How to remove smell from kitchen cabinets?

Question

I moved to my new house 3 weeks ago. I have done everything to clean the horrible smell the kitchen cabinets have. You open them and the stink is in the air. Used clorox, antibacterial, lysol, dish detergent, baking soda what else can I do?

Also all the bathroom drawers have the same smell. My niece says it smells like they used the cabinets as the cat litters!!!

Answer 1

Is it a new cabinet smell from the materials used or is it from something that was once stored in them? Either way, try this:
vinegar with a bit of water or one of the products they have to get rid of pet smells (Simple Solution is a good bet because it has a sweet almond smell). It may take some time but I bet the smell will eventually go away. Good Luck :)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Wipe down with clear vinegar. Then set a small, open container of vinegar in every smelly cabinet and keep re-filling the containers until the odor disappears. Lastly, line your clean and dry shelves with shelf paper. This should do the trick. You can also leave the doors open and allow it to air out. Sometimes when a house has been closed for a while, it can develop the most skanky odors! Good luck!

Answer 4

What type of Cabinets are they?? Usually if they are old they would smell, also the humidity of the particle board or the wood would make the whole place smell...

I moved into a place with the same problem, my husband is a carpenter and he know right a way.... (we had to change them)

You can reduce the smell by placing the odor eaters.... or some scented disks in there... hope that helps.

Answer 5

Try crumpling up a LOT of newspaper and putting it in the cabinets, close the doors and let it stay overnight. The papers are supposed to absorb odors. I tried this with some Tupperware that I got off of Ebay and it worked like a charm. Good luck!

Answer 6

man thats a tough one, my last house was like that too, i wound up having to paint the inside of my cabinets with kilns (a thick paint you can buy at home depot) theres a kind that kills mold and bacteria look for that. i could still smell it even after the first coat drued it took two coats, discusting to think that some folks are that dirty that there kitchen stench would linger around long after there gone.

Answer 7

Power washing? Bleach? New Cabinets?

Answer 8

VINEGAR I do crime scene cleaning. Leave a small wash cloth barely damp with vinegar on them in the cabinets over night if that doesn't remove the odor paint them with KILZ ask your local home depot. Or replace them.

Answer 9

put an open box of baking soda in each cabinet.. baking soda kills odors.

an apartment i moved into had a freezer that smelled like fish, baking soda fixed the problem in just a week, the smell got weaker every day.

Answer 10

are the cabinets wood or particle board? are they wall cabinets or under the counter? whatever is causing the smell might have soaked into the wood. you might have to reseal the wood with urethane, not paint unless its an oil based paint because latex paints will allow whatever to leach out. under the counter cabinets will most likely have mold or mildew and water damage.