Advice about smelly fridge

[Grahamfff]

I have an integrated Hotpoint fridge. I've cleaned the inside thoroguhly but it is still very smelly. I think something unpleasant has oozed down the drainage hole at the back and the smell is coming from the condenstation tray.

 

If I take the fridge out of its housing, is this tray accessible - will I be able to clean it out? - or is it a sealed unit?

 

Any other ideas?

 

Thanks

[Plain Talker]

Use an egg-cup, filled with "Bicarb" (bicarbonate of Soda/ Sodium Bicarbonate) powder. (easily available on the baking aisle in supermarkets)

 

Leave the egg cup, open, on a shelf within the fridge, and the "Bicarb" should absorb the nasty whiffs.

 

Bicarb also works in the fridge if it's something strongly smelling, such as garlic or onion.

[Grahamfff]

Hi Plain Talker... thanks for this. I will give it a try, but I suspect actually being able to get to the condenstation tray is going to be the key to solving this one.

[HmmWater]

Cut a lemon in half and leave it in the bottom of the fridge. It slowly absorbs all the smells (also gives you lemony smell)

 

I once moved into a flat without checking the smell from the fridge first, first time I opened it I could smell curry for a couple of days. A lemon sorted it out after a week.

[satman2222]

Yes you can get to it quite easily from the back once you have it out.

[discodown]

just use salt to absorb fridge smells (works on paint smells as well, and stinky shoes!)

[Cat86]

Cut a lemon in half and leave it in the bottom of the fridge. It slowly absorbs all the smells (also gives you lemony smell)

 

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I got that tip too from Kim and Aggie once... to be fair, ive just taken to cleaning the inside of my fridge every month..

[Plain Talker]

Cut a lemon in half and leave it in the bottom of the fridge. It slowly absorbs all the smells (also gives you lemony smell)

 

I once moved into a flat without checking the smell from the fridge first, first time I opened it I could smell curry for a couple of days. A lemon sorted it out after a week.

 

"ping" half a cut lemon in a cup of hot water in your microwave for about a minute, that gets rid of grease and nasty "niffs"