Any tips for a smelly fridge?

[bebopdobop]

I'm all out of baking soda, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to get rid of a bad smell in the fridge. I spilled some sauce with vinegar, and was too slow to clean it up. Now every thing smells funny. Any ideas?

 

[Katie H]

If you have any charcoal briquettes, you can put some in an open bowl in the refrigerator and keep them there for a while. It should help a bit.

 

[Bilby]

Use lemon juice on where the spill was and leave a cut potato in the fridge. They are meant to absorb odours really well.

 

[bebopdobop]

Nice, thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Soap and water....

 

[Renee Attili]

A good vinegar and water mix will deoderize most everything. Yes it might smell like an Easter Egg for a few hours, but it is an inexpensive and safe way to deoderize!

 

[auntdot]

Several years ago we moved into a place where the previous tenants had turned off the power and left almost everything in the fridge.

Yech, Blech, a thousand times that. It was the attack of the green and black stuff.

Soap, water, and sorry ya gotta get some baking soda.

We restored it, successfully.

 

[expatgirl]

I acquired a smelly fridge from my generous landlady (probably meat that had gone rancid) and stuffed it full of bunched up newspapers and a box of baking soda. Took the smell right out....newspapers combined with baking soda should help you in addition to any other suggestions

 

[csalt]

How to Remove Odors From a Refrigerator | eHow.com

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