I have a question that will probably make you laugh/cringe a little.
The other week when I returned to the dock, I plugged back into shore
power and powered my systems up. Well...the one system I didn't power
up is my refrigator/freezer. So, the roughly 15lbs of meat that I had
in there baked for an entire week before I got back down to it. As you
can imagine, the smell was something else, and cleaning it out was even
better. So here is the meat of the question:

I have put in baking soda to help absorb the smell, can anyone suggest
anything else to help clean out the freezer and eliminate that odor?

Thank you,

Captain B
www.boatersbasement.com

Lye Soap !!!! ..... or a good strong caustic detergent. Strong
caustic detergents would be available from a janitorial supply,
farm/dairy supply or industrial hardware. The caustic will dissolve
the cellular debris and the ****putrenes****... the enzymes that are
causing the 'stink'. Nothing in the world smells as bad as a
'putrene'.

Use proper protection when using stong caustic detergents: gloves,
goggles, etc.


In article .com,
Captain B wrote:

I have a question that will probably make you laugh/cringe a little.
The other week when I returned to the dock, I plugged back into shore
power and powered my systems up. Well...the one system I didn't power
up is my refrigator/freezer. So, the roughly 15lbs of meat that I had
in there baked for an entire week before I got back down to it. As you
can imagine, the smell was something else, and cleaning it out was even
better. So here is the meat of the question:

I have put in baking soda to help absorb the smell, can anyone suggest
anything else to help clean out the freezer and eliminate that odor?

Thank you,

Captain B
www.boatersbasement.com

Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 2 Aug 2006 17:07:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:37:30 -0400, Charlie Morgan said:

I would try wiping down all surfaces with the enzyme stuff sold in
the pet supplies aisle of most supermarkets

According to Peggy Hall, the enzyme stuff is less effective than the
microbial type of odor eliminators.

Then try both. Peggy is very knowledgeable, but she still represents one
person's opinion, just as I do. We could both be wrong... or right.

CWM

Lots of great suggestions, thank you! Lets cross our fingers!

"Captain B" wrote in message
Lots of great suggestions, thank you! Lets cross our fingers!


Yet another one for you.

I've used bleach solution (hypochlorite) which effectively gets
rid of all microbial origin smells as well as bleaching everything
it touches. You then deal with the chlorine smell left behind with
a wash of acetic acid - vinegar.
--
JimB
http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/
Describing some Greek and Spanish cruising areas

The ULTIMATE Solution: If all the sound advice you have received here
does not work,
sell the boat some windy afternoon............after you have had the
hatches open all morning. grin

Sorry, just worked a long shift and feeling a bit silly

L'EnfantduVent
"He who would go to sea for pleasure, would go to Hell for a pastime."
Lord
Chesterton

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:38:47 +0100, "News f2s"
wrote:


"Captain B" wrote in message
Lots of great suggestions, thank you! Lets cross our fingers!


Yet another one for you.

I've used bleach solution (hypochlorite) which effectively gets
rid of all microbial origin smells as well as bleaching everything
it touches. You then deal with the chlorine smell left behind with
a wash of acetic acid - vinegar.

That's dirty diaper soak in Europe - never got popular in the US

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

Besides the soap/chemical suggestions above, leaving charcoal briquets
or a lot of wadded up newspaper in there will really help get rid of
the smell.

Captain B wrote:
I have a question that will probably make you laugh/cringe a little.
The other week when I returned to the dock, I plugged back into shore
power and powered my systems up. Well...the one system I didn't power
up is my refrigator/freezer. So, the roughly 15lbs of meat that I had
in there baked for an entire week before I got back down to it. As you
can imagine, the smell was something else, and cleaning it out was even
better. So here is the meat of the question:

I have put in baking soda to help absorb the smell, can anyone suggest
anything else to help clean out the freezer and eliminate that odor?

Last fall I stumbled onto a food grade bio-active product called
PureAyre (http://www.pureayre.com that will get rid of the odor--just
about ANY odor. I brought some home and tested it...the stuff actually
works...in fact is the only bio-active (bacteria/enzyme) I've ever heard
of that not only eliminates organically caused odors, but even diesel
and smoke odors.

Spray it onto every surface...then leave the fridge and freezer door
open for at least 24 hours, so that plenty of fresh air can circulate.
Oxygen is essential to eliminating organically caused odors. Nothing
will work if the box is closed up, 'cuz a closed up box is an anaerobic
(no oxygen) environment.

As for the effectiveness of enzymes vs. live bacteria... Live bacteria
is definitely more effective than enzymes in any situation where new
odor-causing material is continually being added--as in a holding
tank--because live bacteria multiply and therefore
"self-renew"...whereas, enzymes exhaust themselves fairly quickly and
have to be replaced to keep up with odor production. But for a job in
which the mat4erial that's generating the odor has been removed, so that
no more is being generated, enzymes--provided there are enough of 'em in
the product (cheaper products have fewer) to do the job--should work as
well as live bacteria.

Years ago, a freezer full of meat in my garage died...in mid-summer in
Georgia. I didn't know it till I started looking for what I thought was
an animal that had gotten into my garage and died. Emptying it out was
NOT a fun job...and required a "midnight run" to the dumpsters behind a
nearby shopping center to get rid of 8 garbage bags full of spoiled
meat. They smelled so bad, I wouldn't put 'em IN my Explorer, I put 'em
on top of it to take 'em. So I have a pretty good idea of what you went
through to empty out the fridge on your boat.

--
Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304

You might try contacting a service that handles cleanup of dead bodies -
there are many available near most major urban areas. Rotting cow meat
is not much different from rotting human meat in treatment. Ask them
what they suggest.


Captain B wrote:

I have put in baking soda to help absorb the smell, can anyone suggest
anything else to help clean out the freezer and eliminate that odor?