Last w/e i went to my holiday house only to find the power circuit to the fridge had been tripped off. I had an occy , crayfish and meat in the freezer . The smell was indescribeable...3 weeks brewing

Despite cleaning it all up , bleaching and putting down a few teaspoons of lavendar it still stinks. It is so bad!!. Mid week the caretakers emailed me , that the smell is still over powering.

ANy suggestions . I wonder whether i should take the back off the fridge and see if there is any evapouration bowl that nees cleaning.

Jeremy

Comrade Kremlin. Do you mean drinking large quantities of vodka until the sense of smell is lost, or wiping the fridge with it?

Man Ive had the same pleasure. 1kg block of pilchards and other fishy scraps. 6 weeks up north and the missus turned the fridge off thinking it was empty before we left. When I opend the freezer there was literally a white misty haze flowing out of there. Sorry can't give you any tips to get rid of the stench but I think she used vanilla or something.

Comrade MikeyS
Vodka should never ever ever ever being used for wiping of fridge (or any surface except roof of mouth)

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Comrade Kremlin. Do you mean drinking large quantities of vodka until the sense of smell is lost, or wiping the fridge with it?

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You are correct in assumption of drinking of much vodka until sense of smell he go away... this is one reason why in Russia we serve vodka with everythink. How else you be eating boiled cabbage and goulash made from fish stomaches ?
Comrade Jeremey you please be trying of this method first... then when you lossing sense of smell, then... AND ONLY THEN you be checking of this evaporation bowl/tray at back of fridge.
Also you trying of boiling water with vanila essence in bowl, if this still not work... also try liberal splashing of vanila essence

Jeremy,
There is a product available from a company called Jasol called chlorofoam which is brilliant.
It is used as a desanitiser and works really well.
If you have additional problems leave the freezer open and put a small container with cotton wool soaked in vanilla essence in it.
Good luck!

Thanks all for your advice. Im going to drink a bottle of vodka, kill a kangaroo , screw up newspaper , buy some nil odour , get sone vanilla essence , smoke a joint go wow what a smell take the back of the fridge off an invite you all around for crayfish mornay ( entree of course road kill..dead kanga)

Desert vanilla essence seafood gelati

Comrades you need only bring vodka
Seriously
im going to try nil odour and kitty litter and take the back of the fr5idge of and clean

cheers all
jeremy

honestly jeremy, when that turned off fridge dead bait thing happens, it takes freakin months to disappear.

and all the bicarb all the vanilla all the vodka all the kitty litter and all the reefers do SFA! suffer in your jocks.

oh and if it's any consolation, this smelt waaay worse than your fridge!!!
www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=3604

wish i found it when md74 did!!!!
www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=3605

Reminds me of the time I was living in a caravan on the central coast with a mate while working at Eraring Power Station. We were both going on Xmas holidays, so locked up everything. Just as we are about to leave, my mate says "Hang on", and being worried someone might steal the extension lead that powered the caravan, he grabs it and chucks it in the car boot.

Well, everything would have been fine, except it was summer, and except there was a frozen chook in the freezer. Two weeks later we return, and nearly vomit as we open the van. The chicken has blown up, and the stench is unbelievable. After trying everything, we ended up chucking the fridge and buying another one.

get a nice sponge cake put it in the fridge for a few hours and give it to one of your enimies as a gift the say sorry and lets make up, that will really please em, untill they take thier first bite,