I think my girlfriend scrubbed it with oven-cleaner and now it stinks! Thanks
2007-02-22 03:56:13 · 26 answers · asked by ginger_chinfluff 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Open a box of baking soda and leave it in the door.
2007-02-22 03:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by Buffy Summers 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Never use soap or a cleaner in the fridge! Your food will absorb whatever odor is in there. Use baking soda to freshen. You might even want to reclean it using water and baking soda. Baking soda is a great, nonabrasive cleaner. You can try a lemon, but there may still be residue from the cleaner that will need to be removed asap! Clean, fresh grass will also absorb odors. I moved into a house that someone had left the fridge unplugged and it smelled horrible. I was able to put fresh-mown grass in it for a few days before I actually moved in and presto - the smell was gone!
2007-02-22 08:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by karat4top 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I go with a very green aproach to cleaning and so I'd remove everything from the fridge, and then clean it out with a mixture of bicarb of soda (NOT baking powder - this contains bicarb but also has other things in it), and white vinegar. This will remove most marks and stains, the vinegar also helps to prevent mould forming and is good for removing smells as well.
If you then wipe down with warm water (no soap) this should reduce the smell. If it still lingers, then repeat the process, and then place a small bowl with dry bicarb in it in the fridge overnight to help soak up more of the smell. (preferably do this before you put any food back in the fridge - oven cleaner isn't very healthy for you so make sure if you've put any food like apples etc. directly onto the surfaces, that you wipe them over thoroughly before you eat them too!
2007-02-22 04:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by purplerain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it smells as bad as oven cleaner.... Eeeeewwww.... empty out your fridge, clean with warm soapy water and a couple tablespoons of baking soda. After washing the fridge out, open a one pound can of coffee, put in fridge, close door and leave over night. Next day your fridge will be smelling fresh again. Always keep an open box of baking soda in your fridge to keep it smelling fresh. I change my box about every 3 months.
I had to use this technique with a freezer that had rotten meat smell. The coffee really did the trick!!
2007-02-22 04:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by Vida 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another thing to try other than the baking soda is to wipe out the inside of the fridge with a mixture of warm water and some vanilla essence - this gives the fridge a nice vanilla smell and seriously wipes out most odours. Hope this helps! Good luck :-)
2007-02-22 04:02:15 · answer #5 · answered by Leeza 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
take every thing out and clean it with clorox clean up let the door stand open for a few minuets to air out that smell which will disapate rather quickly.then keep a box of baking soda in there and then the smell you smell will be clean smell my son used greased lightning in the fridge it left a funny smell so thats what i did.hope this helps.hey give your girl an "A"for effort
2007-02-22 04:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lemon usually does the trick. Although the shop bought fridge smell things are good as well.
2007-02-26 03:24:03 · answer #7 · answered by londongate11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave a bowl of baking soda open in the fridge for 48 hour to remove bad smell.
2007-02-22 03:59:41 · answer #8 · answered by a parent 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wipe clean with a baking soda was (warm water and baking soda)
Leave an open box of baking soda in the fridge....it absorbs odors.
2007-02-22 03:59:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wipe it down with a good smelling spray cleaner then open up a box of baking soda and leave it in there.
2007-02-22 04:04:19 · answer #10 · answered by Dragonfly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋