Anyone have any tips for getting alcohol-smell out of the fridge???

[Tyrone Slothrop]

So, my roommate is a bit of a drinker and usually has several bottles of vodka in our freezer. I recently noticed that ice cubes weren't forming properly (kind of pock-marked/slushy) and that they made ice water taste kind of burn-y.

I poked around and discovered that one of the bottles was on its side and was leaking vodka in the freezer. I cleaned it all up a week or two ago, but I've noticed that ice and any other liquids kept in the fridge seem to taste like vodka. I think the smell/alcohol vapors have permeated the whole fridge.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Any ideas how to get rid of the smell???

[Kajsa]

1. Try cleaning the freezer with a good disinfectant

like Lysol ( liquid- diluted with water).

Then, put one ( or two) open boxes of baking soda
in there.

It really helps absorb the odors.

Good luck.

:hi:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

3. I'll give that a whirl

Thanks.

I had read something on another board about using wet newspapers or charcoal to absorb odors; hopefully, baking soda will do the trick!

[RadiationTherapy]

2. Baking soda. The odor DESTROYER! nt

[Tyrone Slothrop]

4. I'll be getting some Arm & Hammer tonight!

Thanks!

[RadiationTherapy]

5. Also works great as a deodorant; I have used it for years now. nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. There are worse smells that can permeate a fridge ...

.... much worse.

:scared:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

7. Yikes.

I'm afraid to ask!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Fish, milk, green-fuzzy pizza

Those are much worse.


so in the words of Arnold Schwartzenegger ...


"Stop whining"


:rofl:

[XemaSab]

13. Like the time the freezer quit on me

and I had a dead grebe in there? :shrug: :scared:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Yes, like that, and what would you have given

to trade that for the sweet smell of spilt vodka?
:rofl:

(or even worse, what if it had been a live/zombie, pissed-off grebe?)

[TommyO]

15. Like rotten cucumber?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I've never smelled a rotten cucumber

But I suspect that a bunch of them could be the basis for some strange vodka, if you can rig a still

:hi:

[DS1]

8. Clean out fridge

unplug, catch the frost melt, serve him up a drink.


/Barney Gumble

[Tyrone Slothrop]

9. He'd probably get more satisfaction from that

Than I would.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. AHA!!! The TRUTH is OUT!!!

You don't care about the smell.

You just need to get rid of your room-mate!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

19. If it were AT ALL financially feasible, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

[ForrestGump]

10. Remove Lindsay Lohan

and send her home.

[SacredCow]

11. ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Symarip]

18. When I worked on refrigerators...

We were allowed to only use three items for descenting a cabin:

1. Vanilla Extract

2. Charcoal

3. Baking Soda

I've found that any combination of either three can do wonders with a foul smell.

[TommyO]

20. Vanilla Extract? I'll have to try that!

[crimsonblue]

21. Clean the fridge

problem solved