My freezer smells damp - how do I de-odourise it please?

Question

I acquired an old second hand freezer - it is clean but smells damp when I open the door even though it is at freezing temperature. Any ideas how to stop it smelling - I cleaned it well with bicarbonate of soda but it hasn't helped

Answer 1

well, spraying it with a 10% bleach solution (with 90% water) is worth a shot i guess...

try not to touch bleach. make sure you rinse and soap it all out well.

I think some of those old ones just had a funk to them. It's poor design.

Answer 2

Have you cleaned round all the door seals? Use a cotton bud for this or your finger wrapped in a cloth.

The best way I find to clean inside a fridge or freezer and get rid of smells is use a liquid baby bottle sterilising fluid such as Milton but any brand will do the job. Dilute it as the instructions tell you to, clean the inside with s a bicarb solution then wipe over all the the surfaces wit a very clean cloth and the sterilising solution, let it dry thoroughly before closing the door.

Answer 3

Buy pack of bicarbonate of soda empty it in a dish and stand it in the freezer it will absorb the smell in a couple of days

Answer 4

Hiya put bicarbonate of soda in the inside works a dream

Answer 5

DEFROST THEN CLEAN OUT WITH I PART BLEACH TO 3 PARTS WATER. DRY THOROUGHLY.
LEAVE DOOR OPEN FOR A FEW DAYS. SET SOME OPEN BOXES OF BAKING SODA INSIDE. IF SMELL IS GONE BUY SOME NEW BOXES OF BAKING SODA AND LEAVE IN FREEZER. YOU CAN BUY THIS AT ANY STORE THEY ARE MADE FOR THE REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER

GOOD LUCK

Answer 6

If it smells damp it's not working properly..not freezing your food ..you should never be able to smell any food or
bacteria from a good working freezer

Answer 7

turn it off, get it defrosted, bleach it [not with pure bleach, dilute it with water], let it dry for a day or 2 with doors open, wash it with washing-up liquid to clean-up the bleach, spray it with a kitchen anti-bacterial, it should be nice, clean and smell free. And try to keep it that way, after all, that's the place you store your food

Answer 8

There are fridge deodorisers that you can just put in to the freezer - that's probably your best bet.

(I was told that washing it out with spirit vinegar cures this - but I haven't tried it myself. I wouldn't use malt vinegar though!)

Answer 9

I would try unplugging it and leaving the door open for several hours, so that it can rise to room temperature and dry out.

Answer 10

The best way is to wash it using water with white vinegar, if you do not have white one, malt winegar should do the job as well. And it is completely safe for your fridge!