Unpleasant odors can cause declinemood and even headaches. The presence of extra aromas is especially undesirable where food is stored. Before you start solving the issue of how to remove the smell from the refrigerator, you need to find out the reason for the "aroma" that has appeared there. Sometimes a new refrigerator smells unpleasant, in such cases you need to wash it using any method described below and leave it on for a few days. The main thing is not to panic, sometimes this trouble can happen even if the refrigeration chambers are produced by well-known manufacturers. You should not store any products in a refrigerator that has an unpleasant smell, many of them, especially dairy products, will absorb unwanted aromas and after that will become unfit for consumption or, at least, the pleasure of their taste and smell will be spoiled.
How to properly wash the refrigerator?
If the refrigerator is not new, and the reasonthe aromas that appeared there are spoiled products, remove everything you can from it: food, shelves, drawers. After that, wash the refrigerator thoroughly using a disinfectant cleaning solution, and mercilessly throw away all products whose quality is questionable. It is also necessary to thoroughly wash the shelves and drawers of the refrigerator itself, and its entire surface, using all the same detergents.
Folk Remedies for Odor Removal
Sometimes just cleaning the fridge isn't enough,smells, although not so sharp, still remain. What to do in this case? Ordinary vinegar will help. It is necessary to dilute it with water, in a ratio of one to one, and wipe the entire inner surface. You can also use vinegar in another way - put a container with boiling vinegar solution in the disconnected refrigerator, close the refrigerator and leave until the morning. Vinegar vapors, rising, will settle on surfaces, including those that are difficult to clean, and remove untidy odors. After the refrigerator is washed, it should be left open until completely dry. As a cleaning agent, "fighting" a refrigerator that has begun to smell bad, you can also use a solution of ordinary baking soda: in one liter of water, dilute a tablespoon of soda and the same amount of ammonia. Wipe all surfaces with the resulting solution.
Odor scavengers
As you know, the problem is always easierprevent, than fight it. To avoid the appearance of an unpleasant smell, remove products from the refrigerator once a week and throw away those that have begun to spoil, and it is necessary to do a "general cleaning" of the refrigerator once every 2-3 months. After washing, you can use special substances, the so-called odor absorbers. In a cleanly washed refrigerator, place absorbents that can absorb unpleasant odors, you can use special products from a hardware store for this, or you can use home recipes. The following products absorb odors well: a crust of black bread, citrus peel (orange or lemon), coffee beans, a bowl of rice, an open pack of soda, cat litter. Another excellent odor absorber is activated carbon, which must first be calcined in an oven heated to 180 degrees for fifteen minutes. If the smell is very persistent, then you need to heat the coal and place it in the refrigerator every day until the excess aromas disappear.
When nothing helps ...
Sometimes, even after all the measures taken toodor removal, the problem remains unresolved. This means that the cause is a minor malfunction of the refrigerator, such as a blockage in the defrosting system or a clogged drain, in which case the problem can only be solved by calling a repairman or, in the worst case, buying a new unit. We recommend reading:
