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Jeßus[_53_]

On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:24:10 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:05:44 -0600, Sky >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Instead of using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) - or in addition to
>>the baking soda, try some charcoal briquettes. Put two or three
>>charcoal briquettes on a paper plate or small, shallow bowl and place in
>>the fridge in an open area. The carbon will be much more effective to
>>'soak up' the noxious odors in quick time. HTH.
>>
>>Sky
>
>Yes, that's a great suggestion. Years ago a man who worked in the
>same area as me went on vacation for three weeks and flipped the
>switch on the mains in his house before leaving. Trouble was, since
>the last time he had added a freezer.
>
>When they came home the place reeked. The freezer was imbued with the
>smell and someone suggested buying bags of charcoal, opening and
>putting in the freezer. It did the trick and eliminated the smell.

That's pretty impressive. I've known of freezers and eskis (aka
coolers?) where stuff was left in them and went bad, there was
seemingly no way to get the smell out of the plastic, no matter how
much you cleaned them.