of the drywall. Here in south Florida, there have been serious problems with new home constructions due to the use of Chinese drywall. It seems that certain manufacturers of drywall have used materials that create fumes which in turn corrode copper pipes. It's a problem that goes beyond cleaning the walls or airing out the house. Google "chinese drywall" to get more details. Good luck!
I noticed this awful smell on my clean clothes after they hang in the closet for a while. I cannot wear them I have to rewash them they smell so awful. I discovered when I use a unscented laundry detergent I have this issue. In order for me to control the overly perfume small of some detergents I mix just enough of a perfumed detergent with a large amount of unscented. Now my clothes don't have that awful smell.
I bought a mattress off craigslist for an unoccupied room in my house. I didn't realize it had an odor until it was too late. I don't know if it was urine or cigarette smoke or both, but it was pretty gross. So I called a carpet cleaning company to clean up the mattress and see if I could get rid of the smell. After cleaning it I left it in the room for a few days, but the smell only got worse and permeated the room. After having it cleaned one more time to no avail I threw the mattress away.
Now it has been about a week and even though the stinky mattress is gone the smell has not left the room! The room was recently repainted and the wood floors were refinished about a month and a half prior to this mattress ordeal. The room is also empty, there is only one other twin bed that does not stink and a night stand.
I am at my wits end and willing to do whatever it takes to get this smell out of the room ASAP. The smell is a biological kind of bacteria like smell. It is a dirty human smell of that helps. I'm thinking the child of the person who sold me the old mattress urinated on it and tried to cover it up. Also I called the guy who sold me the mattress and found out he also smoked inside his house....awesome.
Please help!
activated charcoal and vinegar will both neutralize any kind of smell
you can purchase activated charcoal here: www.amazon.com/
though you probably need a lot after the situation you describe
and as far as vinegar, just leave an open dish of white vinegar or two (make sure that it cannot fall over!) for a day or so. This should help dissipate the odour.
As far as the pee smell, you could try enzymatic cleaners, though am not sure on what surface you would do this.
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/
You also really need to air out the room, if you haven't alreadh.
some people also swear by room ozone machines www.amazon.com/
these ionizers help to neutralize the smell chemically. I lived in a house where one wasused to neutralize a musty humidity smell in an old house in the South. Worked well.
Use Nok-Out. It sould work.
Closets can develop musty and other odors. First determine if the odor is the result of mold. Special steps will be needed if mold is found. Baking soda is a good deodorizer to use once you have removing the contents and perhaps even wiped down the interior.
