Refrigerator Ordors

[cleanteamofny]

It's time to put baking soda to the test!

How many of us put a box in the fridge and freezer?
Does your Ice still taste's funky?
Does your plastic wrap has that I've been in the freezer too long odor?

It's time to kick baking soda to the curb and use 1 large bottle (apple sauce glass jug is ideal) and use one cup of Vinegar with 1/2 cup of water and place in the fridge with the top off for two weeks and log in your results.

Take the challenge and give your best feedback!

[this post was last edited: 4/30/2013-20:25]

 

[mrb627]

Myth busters

I thought MB proved that baking soda had little to no effect on refrigerator odors.

Malcolm

 

[mich]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerSizzle/story?id=5469939&page=1#.UYBoYLVON30

Does baking soda really take away nasty refrigerator odors?

The Test: A food tech places his head into two refrigerators full of rotting, rancid food. One has a pound of baking soda and the other does not. He does his best to keep their heads in the refrigerators. The refrigerator that the food tech can keep his head in the longest is declared the winner.

The Result: Baking Soda does help with odors in your fridge, but activated charcoal works better. It works so well because it is extremely porous.

Is it true tha

 

[cleanteamofny]

I never seen that episode Malcolm but try the acid air freshener and smell what I smell!

 

[tomturbomatic]

I keep ground coffee in a permanent coffee filter in the fridge because it has such a great surface area that it absorbs odors. Periodically I shake it to redistribute the grounds. My ice always tastes fresh. I also never keep produce in the bins, but only in sealed Tupperware so that odors don't get in the air. That baking soda campaign was just a way of selling baking soda, although I remember each time we defrosted the old Frigidaire we had, mom always made up a solution of baking soda and water and we had to wipe down every part of the box.

We had some fool or fools leave some stuff in the work fridge and a group of us had to clean it out. I put a whole bunch of new coffee in the container with the cheesecloth cover and between the cleaning and the new coffee, the smells went away. We sent out an email and said that if it happened again, the combination on the lock would be changed and people would have to pay a cleaning deposit if they wanted to use it again.

 

[whirlcool]

That's an old flight attendant trick using coffee grounds. If ever a airplanes bathroom smells too bad, just put a used coffee grounds disk in the wastebasket or flush it down the toilet. Heck, I have even seen one stuck to the inside of an airplanes bathroom door.

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-detains-man-for-failing-to-flush-toilet/

 

[foxchapel]

I've been using coffee grounds in my refrigerator or freezer, whichever one needs deodorizing, for decades. Only takes one Tablespoon and works like a charm.

 

[alr2903]

Sounds right about the coffee grounds, sometimes i make a point of dumping the grounds into our household dumpster (emptied once a week by the city). The grounds really freshen it up. OT, my grandmother always dumped used coffee grounds in her flower beds. alr

 

[tomturbomatic]

Why can't there be a coffee-scented air freshener? That is one of the most pleasant aromas I know.