How to get rid of a year old of meat smell in fridge?!


Question: How to get rid of a year old of meat smell in fridge?
I just moved and it's the only fridge I have, it's been sitting in the garage for a year with meat in the freezer, I washed it two times with Lysol and left it open all day and night with baking soda in it but it still stinks.

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lysol?? Clorox about 1 cup to gallon of water, wash it out really well with this, then after it air dries, wash it with mostly baking soda in a little water and allow the soda to dry on the walls.

Turn it over for a little while and spray all up in it with either febreeze. Turn it back upright and allow it to sit with the doors closed with the soda in it. This should help, may take several days of treating it this way to get the odors out.



Try washing down the inside of all the freezer and fridge areas with a solution of water and vinegar.One part vinegar for every 5 parts of water, changing the solution often. Do not keep washing the surfaces with the same water mixture over and over because you are just putting the contaminants back on the surfaces by doing that. When you have washed it repeatedly with this solution and are satisfied that you have indeed gotten it as clean as you possible can, place an open box of baking soda on each shelf and in each compartment of the fridge. Plug it in and let it run to circulate the air allowing the baking soda to have a chance to absorb the odors. After 4 days, change the boxes of baking soda and run the fridge another few days. If this has not improved the smell dramatically, it is a lost cause.



Get rid of it. If the smell is that severe and, quite frankly, suspicious, would you really want your FOOD in there anyway?



Get some friends to help clean it .... or get some friends help you do a garage sale so you can throw it out and get a new one!




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