Smelly Fridge...

lil_me

It's on the baking aisle usually where the flour etc is.http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Supercook_Bicarbonate_Of_Soda_200g.jpg the one I got there last week (well not mine but you know what I mean)

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

Bicarb soda is amazing at getting smells from nearlly anywhere if its used properly. We moved into a new flat that had a fridge but they had turned it off while nobody was there so my lord it stunk - and stank out the kitchen everytime we opened. Within 24 hours of the bicarb clean and then leaving a little dish of uncoivered bicarb in there it became absolutely odourless - amazing! And cheap too!

torbrex

You could try the Milton steralizing fluid that is used for babies bottles!

Loretta

tomstickland wrote:

I've cleaned it out some more and it's 50-50 on the success at the moment. I couldn't find any bicarbonate at Tescos. Do they sell it?

Milk smells awful when it goes off, you may have cleaned your fridge very thoroughly but there are nooks and cranies, the milk may have got under the rubber seal etc. As has been advised put a little bowl of bicarb in the fridge, it will be with the cake making ingredients in the supermarket and will cost less than £1, put the whole packet in. I always leave a bowl of bicard in the fridge, changing it regularly when I think about it which is about once a month, it stops any strong smelling food spreading into other foods.

I have a cleaning company and I am often asked to find out what an awful, and it is truly awful, smell is in a property and it is nearly always the fridge and usualy because it has been switched off and the door left closed. If you have a steamer and feel in the mood use it on the fridge it gets all sorts of muck out of the corners and from the rubber seals and it's awful to see what has been lurking in those places even when it look clean and all that stuff must smell.

coco2972

I often lurk on this board and am hoping you old stylers will have some tips...

I don't know what has caused it but my fridge has suddenly began to smell. Initially I thought that it came from the veg baskets so I took them out and washed in v hot soapy water, they now smell fine (not yet back in fridge). However the smell is still in there. I have tried sniffing around the fridge and can't pinpoint it to any area. I have thrown out anything that could have been causing it but the smell is still there. OH got a fridge fresh thingy but that is making no difference. I have had all the shelves out and washed them and the fridge with hot soapy water but still no difference. Can anyone suggest a better way to get rid of the smell?? I assume its cause was an item I have now thrown but the smell lingers.

Thanks
Coco

Jayar

yeah, it was probably something you have chucked now, in which case it will go of its own accord, but have you tried a cut lemon or some bicarbonate of soda?

Fivenations

I wash out my fridge with a mix of water, bicarb and vinegar and that does the trick.

Crazychik

I sometimes use a steamer to defrost the freezer and clean the fridge out.

That helps to get in the nuts & crannies what the hand cant reach!

bigmuffins

have you checked the drainage hole at the bottom? - sometimes bits can get trapped there and start to rot/grow whiskers!
Also check your door seals, inside and out in case there is anything lurking!
Good luck!
Cheers
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bb2611

Try putting a bit of instant coffee granules on a piece of kitchen towel and leave for 24 hours it worked a treat for me.