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Sandy K.

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This season has not been going all that well for me.

After we got the boat back in the water on Friday, we took her for a shakedown run. Engines, transmissions and the boat gear seem to be running fine.

We discovered that in our haste to have the boat hauled and get fixed, I forgot to remove some squid (bait) and a container of milk from the fridge. Well, you can just imagine what a few weeks sitting on the hard without any power hooked up does to the aromas coming from inside of the fridge. My goodness!!!! Smells like someone or something died in there.

Anyway, after using Pine Sol, then vinegar, then ammonia and bleach, the smell is still there.

Any of you have success with any other solutions??

Thanks,
 
HI Sandy. Get a small box of baking Soda and open it and put it in a pan and close it up in the fridge and leave it running to circulate the air. The Soda is cheap and can get at supermarkets,etc.
Hope that works and it can't hurt any thing.See Ya,Bill
PS I got the motors all wired up and they ran well but still on the blocks.Ha I am in Dry dock as well getting more stents put in as well as very low preformance of the heart muscle only 20% working..
 
I also have the same problem.
I have tried baking soda, vinegar, soaps, lemon, you name it and
was able to remove most of it, but items left over 2 or 3 days take
a particularly unpleasant odor. Even soda cans get it. It seems the
odor has saturated the insulation so replacement is the only
solution.
 
Good luck. I've had to throw out a fridge that the same thing happened to. Tried everything available at the time and never could get the odor out.

Try making a paste out of the baking soda and wiping it all over the inside of the fridge and letting it and a open box of soda sit for a couple of days.

I would also try Pure Ayre. http://www.pureayre.com/
 
Tine is on your side. If you can wait, the smell will go away. It will dissapate better with the door open, of course. If you can't wait, there is always replacement.
 
Forgot to mention that I had already added the box of baking soda. The box stunk to high heck after 2 days so I tossed it. It seemed to absorb some of the odor, so maybe another few boxes may work.

I reviewed the material for PureAyre. I'm wondering if the spray that we had for the dog when she was being housebroken would work - Nature's Miracle? I'm heading to the boat this afternoon. I'm going to give it a good spritz. Also, I'm wondering if I'm better off with the fridge off than on? After all, the smell developed while it was off. I'm figuring good smells may take over the bad smells if it heats up in there.
 
tell the wife the boat has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced by a larger, clean smelling one.
 
Rinse with bleach to kill the bacteria. Wipe down with vinegar. Place numerous boxes of baking soda. Get some activated charcoal and put it in the fridge.
 
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Originally posted by btoran

tell the wife the boat has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced by a larger, clean smelling one.

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I concur with this solid advice.
 
There have been numerous discussions about the need to get a larger boat. With the kids getting older and heading off to far off lands (son in China, daughter heading to Israel for a year)we've decided that this boat will be fine for us for the next few years. Eventually I can see us moving up and into a trawler type of vessel, but for now we're sticking with this one. Just have to correct a few things - smelly fridge and a short somewhere in in the live well system.
 
Take heart. My nephew left a box of squid under the Suburban's back seat where it was discovered a week+ later. After all the appropriate cleaning 7 odor absorbing measures, the odor quickly went away after a couple years.

Along with the helpful baking soda and activated charcoal for absorption , there is a product called Bad Air Sponge that may help as well. Also, many large boatyards now have commercial ozone generators for mold/mildew maybe 2 hr shock treatment that can be another option for potentially faster odor control results.

It's like an evil 5th basic element: Earth, air fire, water, ...bad squid.
 
The way i did it was to completely disassemble the insides of the refer, all air passages and parts were removed and opened washed with Odoban or other biocide and wiped with diluted bleach then left in the sun, same treatment for the box.

A new refer is easier.
 
I had the same problem and used KO. i quess they ate up the smell. i also place some charcoal inside to absorb the odor. It took 2 weeks and was cheaper than replacing the unit.
 
My appliance repairman told me to place used coffee grounds in the fridge and/or the freezer to remove odors. He said to change the grounds once a month. It worked for the fish odor that had been my problem.
 
Have you try a box of Baking Soda Cat Litter Deodorizer ?. It's did a good job of removing musty smell of wet carpet in vehicle.
 
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